‘We’re not going to give up’: Estranged husband previously convicted of murder is person of interest in wife’s disappearance, cops say

Shakeira Rucker missing

Shakeira Rucker, right, has been missing since Saturday and her estranged husband Cory Hill, left, a convicted murderer, is a person of interest, cops in Florida say. (Rucker photo via Winter Springs Police Department, Hill photo via Orange County Jail)

Authorities in Florida are desperately searching for a missing mother of four after she was last seen with her estranged husband who is now considered a person of interest in her disappearance.

Shakeira Yvonne Rucker was last seen around Saturday with her estranged husband, 51-year-old Cory Hill, police said. Her family said she could be in danger. Local ABC affiliate WFTV reported the Winter Springs Department on Tuesday said Hill is considered a person of interest in her disappearance. Police said the two left her Winter Springs home around 7:30 p.m. Saturday and were later seen about 70 miles south in Polk County.

Her family was out searching for her on Tuesday, hoping for the best.

“Even though we can’t find her right now, there’s still a possibility, so we are still staying strong and having faith. Hoping she’s alive and we can find her. She’s just waiting,” her sister Dedra Rucker told local NBC affiliate WESH.

Hill is no stranger to the law: He was sentenced to 20 years in prison after a second-degree murder conviction in Suffolk, Virginia, in 1993, and he now sits in the Orange County Jail after allegedly shooting up his ex-girlfriend’s house in front of her kids — an incident that took place the day after Rucker was last seen.

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