Estranged husband 'shot dead his cop wife before staging it to look like a suicide'

A Florida bull was changeable dormant by her estranged hubby who past staged her execution to look for illustration a suicide, constabulary person revealed.

Eloilda 'Ellie' Shea, an Orange County Sheriff's Office (OCSO) lieutenant, was recovered dormant wrong her Orlando location connected October 14. She had suffered a changeable to nan head.

Police initially believed her decease was a suicide, but aft further investigation homicide detectives wished Lt Shea, 39, had been murdered by her hubby Anthony Shea.

It is alleged that Shea, 49, a erstwhile OCSO sergeant, sent messages from his wife's phone, walked successful and retired of their house, and took their children to a section grocer arsenic portion of an elaborate strategy to make her decease look for illustration a suicide.

He was arrested Friday connected a complaint of first-degree execution pinch a firearm. He is being held in Orange County Jail without bond.

The accused murderer joined nan sheriff's section successful October 2006 but resigned successful August this twelvemonth while nether investigation for having intercourse connected duty. Officials opportunity nan allegations 'would person resulted successful his termination'.

Shea told investigators he recovered his woman pinch a gunshot coiled to her temple successful a second-floor chamber of their El Prado Avenue location aft she “called successful sick” to work.

He alleged nan brace had a 'bad night' nan time earlier and had been 'arguing astir my affair', according an apprehension study obtained by WFTV.

He claimed Lt Shea 'needed space' truthful he decided to time off nan location and return their 2 daughters to a adjacent Publix.

According to nan affidavit, erstwhile Shea returned location he claimed to person 'opened nan unlocked chamber and discovered Eloilda Shea connected nan furniture successful a excavation of blood'. 

He past claimed to person pulled his woman from nan furniture and performed CPR until nan paramedics arrived. Shea besides called 911. 

Shea initially gave detectives consent to analyse nan scene, but returned to nan location conscionable a fewer hours later and withdrew his consent, nan affidavit states. 

Authorities declare he past allegedly tried to 'control nan crime and nonstop deputies to grounds which will corroborate his alibi'.

Homicide detectives judge Shea sent messages from his wife's telephone and inadvertently activated an audio recorder connected nan device, OCSO told WESH.

Her telephone was signaling for much than 50 minutes, during which a gunshot was not heard. Detectives reportedly judge Lt Shea was already dormant astatine nan clip of nan recording.

The instrumentality besides captured what investigators judge is Shea entering nan chamber and staying successful nan room for astir 1 infinitesimal earlier calling 911.

Investigators declare he did not supply aesculapian assistance to Lt Shea aliases go affectional astir her condition, nan study added.

Shea was arrested connected Friday day and remains successful jailhouse connected nary bond. 

The OSCO, issuing a heartfelt tribute to Lt Shea connected societal media, hailed nan 'loving mommy of 2 small girls' for her work and dedication to nan community.

Lt Shea joined nan unit successful 2011 and was 'quickly making her people arsenic a compassionate rule enforcement officer, rising prima and friend', nan OSCO wrote.

'She lit up each room she entered pinch her infectiously bubbly personality, beautiful tone and benignant smile. Ellie was a mentor, teacher, advocate, protector, cheerleader and an inspiration to women aspiring to beryllium leaders.'

The OSCO says it has been 'rocked by this tragedy' and is 'grateful to our homicide detectives, who had nan extraordinarily difficult occupation of investigating a colleague's murder, for their diligence successful ensuring justness for Ellie'.