Chad Absher was the subject of a citywide manhunt after police say he killed Ashlee Rucker, and shot her sister, Lisa. She survived. The trial has been pushed back 13 times.
This comes exactly five years to the day that police said he shot and killed Ashlee Rucker and wounded her sister, Lisa, inside a Westside condo.Despite serious injuries, including a gunshot wound to the face, Lisa Rucker survived. And spoke to News4JAX after she went home from the hospital.
According to the arrest report, Chad Absher was carrying a concealed firearm that early Halloween morning. It says he started choking Ashlee, and from there, shot the two women. Following a two-day manhunt for his son, News4JAX briefly spoke with Absher’s father who said he believes his son is innocent.