Husband Had Hired Private Eye To Find Orlando Publix Cashier Wife

The man who police said gunned down his estranged wife, an Orlando Publix cashier, before dozens of terrified customers had hired a private investigator to find her, a police spokeswoman confirmed Thursday.

Andreau Yankton, 62, was estranged from his wife, Anicia Yankton, 34, when the fatal shooting took place Tuesday. Police spokeswoman Sgt. Barbara Jones did not say when the investigator was first contacted or what information was provided to the gunman.

Anicia Yankton is survived by a 6-year-old child in the Philippines, Jones said.

Also on Thursday, the Orlando Sentinel obtained Orange County Circuit Court records that detailed Andreau Yankton's turbulent — and sometimes violent — personal life.

The gunman married his second wife, Teresita G. Caneda, 1985 in the Philippines while he was still married to first wife Marietta Yankton, according to the records.

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