The spouse of a Florida hearth division lieutenant shared an ominous Fb publish simply days earlier than her husband killed them each in a stunning murder-suicide, leaving their 4 younger kids orphaned.
Andrea Nicole Yarbrough, 34, shared a desk of statistics that detailed the variety of variety of emergency callouts throughout the month of April for the St. Johns County Fireplace Rescue which totaled greater than 3,200.
She added a caption probably indicating all was not effectively at residence along with her husband and hinted he was below quite a lot of stress.
‘That is why all of our important others are exhausted and by no means functioning 100% at residence,’ Andrea wrote.
Shawn Yarbrough, 46, was a distinguished lieutenant on the hearth division, the place he was employed twenty years in the past, in March 2004. Earlier than being promoted to lieutenant, Shawn labored an engineer with the service.
Shawn Yarbrough, 46, and his spouse, Andrea Nicole Yarbrough, 34, had been found lifeless on June 13 of their Florida residence in a murder-suicide. They’re pictured collectively earlier this month
Andrea shared a desk of statistics that detailed the variety of variety of emergency callouts throughout the month of April for the St. Johns County Fireplace Rescue which totaled greater than 3,200
The pair had been discovered lifeless on June 13 of their residence within the Entrada subdivision off County Highway 207.
The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Workplace decided that whereas Shawn’s method of loss of life indicated suicide whereas Andrea’s loss of life gave the impression to be the results of a murder.
It is believed the couple’s kids weren’t at residence on the time of the taking pictures.
The couple’s Fb pages belie little to the issues that the pair might have been experiencing at residence.
Social media reveals a life effectively lived with the couple and their 4 younger kids being taken on days out, and collaborating in run-of-the-mill each day life.
Each Shawn and Andrea, who labored as a monetary supervisor, would take their kids to baseball video games.
In current months, the kids additionally went on a number of household holidays together with a visit to Texas earlier in June and a snowboarding journey to North Carolina in March.
Social media posts appeared to indicate the couple had been fortunately married with 4 kids
Shawn was a distinguished lieutenant on the St Johns County Fireplace Rescue Division, the place he was employed in March 2004
The kids lately celebrated one among their siblings 14th birthday with a paintball social gathering.
The dad and mom appeared to be actively concerned of their kids’s lives, having fun with days out as an ensemble, with household photographs displaying glad faces all spherical.
Suffice to say, neighbors had been shocked upon heading the information of the couple’s loss of life with one resident explaining that they had been a ‘typical good household.’
‘They’re very nice, actually laid-back individuals. Simply actually real individuals,’ the neighbor mentioned in disbelief to News4Jax.
He added that he by no means overheard any arguments or noticed any proof of home troubles.
‘Did not know they even had any issues. Like [other] neighbors mentioned ‘they’re identical to a traditional household.”
Previous to his promotion to lieutenant, Yarbrough, far proper, was an engineer with the division
Each Shawn and Andrea, who labored as a monetary supervisor, would take their kids to baseball video games
Shawn, far proper, is pictured consuming dinner on the hearth home with fellow firefighters, Jed Money, left, and Jason Morrison, middle
In a press convention later that week, the St Johns County Sheriff’s Workplace confirmed that it was a murder-suicide and known as the horrible scene a ‘tragic remoted incident.’
Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Wendolyn Sneed informed Historic Metropolis Information that the reason for loss of life for Andrea Yarbrough was a gunshot wound, and that her method of loss of life was recognized as a murder.
Shawn and Andrea Yarbrough had been married on December 2022 and bought the house through which their our bodies would later be discovered within the August of that very same yr.
Andrea had labored for Graybar in Jacksonville as a monetary planner, starting her profession there in 2019.
Olivia Marvin, Andrea’s youthful sister mentioned her 4 kids had been the sunshine of her life.
‘Andrea meant the world to everybody in our household and everybody she encountered. Anybody who knew her knew she’d by no means surrender regardless of how laborious issues obtained,’ Marvin mentioned to ActionNewsJax.
The couple had solely lately obtained married after having been in a relationship for a number of years
There was little on-line to counsel issues weren’t effectively between the couple
The pair’s Fb reveals loads of household holidays, days out and enjoyable actions with their 4 kids
The chief of the hearth division, Chief Sean McGee, posted a press release referencing the pairs deaths.
‘The lately reported occasions had been surprising, stunning, and tragic for all these affected.
‘As a division, we’re profoundly saddened by the lack of life, recognizing its enduring impression on the households and kids of these affected,’ Chief McGee remarked.
The fireplace chief concluded: ‘My heartfelt prayers and sincerest condolences are with the victims, their households, and mates left grieving on account of these occasions.’
The chief of the hearth division the place Shawn labored has since damaged his silence on the horrific occasion, posting a press release on X.com
On Fb, Shawn Yarbrough appeared as a real household man lots of his posts photos of him collectively along with his spouse and kids.
Lower than two weeks earlier than the murder-suicide, he uploaded an image of himself smiling subsequent to his spouse with the caption: ‘Typically we costume up.’
In a publish from earlier within the yr, Shawn boasted of his kids’s tutorial success, which he attributed to his spouse’s efforts.
‘Experiences simply got here out a number of days in the past,’ he wrote. ‘Youngsters are nonetheless doing very well even with superior/honors courses. Thanks Andrea for all the hassle and dedication to the youngsters’ success.’
Members of the family have opened a GoFundMe for Andrea’s 11-year-old daughter Lily.
