A retired Auburn professor was attacked and killed while walking her dog at Kiesel Park in Auburn, Alabama Saturday. The body of 59-year-old Dr. Julie Gard Schnuelle was located at 2pm after a tipster notified police about a deceased person in a wooded area of the park.
Auburn Police arrested Harold Rashad Dabney III from Montgomery, Alabama on charges of two counts of capital murder. Police responded to a call about a suspicious person this morning. Officers made observations that led them to believe Dabney had involvement in the homicide according to the latest press release from Auburn Police. Dabney is being held without bond in the Lee County jail.
The red Ford F-150, belonging to Dr. Schnuelle and stolen by the suspect after the murder has been recovered by police.
Dr. Schnuelle served as a faculty member in the Department of Clinical Sciences in the Large Animal/Food Animal section from 2003 until her retirement in 2021 according to a statement from Auburn University.
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