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The man police believe he killed a retired Auburn University The professor was arrested in 2023 and charged with felony related to guns, but prosecutors later allowed him to plead guilty to several misdemeanors.
The police came in Alabama Julie Gard Schnuelle, 59, died Saturday in a wooded area of Kiesel Park, and his injuries were consistent with the attack, said. Police said officials responded to a 911 call to report the deceased. It is said that al.com.
Harold Rashad Dabney III, 26, was arrested on two counts of death in connection with Schnuelle’s death. Police said in a press release that Dabney was arrested Sunday after summoning a “suspicious person” at 8:30 a.m., noting that detectives “all of them have observed to convince them that Dabney is involved in the homicide.”
Police say Dabney III allegedly stole Schnuel’s Ford F-150 and has since been recovered.
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Julie Schnuelle was found dead Saturday in a park in Auburn, Alabama. (Ausburn University)
The arrest warrant obtained by Fox News Digital shows that Dabney was arrested on December 27, 2023 in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on suspicion of felony and some misdemeanors related to guns.
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A Virginia Beach Police Department officer wrote in Dabney, who was homeless at the time, that he slept in the business’s parking lot when law enforcement was asked to trespass.
The official wrote that he observed Dabney sleeping in the driver’s seat and said he was “f-cked up” and refused to speak further. Police said when they searched the car, they found a “pistol hidden under the driver’s seat” without a serial number, and the shotgun in the back seat sawed off, “the white pill and an open container.
Dabney had no criminal record before the December 2023 incident and had a job a few months ago but was unemployed at the time, police wrote. Police noted that Dabney “refuses to swear/confirm that the truth about bail”.
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Harold Rashad Dabney III is charged with death sentence murder. (Auben Police Department)
He was charged with felony possession or use of a “saw” shotgun and misdemeanor to remove or change the serial number or other identity on the gun, illegally carrying a hidden weapon, public intoxication and invasion.
Court records show Dabney pleaded guilty to all misdemeanors, while prosecutors waived felony charges, which would result in two to ten years in prison if convicted. He was sentenced to a misdemeanor with 12 months of unsupervised probation.
Schnuelle is Emerita professor at Auburn University’s Veterinary School, which retired from 2003 to 2021, the university said in a statement to Fox News Digital. Auburn University said in a statement that she also recently served as a regional veterinarian for the USDA and Mississippi Department of Agriculture.
The spokeswoman said: “The Auburn University community expresses sincere condolences to the tragic losses of Gard Schnuelle’s family and loved ones.”
Auburn University describes Schnuel as a “daughter educator.”
“She is a precious educator, mentor and colleague whose dedication to students and passion for therapeutics and veterinary medicine has had a lasting impact on Auburn,” the university said. “The legacy of Dr. Gard Schnuelle’s sympathy, scholarships and services will continue to inspire generations of veterinarians.”
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Harold Rashad Dabney III was arrested on December 27, 2023 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. (Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office)
Dabney is in custody Li County Prison No bond.
