A brutal murder happened in Alabama over the weekend that will likely get ignored by the public because it does not fit the narrative.
As Al.com reported, a beloved retired Auburn University veterinary professor named Dr. Julie Gard Schnuelle was hacked to death while walking her dog in Kiesel Park. Schnuelle’s body was discovered in a wooded area in the park on Saturday afternoon.
The fact that she took her pet there to exercise near-daily makes the crime even more shocking.
The dog was unharmed in the attack and stood by Schnuelle’s body until authorities arrived.
28-year-old Harold Rashad Dabney III, a Montgomery resident, was identified as the person responsible for the attack. He has been arrested and charged with Capital murder.
Dabney is being held without bond at the Lee County Jail.
“Officers in contact with Dabney made observations that led them to believe Dabney had involvement with the homicide that occurred the previous day,” police said on Sunday afternoon.
As Al.com notes, the 59-year-old Schnuelle was a professor emerita in the Department of Clinical Sciences at Auburn University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. She previously studied veterinary medicine at Auburn and biology at the University of Alabama in Birmingham (UAB).
She received her Ph.D. in biomedical sciences from Auburn and specialized in dairy production, bovine embryology, and canine reproduction.
Former students and friends were in mourning following Schnulle’s senseless murder.
“She was a force. She was only a little bit over 5-foot-2, not your typical large animal veterinarian, Destinee Bearden Patterson,” a former student and friend said to AL.com. She was a force in this world, such a bright, bright light, just an all-around wonderful human being that is going to be missed terribly.”
“She ran there in the (park) every day,” another former student, Ashley Rutter, told AL.com. “She was always so welcoming. She was spunky and ready to make jokes.
“But if she saw something she didn’t like, she would always stand up for you and for herself. She’d be there to defend you and help you out.”
