A Montgomery man has been charged with two counts of capital murder in connection with the death of a retired Auburn University professor, police confirmed Sunday evening.
On the afternoon of Sept. 6, Auburn Police responded to a call about a body in a wooded area of Kiesel Park, located in the 500 block of Chadwick Lane. They found a deceased woman later identified as 59-year-old Dr. Julie Schnuelle who had injuries that indicated her death was the result of an assault, police said.
A red Ford F-150, which belonged to Schnuelle, was "discovered missing from an area near the crime scene," the Auburn Police Department said in a statement .
At 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 7, a call about a "suspicious person near the 2300 block of Beehive Road" led police to Montgomery resident Harold Rashad Dabn