A beloved ex veterinary professor was hacked to death while walking her dog in an Alabama park — the same place where she took her pet to exercise almost every day.

The killer stole her truck and fled — but was caught by cops a short distance away the next day.

The body of Dr. Julie Gard Schnuelle, 59, a former professor of Large Animal Medicine at Auburn University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, was discovered in a wooded area of Kiesel Park in Auburn, on Saturday afternoon.

She had driven to the park with her dog in her red Ford F-150 pickup truck. The pup stuck by his owner’s body, and was found unharmed. 3

The truck was recovered on Sunday, a couple of minutes’ drive away on Wire Road.

Harold Rashad Dabney III, 28, from Montgomery, was arrested and charged with capital mur

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