Harold Dabney III/Courtesy: Auburn Police Department

Action 8 News is learning more about the suspect accused of killing a retired Auburn University professor at a park over the weekend.

As we’ve reported, police found the body of 59-year-old Dr. Julie Schnuelle in some woods at Kiesel Park in Auburn Saturday.

Dr. Schnuelle worked in Auburn University’s College of Veterinary Medicine from 2003 to 2021, where she retired as professor emerita.

Officers took Harold Rashad Dabney III into custody Sunday and charged him with two counts of capital murder.

Dr. Julie Gard Schnuelle – Photo from Auburn University

They made the arrest after getting a call of a suspicious person on Beehive Road.

Police say Dabney stole the pickup truck, which has been recovered.

According to court records, Da

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