The death of 59-year-old white female retired Auburn University professor Julie Gard Schnuelle , allegedly at the hands of a 28-year-old Montgomery black male, Harold Dabney III, is among several stories nationwide getting attention for the lack of coverage by major, corporate news outlets.

Dabney is charged with two counts of capital murder: one count for committing the murder during a robbery and one count for committing the murder during a kidnapping, in the death of Schnuelle.

Dabney is accused of stealing a red Ford F-150 and fleeing the scene after the murder.

The motive of the killing is unclear.

The slaying of Schnuelle has sparked a conversation about black-on-white crime and the lack of coverage from some national media outlets on several cases, including parallels with the

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