OPELIKA, Ala. (EETV) – The preliminary hearing for Harold Rashad Dabney III, accused murderer of retired Auburn professor Dr. Julie Gard Schnuelle, was held at Lee County Justice Center on Oct. 15, 2025, at 10 a.m.
Judge Jeffery Gerald Tickal presided over the 45-minute hearing, which determined there was enough evidence to move the case to a Lee County grand jury. Judge Tickal found probable cause for all offenses, capital murder during robbery and capital murder during a kidnapping.
Dabney, while present in the courtroom with his court-appointed attorneys Artie Vaughn and Andrew Stanley, did not speak…