A California Freeway patrol captain has been discovered lifeless in Tennessee over the weekend a day after being arrested on stalking prices and one other man was jailed in connection to the homicide of her estranged husband.
Julie Harding, 49, was discovered lifeless from a single gunshot wound close to the driveway of her Celina dwelling on Saturday, in keeping with KPIX.
Police mentioned that her loss of life didn’t look like the results of foul play, however have not confirmed whether or not she had died by suicide.
Harding’s husband, Michael, went lacking in September 2022 however was discovered lifeless per week later from a number of gunshot wounds in a vacant home in Cumberland County, Kentucky.
His loss of life is being investigated as a murder by the Kentucky State Police who’ve partnered with the FBI and different legislation enforcement businesses, in keeping with KCRA 3.
Julie Harding, 49, was discovered lifeless from a single gunshot wound close to the driveway of her Celina dwelling on Saturday
Harding’s husband Michael (pictured) went lacking in September 2022 however was discovered lifeless per week later from a number of gunshot wounds in a vacant home in Cumberland County
Simply days earlier than Harding’s loss of life authorities assisted within the arrest of Thomas Francis O’Donnell, 60, in reference to Michael’s killing.
O’Donnell was arrested on the Sacramento Worldwide Airport on a homicide cost.
He stays within the Sacramento County Most important Jail and has waived a listening to on extradition to Kentucky, KCRA 3 reported.
The 60-year-old has a legal historical past that entails stalking and threatening to kill an ex-girlfriend within the Houston space in 2006.
The sufferer had {accused} him of threatening to kill her after she broke up with him in 2005.
Harding was on depart from her CHP job on the time of her Dec 10 loss of life. She had been arrested on Dec 8 for stalking and burglarizing the house of a girl who had been relationship Michael
The girl who filed the grievance reported seeing Harding on her ring digicam on Oct 10 strolling as much as the entrance door and calling a canine’s title, ‘Charlie’
Within the ring digicam footage Harding may be seen grabbing the canine by the collar and leaving Michael’s girlfriend’s dwelling
In incidents that spanned practically a yr, he was {accused} of pushing her, choking her, forcing her to have intercourse with him, harassing her the place she labored and chasing her along with his automotive, in keeping with court docket paperwork.
O’Donnell was charged however launched on probation.
Authorities haven’t mentioned what they consider his motive may very well be in relation to the loss of life of Harding’s husband.
KPIX reported {that a} shut supply had made claims that Michael’s loss of life had been a part of a ‘murder-for-hire plot’ involving Harding, however authorities haven’t made a connection between Harding and O’Donnell.
Harding was on depart from her CHP job on the time of her Dec 10 loss of life.
She had been arrested on Dec 8 for stalking and burglarizing the house of a girl who had been relationship Michael.
Simply days earlier than Harding’s loss of life authorities assisted within the arrest of Thomas Francis O’Donnell, 60, in reference to Michael’s killing
The Hardings had been going by a divorce, in keeping with paperwork from the Murfreesboro Police Division in Tennessee.
The girl who filed the grievance reported seeing Harding on her ring digicam on Oct 10 strolling as much as the entrance door and calling a canine’s title, ‘Charlie.’
Charlie was Michael’s canine and the lady had agreed to take custody of the beloved pet after he died, the paperwork state.
The girl instructed officers she was keen to provide the canine to Harding in the event that they met at a close-by police division.
Within the ring digicam footage Harding may be seen grabbing the canine by the collar and leaving Michael’s girlfriend’s dwelling, which is when the lady filed a warrant for Julie’s arrest for trespassing.
Sgt. Jeremy Weyland of the CHP’s Valley Division instructed CBS that Julie Harding had been on the pressure since 1999 and was a commander since 2018.
