LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The physique of a California Freeway Patrol captain was discovered simply days after a person was arrested within the capturing loss of life of her husband in Kentucky, investigators mentioned.
Julie V. Harding, 49, a commander with the freeway patrol, was discovered lifeless Saturday at a house in Celina, Tennessee, in response to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. A press release from TBI didn’t say how she died, however authorities consider no foul play was concerned.
Police haven’t mentioned whether or not there’s a connection between Julie Harding’s loss of life and the deadly capturing of her husband, Michael Harding, who was dwelling in Celina, Tennessee, and went lacking in September.
Michael Harding’s physique was discovered Sept. 26 in a house in Burkesville, Kentucky, close to the Tennessee line. Michael Harding, 53, had been shot to loss of life, in response to Kentucky State Police.
An investigation by state troopers in Kentucky together with the FBI and Tennessee authorities led to the arrest of 60-year-old Thomas O’Donnell, of Napa, California, on Dec. 8. O’Donnell was charged with homicide in Michael Harding’s loss of life, Kentucky State Police mentioned.
O’Donnell was arrested on the Sacramento airport, in response to on-line reserving data of the Sacramento County Sheriff. He’s in jail in California and awaiting extradition to Kentucky to face the homicide cost, Kentucky State Police mentioned.
Julie Harding was arrested for trespassing at a house in Tennessee two days earlier than her physique was discovered, in response to media reviews. She was jailed and launched.
The California Freeway Patrol mentioned in an announcement that Harding was on depart on the time of her loss of life. She has labored on the division since 1999 and had been commander of the Yuba Sutter space workplace since 2018.
An post-mortem is being carried out on Julie Harding’s physique in Nashville.
Related Press author Stefanie Dazio contributed to this report from Los Angeles.