LOCAL : No Bail for Anaheim Murder Suspect
An Anaheim man who fled to Montana after allegedly killing his wife and then confessed in a letter to a newspaper columnist today was ordered held without bail until his arraignment June 13 to face murder charges.
David Lee Schoenecker, 48, a chemical engineer, is accused of fatally shooting his 40-year-old wife, Gail, at their Anaheim Hills home May 5.
Municipal Judge Kazuharu Makino in Fullerton today ordered Schoenecker held without bail in Orange County Jail.
Schoenecker was captured by a posse of sheriff’s deputies in rugged mountains near Superior, Mont., earlier this month and was brought back to Orange County on May 16 after waiving extradition.
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