Investigators say Andrea Sneiderman and the suspect in her husband’s killing were in “continuous communication” before and after Rusty Sneiderman was gunned down outside a Dunwoody day care facility last fall, according to an affidavit obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
A DeKalb County judge has granted a search warrant of e-mail and cell phone records between Andrea Sneiderman and the suspect, Hemy Neuman. The records may have information “not necessarily illicit” but which “may reveal motive to murder him,” an investigator with the district attorney’s office testified in the affidavit, which was submitted by investigators to obtain the warrant.
Neuman was Andrea Sneiderman’s one-time supervisor at GE Electric Energy in Marietta. Police have not implicated Andrea Sneiderman in her husband’s death.
The warrant was signed Feb. 24 and covers phone calls and e-mails recorded between Sept. 1 and Jan. 15 — 11 days after Neuman was charged in the 36-year-old man’s killing.
“I can’t comment about any details regarding this case,” DeKalb district attorney’s office spokesman Erik Burton said.
Seth Kirschenbaum, Andrea Sneiderman’s attorney, said the search warrant doesn’t indicate his client was involved in the killing.
He also confirmed that Andrea Sneiderman and Neuman traveled together on a business trip to the United Kingdom and another to Colorado. The U.K. trip was carefully planned by Neuman, who sent Sneiderman an itinerary that included plans for a castle tour, dinner cruise and possibly a West End musical, according to the e-mails reviewed by the AJC.
“We’ve been fully cooperative [with police] and will continue to be,” Kirschenbaum said.
Last month Andrea Sneiderman, in her first comments about the case, said she was “shocked” when she learned her former boss had been charged with murder. The Sneidermans had lived in Georgia about a decade and had two children. Rusty Sneiderman was a certified public accountant and entrepreneur who was active in medical charities.
Neuman remains in the DeKalb jail without bond.
The search warrant also said Neuman rented the Kia Sedona used to get to the day care center on Nov. 18.
Investigators allege Neuman went to work early the day of the shooting, left to commit the crime, then returned to GE. He dropped off the minivan later that day, they say.
Fiber evidence of a synthetic beard believed to have been worn by Neuman during the shooting was discovered in the vehicle, the affidavit states.
Neuman’s arraignment is scheduled for April 4.
Russell Sneiderman was shot four times at point-blank range in a parking lot after he dropped off one of his children, a son, 2, at Dunwoody Prep Preschool and was re-entering his vehicle.
Witnesses said a man approached Sneiderman and gunned him down. The shooter, who wore a hooded pullover and beard police believe was fake, was spotted fleeing in what was initially described as a silver Dodge minivan, driving west on Mount Vernon Road.
Footage from surveillance cameras indicated that the slain man never saw his assailant approach.
Russell Sneiderman’s brother, Steve, later announced a $10,000 reward for information leading to the person responsible for his older sibling’s death.
Neuman was a gifted student in Israel who immigrated to the U.S. in 1980, graduating with honors from Georgia Tech in 1984.
Staff writer Joel Anderson contributed to this article.
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