Statement from Sheriff Steve Hinkley:
Good Morning,
We’re here to give an update on the Ashley Marie Parlier investigation. I’d like to provide some additional details.
First and foremost, our thoughts and prayers go to Ashley Parlier’s family. Including Ashley, they are the true victims in this case. It is unfortunate that Ashley Parlier’s parents Russell and Sharie Parlier passed away in 2020. They’ve sacrificed many years waiting and hoping for answers. Their commitment to this case being resolved along with Ashley Parlier’s surviving sister has kept detectives searching for answers.
Ashley Marie Parlier went missing 16 years ago on June 12, 2005 from her home in the City of Battle Creek. She was pregnant at the time of her disappearance. Her parents reported her missing to the Battle Creek Police Department. Ashley has never been located. Earlier this year, detectives were contacted by Pennsylvania law enforcement regarding Ashley’s disappearance.
Pennsylvania law enforcement had a suspect in custody for other murders and he provided them with details regarding Ashley’s disappearance and the possible location of her body in the north section of Newton Township. Calhoun County detectives, along with multiple other agencies, conducted a search of a wooded area in Newton Township south of the City of Battle Creek. This is the first of two searches that were conducted in that general area. Ashley’s body was not located.
Calhoun County detectives traveled to several different states interviewing possible witnesses to this case. Calhoun County detectives eventually traveled to Pennsylvania and interviewed Harold David Haulman III, a 42-year-old Pennsylvania resident, formerly of Battle Creek, Michigan. Haulman’s family was in the US Government and he lived in different locations, specifically in Battle Creek from (Fall 2002 to approximately mid 2009) During the interview with detectives, Haulman confessed to having an argument with Ashley at a home in Emmett Township. He indicated he had assaulted her, knocking her unconscious. He then drove her to a remote area in Newton Township where he struck her in the head several times with a piece of wood until she was dead and later discarded his blood covered clothing that he wore at the time.
Haulman is currently in custody in Pennsylvania for two additional murders. One occurred on approximately June 13, 2018 in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania and the second occurred on December 4, 2020 in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. He served jailtime in reference to a death on May 29, 1999 in Ramstein, Germany.
During the detectives’ investigation, they also found through a forensic social media search that Haulman had researched material related to serial killers and grave robbing.
In early June of this year Haulman again agreed to assist detectives in locating Ashley’s body. He was flown from Pennsylvania to Battle Creek where he was transported by detectives in an attempt to locate the area where the murder occurred, although the area has changed over the 16-year period they were again unable to locate her body.
We’re here to announce that Calhoun County Sheriff’s detectives submitted a request of charges to the Calhoun County Prosecutor’s Office. The Calhoun County Prosecutor’s Office issued a warrant for Harold David Haulman III for Homicide 1st Degree Murder Premeditated of Ashley Parlier. Haulman is currently being held in Pennsylvania for the two additional murders in Luzerne County.
I’m pleased to say that after 16 years, Ashley Parlier’s family can know that justice is near. This investigation could not have been successful without the joint assistance from the Battle Creek Police, Michigan State Police, FBI, Pennsylvania State Police, Luzerne County District Attorney’s Office, US Veterans Affairs Police, US Air Force OSI and the Calhoun County Prosecutors Office. This case is not over. Detectives will still be working additional information to locate Ashley. If anyone has any additional information, details, or knew Harold David Haulman III or Ashley Parlier please contact Calhoun County Sheriff Detectives at 269-781-0880. Any additional questions or communication reference this investigation can be forwarded to Lucy Blair, the public information officer, at 269-781-0926
