On January 4, 2011, authorities took Hemy Neuman into custody, charging him with malice murder. During interrogation sessions and subsequent grand jury proceedings, prosecutors painted a portrait of destructive fixation. Neuman, then 48, lived an outwardly stable domestic life with his wife and children in East Cobb County. Internally, he had formed an intense obsession with Andrea Sneiderman.
Records subpoenaed from GE servers, personal cell phones, and hotel registries documented hundreds of late-night calls, private business dinners, and out-of-town trips to Greenville, Denver, and London. Prosecutors argued that Neuman viewed Rusty Sneiderman as the single roadblock separating him from a life with Andrea and her family's wealth. Neuman’s defense team took a radically different path: admitting he pulled the trigger, but arguing he was severely mentally deranged, actively hallucinating, and legally insane under Georgia law.
The core friction during pretrial hearings rested on Neuman's psychological evaluations. His attorneys claimed that Neuman believed God had commanded him to kill Rusty to protect the Sneiderman children, backed by alleged visual hallucinations of an angel who resembled Andrea Sneiderman. The state countered that Neuman's elaborate disguise, rented vehicle, and calculated escape proved conscious premeditation and an acute awareness of right and wrong.
