Paul Cornfed Schneider

Paul "Cornfed" Schneider is a California state prison inmate who was indirectly involved with the 2001 dog mauling case of Diane Whipple.¹ According to reports, the two dogs that killed the 33-year-old Whipple were being raised on Schneider's behalf by his adopted parents, Marjorie Knoller and Robert Noel.¹ Both Noel and Knoller initially served a three-year prison sentence for involuntary manslaughter, but Knoller was given an additional 15 years to life in a 2008 retrial.

Fast Facts

1. Born: c. 1963
2. Reputed to be a leader of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang¹
3. Serving life sentence at Pelican Bay state prison for attempted murder, aggravated assault and robbery¹
4. Adopted as an adult by lawyers Knoller and Noel, after they represented him in court¹
5. Dogs' were purebred Presa Canarios, reportedly being raised for Schneider, as part of a dogfighting business called Dog O' War¹
6. Whipple was a neighbor of Knoller and Noel
7. Whipple was attacked and killed by one or both of the dogs on January 26, 2001²

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Diane Whipple | Marjorie Knoller | Robert Noel

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