INA, Ill. (Feb. 9, 2017) - Members of Rend Lake College's first Forensic Psychology course met with Paul Echols, retired lieutenant of the Carbondale Police Department, last week to continue a discussion about several local criminal cases. Echols solved several cold cases during his 28 years on the Carbondale Police Department, including the case of Susan Schumake for whom the U.S. 51 overpass at Southern Illinois University Carbondale was named, and discussed criminal profiling with the RLC students. Echols is currently a Criminal Justice instructor at Shawnee Community College.
Echols, LEFT, poses with RLC students during Dr. Jeannie Mitchell's Forensic Psychology class. Also pictured is, in alphabetical order, Taylor Aldridge (Eldorado), Darakah Barnum (Mt. Vernon), Breya Cooper (Henderson, Ky.), Anthony Hargrove (Christopher), Jeremy Johnson (Texico), Shelby Johnson (Greenwood, Ind.), Kyle Keeneth (Mt. Vernon), Blaine Leslie (Sesser), Eric McFarland (Christopher), Kalynn Myers (Royalton), Reece Payne (Mt. Vernon), Alexis Scott (Belle Rive), Nathan Watkins (Benton), and Jacob Williamson (Belle Rive). Click on the image for a larger view.
(ReAnne Palmer / RLC Public Information)
Echols, STANDING, addressed many topics with the students, including DNA identification and other techniques he used to solve cold cases from the area. Click on the image for a larger view.
(ReAnne Palmer / RLC Public Information)
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