MEDIA ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 21, 2025
July 21, 2025
BELLEVILLE – The Illinois State Police is hosting a news conference highlighting the Zone 6 Cold Case Internship Program with Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and recent cases that have been solved. Cases include the identification of three women believed to be victims of a serial killer and a 14-year-old murder.
WHO:
Director Brendan F. Kelly – Illinois State Police
Dr. Trish Oberweis – Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Ryleigh Franklin –Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate
Jeanette Smith – Mother of homicide victim Truman Smith
WHEN:
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Time 10:00 a.m.
WHERE:
Metro East Forensic Science Laboratory
2220 West Main Street
Belleville, Illinois 62226
The news conference will be livestreamed at https://www.facebook.com/ILStatePolice.
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