Reward Set For Murder Information
Reward Set For Murder Information
The Eastern Michigan University student newspaper today offered a $300 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killer of Joan E. Schell.
Paul Fetters, assistant editor of the Eastern Echo, said the person who police believed turned in key information in the murder probe will be paid the reward.
Persons with such information are asked to send it in a sealed envelope to The Editor, Eastern Echo, 430 W. Fourth St., Ypsilanti. Tipsters should a choose any five-digit number, write it down with the information and retain a copy of the number. That procedure will assure that proper credit will be given to the person most deserving of the reward.
Senior Ann Arbor Police Capt. Harold E. Olson called the reward a “good idea” and said his department would be receptive to other companies or individuals offering rewards in the case.
“Most people simply do not want to get involved, especially in a homicide case,” Capt. Olson said. “But if there is a chance for some material gain it starts a lot of people thinking.”
Information obtained through the EMU newspaper reward offer will be turned over to the office of Prosecuting Attorney William F. Delhey, student leaders said.
Meanwhile, the investigation itself was producing few bright spots for the score of detectives and technicians working on it.
Results of a polygraph (lie detector) test given yesterday to Dale Schultz, 19, of Plymouth, Miss Schell’s boy friend, are still being studied and he remains in the County Jail. Schultz, AWOL from the Army, was picked up at an Ann Arbor apartment only hours after Miss Schell’s body was found last Friday afternoon. Military authorities have agreed to waive picking Schultz up until local police agencies have cleared him of implication in the murder.
Capt. Olson said a number of black-and-red, late-model cars have already been checked out and more are on a master list. It was this type of car which picked up Joan Schell on the night of June 30 in front of EMU’s McKinney Union. Police say they are moving on the assumption that the three youths in that car are the last persons to see Miss Schell alive.
“We’re not swamped with calls about cars or any other details on this crime,” Olson said. “We’re handling everything that comes in. We still need help from the public.”
Assistant Prosecutor Thomas F. Shea says meetings between officers from five police agencies working on the case will continue on a daily basis for the time being. He said Eastern Michigan University security police on the campus and university officials have been providing excellent cooperation in the probe.