1957. Sycamore, Illinois. Christmas was three weeks away, and seven-year-old Maria Ridulph went out to play. Soon after, a figure emerged out of the falling snow. He was very friendly. Minutes later, Maria vanished, leaving behind an abandoned doll and footsteps in the snow. Read More>
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CNN, ANN O’NEILL, APRIL 17, 2016 Sycamore, Illinois (CNN) — The man convicted in the oldest cold case ever brought to court broke into a wide grin as a judge ordered him released from prison Friday and granted him a new trial. Jack McCullough, 76, was serving a life sentence for the 1957 murder of 7-year-old Maria Ridulph.…
DetailsDaily Chronicle, By KATIE SMITH, APRIL 15, 2016 – SYCAMORE – Jack McCullough walked free Friday for the first time since his 2011 arrest after a DeKalb County judge vacated his murder conviction, and he could be less than a week away from vindication. McCullough, 76, was released on his own recognizance after Judge William Brady ruled…
DetailsThe New York Times, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, APRIL 15, 2016 CHICAGO — A 76-year-old man who a prosecutor says was wrongly convicted in the 1957 killing of an Illinois schoolgirl was released from prison Friday shortly after a judge vacated his conviction, meaning one of the oldest cold cases tried in the nation’s history has officially…
Details(Convicted Killer Jack McCullough) A Letter From A Convicted Child Killer.. It’s not every day you get a letter from a convicted child killer who has just watched a TV documentary based on your book about the crime. My recently published book, Footsteps in the Snow, is the saga of the coldest case in U.S.…
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