Kathy Sigman Chapman, a childhood friend of victim Maria Ridulph, spoke on Tuesday at the DeKalb County Courthouse.

Jack McCullough, 72, is on trial, facing charges of kidnapping and murdering Ridulph on Dec. 3, 1957.

On that day, Sigman, now 62, said a man who told them his name was Johnny offered her and Ridulph a piggy back ride. She said McCullough took Ridulph on a piggy back ride and then came right back. Ridulph then ran home to get her doll. When she left, Sigman said she observed McCullough closely but didn’t remember speaking with him, according to a Daily Chronicle article. Sigman said she ran home to get mittens and when she returned, McCullough and Ridulph were gone.

McCullough’s attorneys questioned what Sigman could remember about that night, including asking about McCullough’s boots, belts and other items she could not recall, according to the article.

Katheran Caulfield, McCullough’s half-sister, took the stand and said her mother told authorities on Dec. 4, 1957, that McCullough had been at home in Sycamore the day before.

Caulfield said she did not see McCullough on Dec. 3, 1957.

The trial will resume at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the DeKalb County Courthouse.