Jack McCullough, right, reaches out to touch the back of attorney Russell Ainsworth of the Exoneration Project as Ainsworth issues a statement on Tuesday, April 5, 2017 at the DeKalb County Courthouse in Sycamore. McCullough is seeking a certificate of innocence in the 1957 murder of Maria Ridulph. Judge William Brady will reach a verdict on Wednesday, April 12. (Matthew Apgar /Daily Chronicle via AP, Pool)Ê
SYCAMORE | Jack McCullough, the man wrongfully convicted of murder in the nation’s longest cold case, will take the stand during his certificate of innocence hearing next month.McCullough was tried and found guilty in 2012 for the 1957 murder of 7-year-old...
Jack McCullough, 76, of Seattle, has been released from jail with no bond after being charged with the murder of Sycamore 7-year-old Maria Ridulph.On Sept. 14, 2012, McCullough, a retired security guard, was convicted in Ridulph's 1957 killing and...
Charles Ridulph isn’t sure how he’ll feel when a Lifetime documentary chronicling the 1957 kidnapping and murder of his younger sister, Sycamore girl Maria Ridulph, premieres today.The two-hour documentary premieres 7 p.m. on the Lifetime Movie Network....
Charles Ridulph, brother to the victim of the longest solved cold-case murder in the United States, appeared on “Dr. Phil” Wednesday to talk about the recent appeal of Jack McCullough, who was convicted of the murder.McCullough, formally known as...
There wasn’t enough evidence to prove Jack McCullough’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt for the 1957 abduction and murder of 7-year-old Sycamore girl Maria Ridulph, according to a brief he filed Friday.The cold case — the United States’ longest...
CBS will air an episode about Maria Ridulph and the Jack McCullough case in a new episode of “48 Hours” at 9 p.m. Saturday. Erin Moriarty will report in the episode, “Cold as Ice.” McCullough was found guilty in September of kidnapping and murdering...
Jack McCullough wrote a letter to the Daily Chronicle and the citizens of Sycamore asking to be set free. McCullough has been convicted of kidnapping and murdering Syacmore resident Maria Ridulph, 7, in 1957. He said he was astonished with the reaction...
Attorneys in the Jack McCullough trial voiced their reactions to Friday’s guilty verdict. McCullough, formerly known as John Tessier, was convicted of kidnapping and murdering Maria Ridulph. Ridulph disappeared on Dec. 3, 1957. The case was reopened...
On Friday, Jack McCullough, 72, was found guilty of the 1957 kidnapping and murder of Maria Ridulph, 7. Ridulph was abducted from the corner of Center Cross Street and Archie Place on Dec. 3, 1957. In April 1958, Ridulph’s skeletal remains were found...
Following a post-verdict press conference, members of the Tessier family leave the Legislative Center, 200 N. Main St. in Sycamore. The family members were talking and joking; Janet Tessier, in black at right, had expressed joy and gratefulness toward...
Bob Tessier, the half-brother of Jack McCullough, speaks at a press conference following the conviction of McCullough for the 1957 kidnapping of Maria Ridulph, 7. Janet Tessier, Bob's sister and McCullough's half-sister, stands beside him. The Tessiers...
