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...
Jack McCullough, 72, was found guilty Sept. 14 in the 55-year-old kidnapping and murder case of Maria Ridulph. The gallery lept to its feet in applause before James Hallock, Kane County associate judge, could finish reading the verdict. The state built...
The family of Jack McCullough, 72, convicted earlier today of the 1957 kidnapping and murder of Maria Ridulph, 7, spoke at a press conference after the verdict was handed down. Janet Tessier, McCullough's half-sister, talked about what she had done to...
UPDATE, 12:14 p.m.: According to the Daily Chronicle, Tessier family members and Kathy Chapman have said justice has been served, and defense attorney Tom McCulloch says Jack McCullough has brought up the appeal process. ---- Jack McCullough, 72, the...
Christopher Diaz, a prisoner at DeKalb County jail, told prosecutors on Wednesday that he overheard Jack McCullough, 72, tell another inmate how he killed Maria Ridulph, 7. Diaz said the conversation included details about how he strangled her with a...
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...
The first day of the trial for a man charged with the 1957 kidnapping and murder of a Sycamore girl began Monday. Charles Ridulph was brought into court to testify against Jack McCullough, 72. McCullough is accused of kidnapping and murdering Ridulph’s...
The trial for Jack McCullough, 72, begins Monday at the Kane County Judicial Center. McCullough is accused of kidnapping and murdering Maria Ridulph, 7, in 1957. On Dec. 3, Ridulph and a friend were playing at the corner of Center Cross Street and Archie...
On Tuesday, a judge ruled to prohibit the use of FBI records as evidence in Jack McCullough’s murder trial, according to a Daily Chronicle article. McCullough was arrested in 2011 for the alleged kidnapping and murder of Maria Ridulph, 7, in 1957. McCullough’s...
The man charged with the 1957 kidnapping and murder of Maria Ridulph appeared in court Tuesday for his latest status hearing. Victor Escarcida, DeKalb County Assistant State's Attorney, said the prosecution provided the defense with discovery information,...
UPDATE: Jack Daniel McCullough, the suspect in 1957 kidnapping and murder of Maria Ridulph was transported from Seattle to the DeKalb County Jail at about 4:50 p.m. Wednesday night. McCullough arrived in a Ford Expedition with tinted windows and was transported...
