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...

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...

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...