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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, Bobs sister and McCulloughs half-sister, stands beside him. The Tessiers thanked law enforcement officials for solving the case.

McCullough appeals murder conviction

By Kelly Bauer | April 22, 2014

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...

Some say ‘justice has been served’ at McCullough trial

By Alan Kozeluh | September 16, 2012

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...

‘Crimes conceived in hell don’t have angels at witnesses’

By Alan Kozeluh | September 14, 2012

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...