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This July 27, 2011, file photo provided by the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department in Sycamore, Ill, shows Jack Daniel McCullough, 72, of Seattle.

Maria Ridulph’s childhood friend speaks at McCullough trial

By Lauren Dielman | September 11, 2012

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...

McCullough found not guilty in rape trial

By Dave Gong | April 12, 2012

Tears flowed once again at the DeKalb County Courthouse Courtroom 204, 133 W. State St. in Sycamore, as Circuit Judge Robbin Stuckert found Jack Daniel McCullough not guilty of all charges. McCullough, 72, was charged with one count of rape, a Class X...

This July 27, 2011, file photo provided by the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department in Sycamore, Ill, shows Jack Daniel McCullough, 72, of Seattle.

Four witnesses called in first day of McCullough trial

By Dave Gong | April 10, 2012

Wiping a tear from her eye, Jeanne Tessier, 64, of Cadiz, Ky., recounted the events of a sunny spring afternoon in 1962, 50 years ago. “It was a warm day and I was sitting on the front steps of my family home,” Tessier said. This was the first scene...