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McCullough defense files for retrial

By Northern Star Staff | October 16, 2012

Jack D. McCullough, the man recently convicted of the 1957 abduction and murder of Maria Ridulph, now wants a retrial, according to a Tuesday Daily Chronicle article. McCullough’s attorney, interim Public Defender Tom McCulloch, said the motion for...

On Sept. 14, 2012, Jack McCullough was found guilty of kidnapping and murdering 7-year-old Maria Ridulph in 1957.

McCullough found guilty on all counts at trial

By Kelly Bauer | September 14, 2012

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...

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

Judge finds McCullough not guilty in rape trial

By Northern Star Staff | April 12, 2012

Former Sycamore resident Jack Daniel McCullough was found not guilty of the rape of his then-teenage half-sister, Jeanne Tessier, 50 years ago. Judge Robbin Stuckert delivered the verdict. McCullough was found not guilty of rape and taking indecent liberties...

This July 27 2011 file booking photo provided by the DeKalb
County Sheriff's Department in Sycamore, Ill. shows Jack Daniel
McCullough, 71, who has been charged in the 1957 murder of
7-year-old Maria Ridulph in Sycamore.

McCullough pleads ‘not guilty’

By Dave Gong | September 8, 2011

The man charged with the 1957 kidnapping and murder of a 7-year-old Sycamore girl pled not guilty during an arraignment hearing Thursday morning. During an arraignment hearing, charges are formally read and the defendant is given an opportunity to enter...