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...

The attorney representing Jack Daniel McCullough, 71, requested at a hearing Thursday that certain testimonies from other crimes McCullough allegedly committed not be used as evidence for the 1960s rape charge. McCullough was charged on Sept. 30 with...

The man charged with the kidnapping and murder of NIU student Antinette "Toni" Keller appeared in court Wednesday for a status hearing.William "Billy" Curl, 35, is charged with murder, arson and criminal sexual assault. Charles Criswell Jr., DeKalb County...

DeKalb | Arraignment for the man charged with the 1957 kidnapping and murder of 7-year-old Maria Ridulph was set at a hearing Monday morning. An arraignment is a hearing during which a formal reading of charges is given to the defendant, who may also...

Video surveillance tapes from the high-rise residence of William Curl, 34, the DeKalb man charged with the murder of Antinette "Toni" Keller, were turned over to his defense attorney during a status update today. Curl lived at Golden Years Plaza, a high-rise...

DeKALB | The state of Illinois turned over nearly 4,000 pages of evidence Tuesday to the defense attorney of William P. Curl, the DeKalb man charged with the murder of Antinette "Toni" Keller. Clay Campbell, DeKalb county state's attorney, gave evidence...