By Jane Denison Furness and Victor Yehling
Jack Daniel McCullough is back in his cell at the DeKalb County Jail, weighing his options for filing an appeal of his conviction on charges related to the disappearance of little Maria Ridulph on Dec. 3, 1957.
He has 30 days to make that decision, with a sentencing hearing scheduled at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 30.
In April, McCullough waived his right to a jury trial, opting instead for a bench trial on charges of murder, kidnapping, and abduction of an infant – defined in Illinois law at the time as a person younger than 12 years old.
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