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11:34 am
Thu September 13, 2012

State Rests Its Case At McCullough Trial

Maria Ridulph

The state has rested its case at the bench trial of Jack McCullough. The 72-year-old is accused in a DeKalb County cold case that dates back to 1957. Prosecutors say he kidnapped and murdered 7-year-old Maria Ridulph. 

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Jack McCullough trial
8:38 pm
Wed September 12, 2012

Cellmates, Scientist Take The Spotlight In Trial's Third Day

Jack D. McCullough

Two inmates and a forensic anthropologist testified Wednesday in the murder-kidnap trial of Jack Daniel McCullough, accused in the disappearance and death of little Maria Ridulph in Sycamore nearly 55 years ago.

The inmates told slightly different – but not necessarily contradictory – stories of McCullough’s jailhouse conversations about his case, and the scientist explained how she found evidence of deep cutting wounds on the skelton of the 7-year-old victim.

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