Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Sycamore girl killed in '57 was 'outgoing, sweet and trusting' - chicagotribune.com

By Clifford Ward

Murder victim Maria Ridulph was described as a sweet, trusting child by prosecutors in opening statements today at the trial of the man charged with her murder more than a half-century ago.

Jack D. McCullough, a 72-year-old Seattle retiree and former Sycamore resident, is charged with killing the 7-year-old Sycamore girl in 1957 and dumping her body near Galena "in the cold dark woods like she was a piece of garbage," DeKalb County State's Attorney Clay Campbell said in his opening statement.

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