SYCAMORE, Ill. (AP) — The 71-year-old man accused in the 1957 kidnapping and killing of young Illinois girl could enter a plea soon.
The (DeKalb) Daily Chronicle reports (http://bit.ly/qtWQV4 ) that a judge on Monday set a Sept. 8 arraignment date for Jack McCullough.
A grand jury this summer indicted McCullough on felony murder, kidnapping and abduction charges in the death of 7-year-old Maria Ridulph (RIHD’-uhlf) of Sycamore.
Arraignments are typically where charges are formally read and suspects enter pleas.
McCullough has denied any wrongdoing, insisting in interviews that he has a solid alibi.
He was arrested in Seattle and brought to Illinois in July to face charges in one of the oldest cold-case murders in the nation to be reopened. He’s being held on $3 million bail.
