SYCAMORE, Ill. (AP) — Bond has been set at $3 million for a man charged in the 1957 kidnapping and slaying of a 7-year-old Illinois girl.
Jack Daniel McCullough made an initial court appearance Thursday in DeKalb County Circuit Court via closed-circuit television. The (DeKalb) Daily Chronicle reports the 71-year-old Seattle resident was appointed a public defender.
McCullough was named John Tessier and lived in Sycamore when Ridulph was kidnapped in December 1957. Although he matched the suspect’s description, he had an alibi.
He’s denied any involvement in the death of Maria Ridulph (RIHD’-uhlf) of Sycamore.
