CNN, ANN O’NEILL, APRIL 17, 2016 Sycamore, Illinois (CNN) — The man convicted in the oldest cold case ever brought to court broke into a wide grin as a judge ordered him released from prison Friday and granted him a new trial. Jack McCullough, 76, was serving a life sentence for the 1957 murder of 7-year-old Maria Ridulph.…
DetailsDaily Chronicle, By KATIE SMITH, APRIL 15, 2016 – SYCAMORE – Jack McCullough walked free Friday for the first time since his 2011 arrest after a DeKalb County judge vacated his murder conviction, and he could be less than a week away from vindication. McCullough, 76, was released on his own recognizance after Judge William Brady ruled…
DetailsThe New York Times, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, APRIL 15, 2016 CHICAGO — A 76-year-old man who a prosecutor says was wrongly convicted in the 1957 killing of an Illinois schoolgirl was released from prison Friday shortly after a judge vacated his conviction, meaning one of the oldest cold cases tried in the nation’s history has officially…
Details(Convicted Killer Jack McCullough) A Letter From A Convicted Child Killer.. It’s not every day you get a letter from a convicted child killer who has just watched a TV documentary based on your book about the crime. My recently published book, Footsteps in the Snow, is the saga of the coldest case in U.S.…
DetailsTUNE IN ALERT! Footsteps In The Snow On LMN (VIDEO) ! Every now and then you get lucky. That’s what happened when I came across some extraordinary video while researching my new nonfiction book, Footsteps in the Snow. The book investigates the coldest case in U.S. history ever to be brought to justice. Maria Ridulph…
DetailsWhat’s Your Favorite True Crime Book? What’s your favorite true crime book? Most people would probably name Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood. It’s a truly great book. I’d like to think that Footsteps in the Snow, which is my first foray in the true crime genre after having written two histories and a novel, will…
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