|SYCAMORE: a Seattle man has been charged in the murder of Sycamore 1957 7 years Maria Ridulph.
Prosecutor Clay Campbell in the State of the County of DeKalb announced in a press release Friday that Jack Daniel McCullough's 71-year-old was charged with murder for allegedly causing the death of Ridulph when she was kidnapped on December 3, 1957.
A warrant for the arrest of $ 3 million was obtained for McCullough, to be held in the prison of King County in Seattle pending extradition proceedings. He was arrested on Wednesday, police said, and reserved in the King County jail coming from 2: 50 am on Thursday, according to reservation in the prison register.
Detective Mark Jamieson with the Seattle Police Department, said the Illinois State police established contact with his Office and asked for help in locating McCullough. He said that McCullough was taken into custody without incident.
Family to the brother of the Sycamore House of Maria, Charles Ridulph, refused to comment Friday on the arrest.
The file of McCullough in Office of the DeKalb County Court circuit used in Sycamore said that he was facing charges of murder, kidnapping a felony and the abduction of a child. The documents were presented on Friday.
Ridulph and her friend were playing near their homes in Sycamore when she was kidnapped. Their skeletal remains were found on April 26, 1958, in Jo Daviess County.
According to the press release, McCullough was a suspect at the time of the disappearance, but the case was cold after McCullough, then known as John Tessier, joined the military and changed its name.
"This crime has tormented Sycamore for half a century", Campbell said in the press release. "We hope that the family of Maria Ridulph and this community can find some comfort and closure to this arrest."
Don Sycamore's Chief of police Thomas said authorities received new information on the case several years ago and which caused that authorities focus on McCullough.
In 1957, McCullough was 18 years old and known by the name of John Tessier, said Thomas and lived in Sycamore within two blocks of the Ridulph family. At the time of the incident, which had an alibi, said Thomas.
The new information helped authorities to re-interview some people, as well as to McCullough, said Thomas. Allowed the police to "prevent his alibi", said Thomas and develop necessary to proceed with the arrest of probable cause. At the moment there is no any DNA evidence, he added.
"I'm not going to comment on the details of the interview," said Thomas. "I will say this: during the interview, we have been able to confirm that he was the author of the crime."
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