In this episode Crawlspace Media's Tim Pilleri, Lance Reenstierna and Jennifer Amell speak about the abduction and murder of Maria Ridulph from Sycamore, Illinois on December 3rd, 1957.

Maria was a 7 year old fun loving kid playing with her friend when a creepy man in his 20's approached them. Maria was soon abducted by the young man named who called himself "Johnny". Five months later Maria's lifeless body was found in a wooded area in Woodbine-about 90 miles from her home. What followed is a strange case of a suspect who was charged and convicted for Maria's murder. But was he really the killer?

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This episode was researched for us by Maryann White.

Sources:

https://www.forensicscolleges.com/blog/resources/10-cold-cases-solved

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Maria_Ridulph

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jack-mccullough-freed-murder_n_57114aa2e4b0018f9cba171b

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2830800/How-America-s-coldest-criminal-case- mystery-missing-seven-year-old-pretty-Maria-solved-55-years-later-thanks-deathbed-confession- murder-s-mother.html

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2013/08/us/oldest-cold-case/ch2.html 

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