COPS EXHUME BODY OF MARIA RIDULPH; SLAIN IN 1957

DETECTIVES in Illinois exhumed the body of Maria Ridulph--the 7-year-old girl murdered in 1957. Cops are hoping that modern science will help the case they're building against the man they believe raped and murdered her. Jack Daniel McCullough, now 71, was arrested last week in the grisly slaying that garnered national headlines at the time. He is a former police officer in the Seattle area and has denied any involvement.
State's Attorney Clay Campbell said: "Suffice to say science has advanced greatly, thankfully, since that time and we're hoping that advancement in science can assist us in our investigation of this case."
Maria disappeared while playing with a pal near her home, 60 miles west of Chicago. Her body was discovered five months later after spring thaw
and more than 100 miles away

McCullough immediately came under suspicion but said he was at an air force recruiting station 20 miles and had taken the train. The unused ticket was recently discovered by a former girlfriend.
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ROBERT PHELAN SEX GROPED DEMENTIA PATIENT, 93

WELL, I think we can all agree there's a special place in hell for Robert J. 'Handsome Bob' Phelan. The twisted 6-year-old Oak Lawn, Illinois man has been charged with aggravated sexual assault. The victim? A 93-year-old woman who suffers from dementia. He was busted Sunday after a co-worker at Lexington Health Care spotted him diddling the whacked out oldster in her room. Phelan was a certified nursing assistant and had worked there for just under two weeks and "is no longer with the company."
A spokeswoman said: “We take appropriate measures in our hiring process, and follow state and federal regulations to ensure
the highest level of safety for all of our patients and residents. We are aware of the allegations and are fully cooperating with authorities, as well as conducting our own in-depth internal investigation." It was unknown where he previously worked. The 56-year-old man has no criminal record.

JACK DANIEL McCULLOUGH DENIES 1957 SEX SLAYING

THE FORMER cop busted in the sensational 1957 sex slaying of little Maria Ridulph denies murdering the child. Creepy Jack Daniel 'Creepy Jack' McCullough, 71, told the Associated Press in a jailhouse chat: “I have an iron-clad alibi. I did not commit a murder.” Hmmm. Geez Jack, pretty much everyone else thinks you're a killer who changed his name and vanished from Illinois in the spring of 1958. During the interview, McCullough stuck to the alibi he gave cops half a century ago: he couldn't commit the murder because he was in
Chicago--50 miles away--enlisting in the US Air Force.

But McCullough lived near the girl and matched the description of the suspect given by Maria's 8-year-old friend, Cathy Sigman, who last saw her on Dec. 3, 1957, at about 6 p.m. Sigman said she left Maria with a young man and ran home to get some mittens; when she returned 15 minutes later, the two were gone. She has not wavered from her story and even recognized the aged McCullough as the killer.
McCullough has a long history of molesting young girls and even his own family has claimed he abused them when they were young, making them perform sick acts on each other.

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CHRIS COLEMAN GUILTY OF STRANGLING WIFE, 2 BOYS

TWO YEARS after an Illinois family was butchered, justice has been delivered. Chris Coleman was found guilty of murdering his wife Sheri and little boys Garett and Gavin. Now, the prosecution says they are planning to seek the death penalty and send the cold-blooded bald-headed monster to oblivion.
"If there was ever a case the death penalty, it would be for a father who killed his wife and two young sons," said prosecutor Ed Parkinson.
The guilty verdict came on the second anniversary of the horrific slayings. A minister's son and former
U.S. Marine, Coleman was painted in the prosecution's summation as a man under a lot of pressure and torn between his hormone-charged sexual relationship with his mistress (Sheri's lifelong friend Tara Lintz whom he'd promised to marry and his $100,000 year job as security boss with Joyce Meyer Ministries. While the case was largely circumstantial, Coleman gave cops enough lies that he was immediately in the frame. The defence suggested the whole thing was completely circumstantial and that Chris Coleman, was, well just the nicest guy. Didn't work.
Mario DiCicco, Sheri Coleman's brother said: "Today we know what the truth is. This is a difficult day for obvious reasons. Today would be hard if I was in the Antarctic. So this is hard ... Next year will be better."
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