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Ex-Cop Gets Life for 1957 Murder

Slaying of 7-year-old girl is oldest cold case to result in conviction

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 11, 2012 2:07 AM CST

(Newser) – A former policeman from Washington state has been given a life sentence for kidnapping and murdering a little girl 55 years ago. In what is believed to be the oldest cold case ever to go to trial and get a conviction, Jack McCullough was found... Read full story »

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Ex-Cop Gets Life for 1957 Murder

Slaying of 7-year-old girl is oldest cold case to result in conviction

murder • Illinois • cold cases • child murder • Jack McCullough • Maria Ridulph

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