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Dupage Co illinois does not have a good reputation for solving crimes

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so, it sounds to me like this will never be solved...what a shame

my guess... he called the cops about the dream because he was aware that they had reopened the case.... he was trying to deflect... instead, he points a big red arrow right at himself

Yes, lots of developments today... Tessier/McCullough has just arrived, he is now in the Dekalb Jail. Maria's body is currently being examined

But ive also read he was known in the neighborhood as Johnny

he went by Johnny.. He is in the local yearbooks as J. Tessier. Ive seen them

also... there is no dna to test

a few quick thoughts... i bet the doll was moved by someone who didnt think it was important. And I believe that Kathy Sigman Chapman is very credible. And I also believe that they have the right guy. It all fits...

as far as searching, yes... after it was truly realized that Maria was taken... Over an hour.. Searching began in earnest and it is said in the old papers and old timers that ive talked to that every single house was searched that night by townsmen going door to door. Im sure the Cliffes house...

i really dont think anyone from the corner house, the Cliffes or the Richardsons had anything to do with it. that theory makes it much more complicated than it is, IMO.

i think the discrepency with the doll might just be a reporting mistake. I walked the area the other day and i could totally picture how the kidnapping could happen. when Cathy left to get her mittens... Johnny gave Maria another piggy back ride... and ran with her the VERY short way to his...

Marias name is spelled wrong on this thread.... its MARIA RIDULPH. Is there any way to change that?

It just came out today that his military records burned in 1973. I do know how he came to Sycamore... He was Born in Belfast. His mom was in the war.. dad either left the family or died.. His Mom met her new American husband in the war. After the war. they settled in Sycamore. Johnny was 7...

John Tessiers own sister has said that he molested her when she was a girl and made her act as a lookout as he molested neighborhood girls in bushes. Sadly, she has said this only recently

at first he wouldnt admit it that he was John Tessier, but now he has.

IMO a few things were at play as to why they didnt catch this guy at the time...... Sycamore was a very small town.. everyone knew each other, it is still that way.... The FBI came in and took over the case but then as soon as Marias body was found, they left. Center Cross St, is also Il State...

okay, well that link takes you to the home page... but you can search and find many articles from the time

and here is the original story in the local paper http://www.library.illinois.edu/dnc/Default/Skins/UIUC/Client.asp?Skin=UIUC&AW=1310004303008&AppName=2

A story on the 50th anniversey of Maria Ridolphs murder http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2011/07/01/innocence-lost-she-would-have-been-something/aqiuy63/