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092			_a364.1523 _bL138
100	1		_aLachman, Charles, _eauthor. _9157626
245	1	0	_aFootsteps in the snow / _cCharles Lachman.
264		1	_aNew York : _bBerkley Books, _c2014.
264		4	_c©2014
300			_aviii, 502 pages : _billustrations ; _c19 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_aIt was a shocking true crime that left two families shattered, and became the coldest case in U.S. history. Who really killed little Maria? The question fueled a real-life nightmare in Sycamore, Illinois in 1957. Christmas was three weeks away, and seven-year-old Maria Ridulph went out to play. Soon after, a figure emerged out of the falling snow. He was very friendly. Minutes later, Maria vanished, leaving behind an abandoned doll and footsteps in the snow. In April, a spring thaw gave up Maria's body in a nearby wooded area. The case attracted national attention, including that of the FBI and President Eisenhower. In all, seventy-four men and three women fell under suspicion. But no one was ever charged with the crime. Incredibly, fifty-five years later, the coldest case in the history of American jurisprudence would be reopened. It happened after a seventy-four-year-old former neighbor of the Ridulphs named Eileen Tessier made a stunning deathbed confession to her family about a dark past, and a darker secret they knew nothing about. Two families would be joined by despair and retribution, and in an astounding turn of events, Maria Ridulph's killer would finally be brought to justice.
600	1	0	_aMcCullough, Jack. _972867
600	1	0	_aRidulph, Maria. _9265701
650		0	_aMurder _zIllinois _zSycamore _vCase studies. _9265702
655		7	_aTrue crime stories. _2lcgft _99557
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