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Seattle Court Hearing in 1957 IL Slaying
SEATTLE (AP) -- A former police officer arrested in the 1957 killing of an Illinois girl did not appear at his arraignment hearing Wednesday, but a not guilty plea was entered on his behalf in a Seattle courtroom.

Jack Daniel McCullough is being charged with being a fugitive from justice, a charge expected to keep him in custody pending his return to Illinois.

He's accused in the 1957 abduction-slaying of seven-year-old Maria Ridulph of Sycamore. McCullough lived near the girl and went by a different name at the time of her disappearance.

After the hearing, McCullough's stepdaughter Janey O'Connor told reporters that McCullough did not commit the crime. She said he's an honorable man and a good father. She also questioned whether an unused train ticket that reportedly undercut McCullough's alibi was really her dad's.

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