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raccoon

(31,119 posts)
Fri Feb 27, 2015, 05:56 PM Feb 2015

I just finished FOOTSTEPS IN THE SNOW. It's about the

disappearance and murder of 7 year old Maria Ridulph in 1957 in Sycamore, IL.

Neighbor John Tessier was a suspect at the time, but seemed to have an alibi.
Not until this century would he go to trial for her murder.

The book is by Charles Lachman and was published in 2014.

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I just finished FOOTSTEPS IN THE SNOW. It's about the (Original Post) raccoon Feb 2015 OP
Thanks! I read that it's a Lifetime Movie Channel documentary now frogmarch Feb 2015 #1
I remember that murder very clearly. murielm99 Mar 2015 #2
Thanks for the heads up Tom Ripley Mar 2015 #3
It was an incredible story that was very well-written Tom Ripley Apr 2015 #4
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frogmarch

(12,158 posts)
1. Thanks! I read that it's a Lifetime Movie Channel documentary now
Fri Feb 27, 2015, 06:52 PM
Feb 2015

too, but I'll buy and read the book before I watch it.

I sent the book info to my friend Poe Ballantine, who wrote Love and Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere, his memoir about an unsolved homicide in our town. He's never been much for true crime books, but lately he's begun to inch over to the dark side, and a 55 year-old cold case might really pique his interest.

murielm99

(30,761 posts)
2. I remember that murder very clearly.
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 05:44 PM
Mar 2015

I lived not far from there, and I was nine years old. Many children were terrified by a murder so nearby.

I will have to find the book. Thanks for mentioning it.

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