Footsteps in the Snow: One Shocking Crime. Two Shattered

Footsteps in the Snow: One Shocking Crime. Two Shattered Families. And the Coldest Case in U.S. History

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It 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...

1957. Sycamore, Illinois. 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 Mariaâ€™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 Ridulphâ€™s killer would finally be brought to justice.
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Country USA
Manufacturer Berkley
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2014-11-04
EANs 9780425272886

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Berkley
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2014-11-04
EANs	9780425272886

Footsteps in the Snow: One Shocking Crime. Two Shattered Families. And the Coldest Case in U.S. History

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