Category: Suspect Convictions

• November 10, 2017

  Suspect Convictions Episode 3 on Christina McNeil murder case.

  http://wglt.org/post/suspect-convictions-episode-3-does-modern-forensics-undercut-sex-assault-motive (Click here) Scott Reeder and Willis Kern get caught up in this episode discussing the emotionally charged allegation that Christina McNeil was sexually abused before death. The sensationalism of his allegation would certainly have swayed anyone towards convicting Barton McNeil. Yet there was no DNA, no penetration; just a little redness, swelling, and slight…
• November 5, 2017

  Suspect Convictions Podcast: Episode 2, Window Reveals Web Evidence

  This is the 2nd episode of Scott Reeder’s Suspect Convictions Podcast detailing the 1998 Bloomington, IL murder case of 3-yr old Christina McNeil. Her father was convicted of her murder and sentenced to life in prison. He is fighting for his exoneration with the help of the IL Innocence Project. Suspect Convictions Episode 2 (Click…
• October 23, 2017

  “Suspect Convictions” 2nd season airing now on WGLT.org

  Link to Episode One of the Suspect Convictions featuring the Christina McNeil murder:  http://wglt.org/post/suspect-convictions-episode-1-frantic-911-calls-reveal-fathers-grief This first episode describes Barton finding his daughter Christina dead in her bed and frantically calling 911. Police initially treated her death as natural. Later that day, Bart found signs of entry in her bedroom and called the police back to…
• April 13, 2017

  Judge grants innocence certificate in 1957 Illinois killing

  “…The DeKalb County judge formally declared 77-year-old Jack McCullough innocent during a court hearing today. The certificate will allow McCullough to sue Illinois for damages for his wrongful conviction in Maria Ridulph’s killing. A prosecutor concluded last year that evidence backed McCullough’s alibi that he had been 40 miles away when Maria disappeared. A judge…