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Prosecutor seeks reporters' notes in 1957 slaying case

A county prosecutor is seeking notes from two reporters who conducted jailhouse interviews with a man charged in the 1957 kidnapping and slaying of a 7-year-old girl in Sycamore.

The (DeKalb) Daily Chronicle reports that DeKalb County state's attorney Clay Campbell has filed subpoenas asking that notes taken by reporters for the Tribune Company and The Associated Press be turned over to the court on Monday.

Reporters for the news organizations conducted separate interviews with 71-year-old Jack Daniel McCullough last month at the King County Jail in Seattle.

McCullough denies killing Maria Ridulph, a former neighbor from Sycamore. He was returned to Illinois to face charges.

Lawyers for the news organizations will argue that the subpoenas violate the Illinois Reporter's Privilege Act and the U.S. and Illinois constitutions.