Prosecutor seeks reporters' notes in slaying case

SYCAMORE. — An Illinois 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 Sycamore girl.

DeKalb County State's Attorney Clay Campbell filed subpoenas last week 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 appear in court on Monday and argue that the subpoenas violate the Illinois Reporter's Privilege Act and the U.S. and Illinois constitutions.