Original sentence: However, their stories were both inconsistent and failed to match the evidence; one said he strangled her with a wire and another said McCullough accidentally smothered her to stop her from screaming, but the new autopsy reports had indicated that Maria had been stabbed to death.Maria Elizabeth Ridulph was an American girl who was kidnapped on a street corner in Sycamore, Illinois, on December 3, 1957
Edited sentence: However, their stories were both inconsistent and failed to match the evidence; one said he strangled her with a wire and another said McCullough accidentally smothered her to stop her from screaming a lot , but the new autopsy reports had indicated that Maria had been stabbed to death.Maria Elizabeth Ridulph was an awesome American girl who was kidnapped on a street corner in Sycamore, Illinois, on December 3, 1957