Old. The case went cold but never forgotten. In the last couple of years police named a man by the name of Lloyd Lee Welch as a person of interest. He was in and out of this area back then, working as a carny. His mug shot from the time eerily similar to a sketch made from a witness account. He was spoken to back then but was not considered a strong suspect. Things changed as the decades went on and police zeroed in on him. As we said just a couple of years ago. Searching again and again. A mountain top property in virginia that belonged to his family. We are told that evidence was found there to convince police that welch not only abducted the girls but killed them on that mountain. That led to todays indictment. I am honored to report that my Commonwealth Attorney obtained indietments charming indictments charging Lloyd Lee Welch with firstdegree felony murder for his involvement in the death of sheila and Katharine Lyon. Brad the prosecutor and the sheriff in Bedford County came to
Call d. C. Police. Coming up on 4 30 on this wednesday morning. Lets check with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein to find out if were getting any more rain. Well, possibly by later this afternoon, things are improving. And charlottesville south of fredericksburg, the next coming of hours in the metro area, were beginning to dry out some of the pavement still wet from the overnight showers. Temperatures 60s, Shenandoah Valley. And in the mountains 61. Shenandoah valley near 70. Low to mid70s in the metro area. And weve got a partly cloudy sky from the tower camera, sun rises at 7 25. And chance of a thunder shower from noon time to maybe 3 00 a. M. After that the sun will be coming back home upper 80s, by afternoon, lower 80s and partly cloudy by late afternoon. Melissa has breaking news. Breaking news in southeast wag. Outbound suitland parkway were shut down. You can take pennsylvania avenue to branch avenue to avoid this. Inbound lanes are now open after that fatal crash from ov
Leshan, wusa9. Thank you, bruce. That search warrant also says investigators seized cell phones, letters, lap tops, but we do not know what they found on those letters or those devices. Lets get to a developing story out of wyoming where three people from our area have been killed in a plane crash. It happened saturday in cody. That is in northwest wyoming near the montana border, killed in the crash were joyce bartoo of d. C. , diane stubbs and her husband Gerald Stubbs both from annapolis. The pilot from colorado also died in that crash. The group took off from share Sheridan County airport and turned toward cody and then crashed. The flag flown at half staff in honor of the Service Members killed in chattanooga les week. It happened only after last week. It happened only after criticism from House Speaker john boehner. Scott broom is on the hill with reaction to how it all happened today. How did this just get started, scott . Reporter well, theres a lot of symbolism that goes with
[inaudible conversations] good morning. Good morning. Im congresswoman Donna Edwards and i represent marylands fourth Congressional District. Welcome to the Fourth District. [applause] i am really delighted one to see this packed house. He wasnt really difficult to do with all the work we do around the community and in this region centered around some of the most fabulous women that you find anywhere so thank you very much for joining us today. I have the privilege of representing this Congressional District and representing a state that the center for American Progress has said is the number one state for women in the country. [applause] now of course we take great pride in that but we know we have a lot of work to do. Im honored, really honored to be here today with our senior senator, our mentor and our friend, our senator Barbara Mikulski. [applause] and most delighted to welcome somebody who is not a stranger either to Prince Georges County were to maryland or the Fourth District
Of all, theres a couple of committees that have jurisdiction. Its not just us. Ways and means and you got icea and the government reform committee. I dont know what is precisely going on in the senate, but were going to continue our oversight role as we showl. We have two subcommittees. One is the subsubcommittee. A lot of questions relating to the security of the individuals information that they put into the system as well knowing that they are changing a number of the lines to try make it work. So theres a lot of issues that are out there, and i dont know that we will do a hearing every week just on this. We have a lot of other issues as well whether they be energy, telecommunications, trade, etc. , so theres only so much time in the day. Did the contract ost have an affirmative responsibility to warn c. M. S. That more testing was needed . We heard one say, its not our job. Im not sure they offered the response, remember, they are under oath so they were a little careful in terms o