Prosecutor joe mccarthy, states attorney from Montgomery County as well as the Commonwealth Attorney for Bedford County, virginia, sitting at the table over here to the right. The parents of the lyon sisters. It was 40 years ago this year that the two little girls, 12 and 10 years old, vanished from what was then the Wheaton Plaza just across the street from where we are right now. The Bedford County sheriff without a press release saying there would be a major development. What we believe will happen is that they will announce charges are being filed against one of the socalled persons of interest that had been named in this case. This is still up in the air. It has been kept very, very quiet. We believe indictments were issued some time ago but kept sealed, and that the prosecutor the commonwealths attorney, and sheriff of Bedford County virginia now believe there are ready to move ahead with charges. Why virginia . The family of the socalled person of interest, lloyd welch convicted
Is ongoing and more people could be charged. The Montgomery County police and all of our partners will work to hold every individual responsible who was involved with the abduction and murder of the lyons sisters as well as the ongoing conspiracy to conceal these crimes. Reporter prosecutors said they are also investigating the possibility that lloyd welch may have been involved in other child abductions across the country. So they are retracing all of his steps, starting 40 years ago. Track welchs activities from the time that this abduction occurred through to when he was incarcerated. Its we are our investigators, thats part of what they have been doing all over the country. Reporter Court Records released today show investigators recovered bone fragments and remnants of a burned plastic bag on a hill side property in a remote section of Central Virginia where the welch family once had property. As john and mary lyon, the parents of the two girls sat nearby and list and to prosecuto
A major News Conference is expected to start in just a few minutes. Bruce leshan is live at the News Conference. What do we know so far today . Reporter both parents are here. They just walked up bracing for answers in the disappearance of their daughters but there is startling silence from the principals. A spokesman for the Prosecutor Says that a judge has sealed sealed this information until it is released in just a few minutes. Whether it is a grand jury indictment or crucial new evidence, were just going to have to wait for the announcement on this stage here shortly. Police and prosecutors from two sides of the potomac all maintaining absolute silence pending the News Conference. A stage set for what they say will be a Major Development in a case that has shaken parents for your decades. What happened to sheila and Katherine Lyon after they innocently left home to look at easter decorations at Wheaton Plaza on an early spring day in 1975. A massive weeks long search by police, th
The lyon sisters. Newly unsealed warrants reveal some of the evidence against the suspect lloyd welch. Welch cousin says he helped him get two large duffel bags from the trunk of a car in 1975. Each weighed about 60 pounds had red stains and smelled of death. The bags were then set on fire. We have more from wheaton, where the girls vanished. Reporter police and prosecutors are clear the investigation into the murder of the lyon sisters is ongoing. And more people could be charged. In the Montgomery Police and all of our partners will work to hold every individual responsible who was involved with the abduction and murder of the lyon sisters as well as the ongoing conspiracy to conceal these crimes. Reporter prosecutors said they are also investigating the possibility that lloyd welch may have been involved in other child abductions across the country. So they are retracing all of his steps, starting 40 years ago. Tracked welchs activities from the time that this abduction occurred thr
Nsa. Molette green is there live. Reporter the Associated Press just reporting that one person has died in what it is describing as a gate crashing incident. This at the fort meade facility. At the gate of the nsa this morning. All of this happening during a confrontation between a guard and two men. Two men, we understand who were dressed as women attempting to enter the facility. Youre looking at live pictures right now of chopper 4 over the scene. All of this led to an exchange of gunfire. Again, both of the men, the suspects involved were shot. We also have video of a uniformed man being loaded into an ambulance from the scene. We dont have any condition on the injured but, again, Associated Press reporting that one person has died in this incident. Again, nbc news has been able to confirm what happened here. The investigation into the suspects vehicle found that there were drugs and a gun inside the car. The car being a ford escape. Weve also learned that the car was stolen. Regis