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
Longterm single tracking while update are made to safety have some passengers filled with dread. It makes me frustrated. I had words and i dont want to be late for work. What has some most annoyed is the steadily rising cost of metro. These passengers would like to see discount or repays when the delays cut in their work day. If they are the one having the problem the least they should cut a deal for the inconvenience by the issues that they create. Stephen here is another issue. Inbound red line train will by pass white flint station. Metro plans to have the crews working throughout the overnight hours clean up the mess. They expect to have it cleaned up completely by the morning rush hour. Reporting live, abc7 news. Kellye months after investigator said they thought they had a break in the case. Today indictment in the disappearance of the two maryland sisters 0 years ago 40 years ago. Sheila and Katharine Lyon when they disappeared in march of 1975. Last year the investigation went
Family to respect their pry vass so i privacy and their grief. Reporter it comes 40 years after the sifting through clues including the excavation of a remote hill side in virginia where the family once own property. Dozens of subpoenas issued. Reams of documents analyzed and over 100 interviews and interrogations have been cop conducted. We have traveled to half a dozen states. Reporter lloyd welch is in prison in delaware on unrelated child Sexual Assault charges. He will be extradited to virginia in the next few days, where he will stand trial. If convicted he could face the death penalty. At 6 00, you will hear from prosecutors on why they are looking at lloyd welch possibly being involved in other child abductions across the country and you will hear from prosecutors as to why this case is being tried in virginia and not here in maryland. Pat, back to you. The man at the center of this case lloyd welch, is already in prison, serving time now for sexually assaulting young girls del
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
Live in wheaton bruce leshan, wusa9. Very Long Time Coming bruce, thank you. So we heard the word closure, but it comes with a push qualifier. A conviction of Lloyd Lee Welch and details that will likely be revealed in a virginia trial will help, but only the discovery of the girls remains will ultimately put an emotional end to this for some people here. So now question get reactions from the community that was changed forever by this case. Our scott broom is at the Oakland Terrace Elementary School where the kids who went there 40 years ago with the lyon girls have all grown up and where many are still living in that same neighborhood. Scott . Reporter yeah, this is the school the lyon sisters attended and there are still a lot of people around here like me about my age, theyre in their 50s and went to this school with the lyon sisters and remember all this vividly and always bruce just reported, we hear again that word repeatedly as we talk to people, closure. It feels like theres s