Maryland cops reveal new leads in 1975 cold case of missing sisters Sheila and Katherine Lyon

[Omaha Steve]

Source: NY Daily News

BY NICOLE HENSLEY

The Lyon sisters left their Maryland home one spring day in 1975 to hike a forest path to a Maryland mall for pizza, but they never came home.

The lack of leads into the disappearance of Sheila, 10, and Katherine, 12, on March 25 left their family frustrated and perpetually wondering what could have possibly happened to the young blond girls.

But a new confession by an imprisoned sex offender has Montgomery County authorities searching a remote mountain of Virginia, 200 miles away from their childhood home in Kensington, for a pair of remains.

Both Lloyd Welch, 58, a convicted child molester and former carnival worker, and his uncle, Richard Welch, 69, have been dubbed persons of interest in the ongoing investigation. They do not face charges at this time.

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Montgomery County police have named an additional person of interest in the disapperance of Sheila and Katherine Lyon, the sisters that vanished in 1975.

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[shenmue]

1. ...

[Chemisse]

2. I hope they solve it.

Clearly it's been a long time coming.

[blkmusclmachine]

3. Sad.

[phylny]

4. This search has been happening about 20 miles or so

from where I live, and has been on the news for months. I hope they find something. What a terrible thing.

[MiniMe]

5. I remember when this happened.

I was a senior in high school and it took place in the county that I live in. I still live here, and this comes up every so often. So sad that it was never solved.

[Samantha]

6. One of the most puzzling question was how did an abductor convince the two girls to go with him

One report was that he posed as either a security guard or a policeman who showed them his badge and demanded they come with him. He accused them of shoplifting and took them into "custody."

The current suspect was a person of interest during the original investigation.

This story has haunted people in this area for years. How sad for the family to lose both daughters. I hope this case is resolved soon for sure to at least give those parents the answers they have sought for years. Since the person now the prime suspect has admitted leaving the mall with the girls and watching I believe it was his uncle assault one of the girls, it appears they have -- after 40 years -- made a lot of progress recently.

Sam

[Faygo Kid]

7. I lived in Silver Spring for many years. Haunting.

There is a very old cemetery off Forest Glen road with a small remembrance marker to the Lyon sisters there. Heartbreaking.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

8. Officers once again searching in Bedford for clues in {Lyons} case

Officers once again searching in Bedford for clues in {Lyons} case

Posted: Monday, March 23, 2015 11:09 am

Eleanor Roy

Law enforcement officials have returned to a remote Bedford County mountain in connection with the 40-year-old disappearance of two Maryland sisters, according to a Bedford County Sheriff’s Office news release.

Sheila Lyon, 12, and her sister Katherine Lyon, 10, were last seen 40 years ago Wednesday in Wheaton, Maryland.

The case went cold over the years, but state and federal law enforcement investigators ended up on Taylor’s Mountain in Thaxton in September. A team from the Federal Bureau of Investigation collected bones and other evidence during a forensic dig at 3409 and 3417 Taylor’s Mountain Road in January, according to search-warrant affidavits filed in Bedford County Circuit Court.

“The investigation has developed additional leads through supplemental investigative interview that have found cause to conduct an additional dig on the mountain in efforts to locate the missing children,” the release said.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

9. More digging in Lyon sisters case as investigation nears 40-year mark

They disappeared 40 years ago today, March 25, 1975.

More digging in Lyon sisters case as investigation nears 40-year mark