Relatives charged with perjury or obstruction in Lyon sisters case
By Dan Morse
August 7
... For nearly four decades, the disappearance of Sheila and Katherine Lyon remained one of the D.C. region’s most heart-wrenching mysteries. The sisters — ages 10 and 12 — had walked to the Wheaton Plaza shopping mall in Montgomery County to look at Easter decorations and see friends ...
Over the past two years, according to police affidavits filed in court, Montgomery detectives have come to believe that one or more members of the Welch family — with roots in Maryland and Virginia — abducted and killed the girls, and burned their bodies on a rugged section of Bedford County known as Taylors Mountain ...
... one member of the Welch family ... was indicted last month and faces two counts of first-degree murder ...
There was no indication that any of the three had anything to do with the abduction of the Lyon sisters or their killing. Krantz declined to say specifically how they had impeded the investigation. But the prosecutor offered general comments inside the courthouse: “Each of these witnesses made material false statements before the grand jury or obstructed the duties of the law enforcement officers by making false statements. .?.?. In this case, the grand jury is not going to tolerate people lying to them on issues that are material to these proceedings that prevent us from getting to the truth” ...
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