Katherine and Sheila Lyon
The Vanished Podcast
Wondery
4.5 • 15K Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2016
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
On March 25, 1975, Katherine and Sheila Lyon walked to a shopping mall to look at Easter exhibits and eat lunch. They were last seen on the route home that afternoon.
Update- In 2017, Lloyd Lee Welch pleaded guilty to the kidnapping and murder of Katherine and Sheila Lyon. He was sentenced to 48 years in prison.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, prime members. You can listen to the vanished ad free on Amazon music. Download the app today. |
| 0:11.6 | Good afternoon. My name is John McQuarty. States Attorney for Montgomery County, Maryland. |
| 0:17.2 | March the 25th |
| 0:19.8 | 1975 |
| 0:21.5 | Catholic lion age 10 and |
| 0:24.3 | She'll align age 12 |
| 0:26.5 | Walks from their home only a few blocks away from where we now stand |
| 0:32.8 | At the time there was a strip shopping center that existed at that location and the two girls went to the mall |
| 0:40.3 | To see Easter decorations and to eat lunch |
| 0:44.7 | The girls were both seen by multiple people while at the shopping center including one of their brothers |
| 0:51.5 | Neither Catherine nor Sheila ever returned home |
| 0:58.6 | Catherine and Sheila were reported missing to the Montgomery County Police Department that evening by their parents |
| 1:05.8 | The investigation into their disappearance is currently into its 41st year |
| 1:13.0 | This case has never left the collective consciousness of |
| 1:18.0 | This police department nor our community we owe a special debt of gratitude |
| 1:25.1 | To the chief of police Tom major and the men and women of Montgomery County police force for their leadership |
| 1:31.6 | This investigation continues today |
| 1:35.3 | And it will go beyond the events that we are about to outline |
| 1:41.5 | This investigation has gone beyond the boundaries of Montgomery County and |
| 1:46.4 | It diseases the challenges of a 40-year-old case |
| 1:52.0 | I wish to acknowledge John and Mary lion who joined us here today along with three generations of the lion family |
| 2:07.1 | Hello and welcome to episode 28 of the vanished |
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