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Bedford, VA Grand jurors heard more testimony Friday in Bedford in the decades-old case of two missing girls from Maryland.
Sheila Lyon, 12, and Katherine Lyon, 10, disappeared from a Wheaton, MD shopping plaza in March 1975. In September cold case investigators from Montgomery Co., MD searched Taylor's Mountain in Thaxton, where they believe the girls could be buried.
Capt. Darren Francke, with the Montgomery Co., MD Department of Police, said leads have come in since a news conference held in Bedford Co. on October 2. Francke said new information has come from people in both Bedford Co. and in Maryland. Investigators from Francke's department were in the area this week, working with the Bedford County Sheriff's Office and Commonwealth's Attorney and Virginia State Police. Francke said they are still interested in Taylor's Mountain, though he could not say if and when there will be another mountain search.
"We're still pointed in the direction that Bedford is involved, said Capt. Darren Francke. We're still on target down here. New information still puts us down here in Bedford."
Richard Dick Welch was named the second person of interest in the girls' disappearance at the October 2 news conference. Dick Welch owns property on Taylor's Mountain. He currently lives in Hyattsville, MD. Dick Welch's nephew, Lloyd Welch, Jr. was named a person of interest in February. Lloyd Welch, Jr. is a child sex offender, currently incarcerated in Delaware. The Welches have family ties to the area.
The multi-jurisdictional grand jury first met on October 3. Another meeting is scheduled for December 5. Bedford County Commonwealth's Attorney Randy Krantz said last week the grand jury will work at least through the end of the year. The grand jury has investigative power, can subpoena witnesses, and jail anyone who refuses to provide testimony.
Some local Welch family members confirmed in early October they had been called before the grand jury. They are now under gag orders.