WTOP reflects on John Lyon’s decadeslong search for closure in his daughters’ 1975 disappearance
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A prominent radio voice who’s also connected to one of the D.C. area’s most memorable crimes has died.
John Lyon’s 22-year career at WMAL radio in D.C. coincided with his family’s search for answers in the 1975 disappearance of his young daughters, Sheila and Katherine. John Lyon was 85.
Sheila and Katherine disappeared from Wheaton Plaza during Easter vacation in 1975. WTOP’s Neal Augenstein has been covering the story for decades and joined WTOP anchor Mark Lewis to talk about it.
WTOP's Neal Augenstein and Mark Lewis discuss the death of radio host John Lyon, and the case of his missing daughters that gripped the D.C. region.
The following transcript has been lightly edited for clarity.