The Last Stone
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| Author | Mark Bowden |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | non-fiction |
| Publisher | Atlantic Monthly |
Publication date | April 2, 2019 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 304 |
| ISBN | 978-0-8021-4730-1 |
The Last Stone: A Masterpiece of Criminal Interrogation is a 2019 book by Mark Bowden. It tells the story of the reopening of the case of the murders of Katherine and Sheila Lyon, two sisters who disappeared from a Maryland shopping mall in 1975.
Following a 2013 cold case re-investigation into the sisters' disappearance, one of the perpetrators, Lloyd Lee Welch Jr., was indicted upon two first-degree murder charges in 2015; he was later convicted of the children's murder and sentenced to two concurrent 48-year sentences in relation to each count of first-degree murder.[1]
Bowden had covered the disappearance for the Baltimore News-American.[2][3][4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Andersen, Annie; Doss, Catherine (September 12, 2017). "Man Pleads Guilty to Murdering Lyon Sisters in 1975, Will Serve 48 Years in Prison". WSET-TV. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
- ^ Kolker, Robert (April 22, 2019). "The Cracking of a Cold, Cold Case". Book Review. The New York Times. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
- ^ "The Last Stone: A Masterpiece of Criminal Interrogation". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media, LLC. January 13, 2019. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
- ^ "The Last Stone: A Masterpiece of Criminal Interrogation". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz, LLC. January 31, 2019. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
- ^ Burrough, Bryan (April 12, 2019). "The Last Stone' Review: The Past Isn't Even Past". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 24, 2019.