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Man convicted in ‘75 slayings pleads guilty to sex assaults

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FILE - This image provided by the Montgomery County, Md., Police Department shows the original missing person/suspicious circumstances bulletin for the 1975 disappearance of sisters Sheila Lyon, left, and Katherine Lyon in Maryland, who never returned home from a shopping mall. Lloyd Lee Welch Jr., who plead guilty in the killing of the two young sisters, was sentenced Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017, to two 48-year prison terms, more than four decades after the girls vanished during a trip to a local shopping mall. (Montgomery County, Md., Police Department via AP)

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John Lyon hugs his wife, Mary, right, after a plea by Lloyd Lee Welch Jr., for the killings of their daughters Sheila and Katherine Lyon in 1975, in Bedford County Circuit Court in Bedford, Va., Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. Welch plead guilty to two first degree murder charges and was sentenced to two consecutive 48 year terms. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

The Latest: Man insists he didn’t rape or kill girls

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Lloyd Lee Welch Jr., stands during a plea agreement hearing for the killings of Sheila and Katherine Lyon in 1975, in Bedford County Circuit Court in Bedford, Va., Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. Welch, who pleaded guilty in the killing of the two young sisters from Maryland, was sentenced Tuesday to two 48-year prison terms, more than four decades after the girls vanished during a trip to a local shopping mall. (Lathan Goumas /News & Daily Advance via AP, Pool)

Lloyd Lee Welch Jr., suspect, pleads guilty in 1975 killing of Maryland Lyon sisters

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Report: Suspect in 1975 sisters’ slaying to plead guilty

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