Mark Bowden’s The Last Stone: that way madness, lies

The crime
On March 25, 1975, sisters Sheila and Kate Lyon, ages 12 and 10, vanished from a mall in suburban Maryland.

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A massive manhunt (or, I guess, "girlhunt") ensued – including the use of police dogs who had also helped out in the kidnapping of Patty Hearst the year before – but no certain trace of the Lyons was found, and no one was charged in connection with their disappearance.