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mtngirl47

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2. This crime has always been a cautionary tale told by me to my children

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sat Mar 25, 2023, 01:29 PM

Mar 2023

From 1969 to 1971 my parents and siblings and I lived about 3 blocks from the Wheaton Plaza. My brother and I walked to the plaza all the time and spent hours in the courtyard goofing off and visiting with friends. (I was aged 11 to 13)

We moved away to another state. A friend from Silver Spring sent me newspaper clippings about the case. (We kept in touch with old fashioned letters---it was too expensive to call back then)

It really struck me hard---as a young teen to think that it could have been me and/or my friends. I think it made me more careful as I moved through my life---and of course I passed the story to my children and they never got to go to the mall alone.

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On Tuesday, March 25, 1975, the Lyon sisters went to the Wheaton Plaza shopping mall. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 OP

Oh man... I remember this like it was yesterday. Those poor litle girls. 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2023 #1

This crime has always been a cautionary tale told by me to my children mtngirl47 Mar 2023 #2