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The Last Stone
''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, Murders of Katherine and Sheila Lyon#Indictment of Lloyd Welch, 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. Bowden had covered the disappearance for the ''Baltimore News-American''. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Last Stone 2019 non-fiction books Non-fiction books about murders in the United States Atlantic Monthly Press books 1975 in Maryland Wheaton, Maryland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Bowden
Mark Robert Bowden (; born July 17, 1951) is an American journalist and writer. He is a national correspondent for ''The Atlantic''. He is best known for his book ''Black Hawk Down (book), Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War'' (1999) about the 1993 U.S. military raid in Mogadishu, Somalia. It was adapted as Black Hawk Down (film), a motion picture of the same name that received two Academy Awards. He is also known for ''Killing Pablo, Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw'' (2001) about the efforts to take down Pablo Escobar, a Colombian drug lord. Early life Born in 1951 in St. Louis, Missouri; Bowden is a 1973 graduate of Loyola University Maryland. While he was at college, he was inspired to embark on a career in journalism by reading Tom Wolfe's book ''The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test''. He currently lives in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, the Mushroom Capital of the World. Career From 1979 to 2003, Bowden was a staff writer for ''The Philadelphia Inqui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |