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Welch charged in connection to 20-year-old child sex case

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Angela Hatcher – ROANOKE (WSLS 10) - The man charged with the 1975 murders of the Lyon sisters now faces charges in an unrelated child sex case in Prince William County.

On Monday, a grand jury indicted Lloyd Welch Jr. on charges of rape, indecent liberties, aggravated sexual battery and object sexual penetration, according to online court records.

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The charges are from an incident 20 years ago.

Welch is currently in jail, awaiting trial in Bedford County in the Lyon case.