article_snippet: Authorities have, however, named Richard Allen Welch Sr.
article_snippet: and his nephew, Lloyd Lee Welch, as persons of interest in the case.
article_snippet: police affidavits find 58-year-old Lloyd Welch's recent statements.
article_snippet: Our department and our partners in Virginia believe that there are people, including family members of Dick and Lloyd Welch, who have information that would further this investigation.'
article_snippet: Richard Welch's wife, Patricia, was charged with perjury after testifying before the grand jury in December.
article_snippet: Investigators have found bones on a property near Taylor's mountain that used to belong to the family of Lloyd Lee Welch, according to court papers.
article_snippet: The filings detail for the first time how Lloyd Welch surfaced in the case.
article_snippet: The detectives on the case in 2013 set out to learn more about Welch, who had been arrested in 1977 in Montgomery in a burglary case.
article_snippet: Police searched property in Virginia (pictured) once owned by the family of drifter and convicted child rapist Lloyd Lee Welch .
article_snippet: The detectives went to Delaware, according to the affidavits, and interviewed Lloyd Lee Welch several times in prison. '
article_snippet: the affidavits say Lloyd Lee Welch told police Lloyd Lee Welch was involved in kidnapping the girls.
highlights_snippet: Police have named Welch and his uncle, 69-year-old Richard Welch, 'persons of interest' in the case, but neither has been charged .