Man attempts to abduct child in Wheaton Hills, charged with kidnapping

A man allegedly tried to abduct a six-year-old girl from her fenced front yard in the 11400 block of Monterrey Drive in the Wheaton Hills neighborhood of Wheaton Tuesday night. The girl was playing outside around 7:50 PM, when a man opened the front gate, grabbed her, and began heading back out of the yard. Her mother, fortunately, was watching her daughter and ran to place herself between them and the exit, according to a Montgomery County Police account of the episode.

Wresting her child from the man's arms, she ran indoors to call 911, as the suspect fled. He then inexplicably returned to the scene, pounded on the woman's front door, and fled again.

Police had responded quickly, and located the suspect in the 11200 block of Veirs Mill Road.

Kabir K. Salami, 20, of no fixed address, has been charged with one count of kidnapping, one count of false imprisonment, and one count of second-degree assault.  He is being held without bond.

RICHARD ALLEN WELCH IS PERSON OF INTEREST IN LYON SISTERS WHEATON PLAZA ABDUCTION CASE

Richard Allen Welch

Montgomery County Police continue to move closer to a possible closure of the devastating 1975 disappearance of Sheila and Katherine Lyon, naming Richard Allen Welch as a second "person of interest" in the cold case. Welch, 69, is the uncle of the man police have made the focus of their recent investigation, Lloyd Lee Welch. Lloyd Welch was believed to have been at Wheaton Plaza the day the 10 and 12-year-old sisters disappeared, and is currently in prison in Delaware.

The younger Welch, 57, was a carnival worker, and denies any involvement in the Lyon sisters' disappearance. Richard Welch is described by police as a security guard who worked near Wheaton Plaza. His current residence is given as Hyattsville.

A major recent development in the investigation has led detectives to the area of Bedford County, Virginia, where the Welch family owned land in the 1970s.

Police are asking anyone who has any information to offer regarding Richard Allen Welch's alleged involvement in the girls' disappearance to contact them immediately.

Photo via Bedford County, VA Sheriff's office