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Appeal over 1967 schoolboy murder Plea to name 'cowardly murderer'
(about 10 hours later)
Police are making a new appeal for information that could help catch the killer of a 12-year-old boy who was stabbed to death 40 years ago. The brother of a young boy stabbed to death in East Sussex 40 years ago has made a new appeal for the "cowardly child murderer" to be named.
The body of Keith Lyon, who had been stabbed with a serrated kitchen knife, was found near Brighton, East Sussex, on 6 May 1967. Peter Lyon, now 48, said the loss of his 12-year-old brother Keith in May 1967 affected him on a daily basis.
His brother Peter is expected to make the appeal on behalf of Sussex Police. His comments came as police revealed a new DNA profile of a potential offender had come to light from forensic tests on old crime scene exhibits.
More than 5,000 youths were fingerprinted, but no-one has ever been charged with the murder. Keith was killed while out walking on the South Downs near Brighton.
In 2002 contractors upgrading a police station found evidence previously thought lost that had been gathered by detectives at the time of the murder. It's affected me in the course of my adult life profoundly Peter Lyon, victim's brother
This included the weapon used to stab the schoolboy which still had his blood on it. His body was discovered under bushes on a bridle path between Ovingdean and Woodingdean. He had been stabbed with a steak knife.
Mr Lyon, who has a nine-year-old son, said: "To anybody who is keeping secrets about this, this is the time to come forward and share what you know.
"There's nothing worse than shielding a cowardly child murderer for 40 years.
"It's affected me in the course of my adult life profoundly. It's a daily thing, it never goes away."
Det Insp Tim Nunn revealed the DNA lead on Tuesday, as well as a new hypothesis for Keith's murder.
He said: "I think Keith was approached by two or three males who intended to rob him.
"Keith refused in some way and one or more of the males stabbed him repeatedly."
Det Insp Nunn said he wanted to trace two boys who boarded a No.3 bus on Vines Cross Road and got off at Whitehawk Garage, in Brighton, saying he believed the killers had jumped onto a passing bus "in blind panic" following the murder.
Thousands fingerprinted
The case has been subject to several reviews over the years and was featured on Crimewatch in 2000 and 2001.The case has been subject to several reviews over the years and was featured on Crimewatch in 2000 and 2001.
Keith's father, Ken, made several appeals before his death in 1991. The murder inquiry was reopened in 2002 when contractors upgrading a police station uncovered the murder weapon which had been believed lost.
His brother Peter, who was seven at the time of the killing, has said: "I have had to live my life with not knowing why my brother died and knowing that the person who murdered him is living their life without being punished." Three men have been arrested over the past year on suspicion of murder but were all subsequently released without charge.
It is thought that police will reveal some of the recent work that has been carried out in the case when they renew the appeal in a news conference. Previously, a circumstantial case against two men was dropped over a lack of evidence in 1976, while a total of more than 5,000 youths have been fingerprinted.
Det Insp Nunn said: "There must be people who have significant information about this.
"I urge them to shed the load that they are carrying."