Dad Arrested In Girl's 2008 Slaying

SHOCKING ARREST: Dad In Custody For Mya Lyons Murder

A 42-year-old man was taken into custody Monday on suspicion he stabbed to death his 9-year-old daughter, Mya Lyons, in July 2008, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned.

Richard Lyons was arrested on a "no-bond warrant" issued by Cook County Judge Peggy Chiampas, according to a police report. At 1 p.m., Lyons was taken into custody at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he works as a radiologist, a police source said.

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