Because Eileen's murder is considered to be in the jurisdiction of Washington DC (where her body was found), case detectives were not completely involved with the proceedings in Virginia against Lloyd Welch, Jr. That was a multi jurisdiction case involving Maryland and Virginia, but not specifically the District of Columbia. I spoke with the officer in charge of Eileen's case a few years ago, to suggest looking into Welch as a possible suspect. He stated that he was watching the Virginia/Maryland trial of Welch carefully. I do not know if he was ever allowed to speak with Welch, however.
My guess is that Welch's lawyers would not be willing to let him talk and have likely advised him not to. In a pretrial deal, Welch was allowed to plead guilty to murder of two young girls and the rape of others in turn for life sentences. A new, unrelated conviction might put the death penalty back on the table.
However, it might be worthwhile for LE to try talking to him because once they get him started, he might keep going and going...
It would be very good, indeed, if a DNA sample could be obtained from old evidence, analyzed and compared to known criminals. Perhaps this case could be solved yet.
My guess is that Welch's lawyers would not be willing to let him talk and have likely advised him not to. In a pretrial deal, Welch was allowed to plead guilty to murder of two young girls and the rape of others in turn for life sentences. A new, unrelated conviction might put the death penalty back on the table.
However, it might be worthwhile for LE to try talking to him because once they get him started, he might keep going and going...
It would be very good, indeed, if a DNA sample could be obtained from old evidence, analyzed and compared to known criminals. Perhaps this case could be solved yet.