On a pleasant Saturday afternoon in May 1967, 12 year old Keith Lyon, the eldest son of Ken Lyon, the well known band-leader set out from his home in Ovingdean. He had decided to walk along the path that runs from Ovingdean to Woodingdean in order to purchase something to go with his geometry set. About 45 minutes after leaving his home about 3pm he was attacked by someone and stabbed to death, his body being left close to the pathway in which he had just walked. A little while after the stabbing a young 16-year-old girl, out walking found Keith’s body. In total fear she rushed back along the path to Woodingdean and raised the alarm. The Police were quickly on the scene and cordoned off the area, making sure that nothing was disturbed and keeping people away from the scene. The Police set up a temporary murder headquarters in the headmaster’s study at Woodingdean Primary School. More officers were drafted in to take part in the hunt and included those from East and West Sussex as well as the Regional Crime Squad was called in to assist with the enquiries. Senior Officers knew that this was probably going to be a large enquiry and a special magnetic mine detector was rushed to the scene from Aldermaston to help with the search for the murder weapon. This detector was in the form of a roller; it had 260 magnets and was capable of pulling metal objects out of the ground. However, it wasn’t the roller that found the alleged weapon, a steak knife with a wicked serrated edge to it. This was found by some schoolboys in a field close to the rear of Fitzherbert School. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BvHhYL4vOw