Lynda Lyon Block
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Lynda Cheryl Lyon Block (February 8, 1948 in Orlando
Orlando, Florida
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, Florida
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 – May 10, 2002 at Holman Correctional Facility
Holman Correctional Facility
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, Alabama
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) was an American
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 convicted murderess.

On October 4, 1993, a passer-by expressed concern to Opelika
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 police Sergeant Roger Motley about Lyon's son, who was in a parked car with her common law
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 husband, George Sibley, and looked as though he wanted help. By Sibley's own account, he was explaining to Motley, who had asked for his driver's license
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, why he did not "need" one when he observed Motley placing his hand on his service revolver.
 
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