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Police have confiscated the van belonging to Mya Lyon’s father, Richard Lyons. Reportedly, he drove Mya to the hospital in the van after finding her stabbed in an alley near their home.

Richard Lyons, father of murdered 9-year old Mya Lyons, was questioned by police on Thursday and submitted to a polygraph test according to his sister, Dawn Douglas. Police officers visited Richard at his Auburn Gresham home and asked if he would come in for questioning. Lyons complied and was released a few hours later. Douglas also said that, according to Lyons, other family members are being submitted to polygraph tests as well. Results of Lyons' test were not yet known. So far, Lyons and his family have cooperated fully with police. According to Douglas, "They said this is to make sure they're covering their bases...to put that rumor that the family had anything to do with it to rest." Police are also pleased with the cooperation they've had from the family to this point.

Chicago Police spokeswoman Monique Bond declined to discuss the interview, but she did say: "The family is very cooperative. We've been talking to a number of individuals, including family members."

Last weekend, a "person of interest" in the case was questioned and released by police. And earlier this week, there was excitement over a knife found near the crime scene, though there is still no word on whether or not that knife is connected to the case or a possible murder weapon.

Investigators caught a potential break in the Mya Lyons case Monday when an intern for Cleanslate, a nonprofit cleanup company, found what appeared to be a "kitchen-type knife" approximately 100 feet from the alley where the body of the 9 year-old was found last week. According to John Rush, managing director of Cleanslate, "It certainly wasn't just tossed. It was buried amongst the growth, but it wasn't rusted neither...and it had blood stains on it. Add those things together and it looks like a piece of evidence. It very well may not be, but it is quite a coincidence."

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Police are talking to a "person of interest" in Mya Lyons's death this afternoon.

More details are emerging in Mya Lyons's murder today. Her autopsy showed that she was not sexually assaulted, and police say her father, Richard Lyons, is not a suspect.

Mya Lyons, 9, was sexually assaulted and stabbed to death last night. Lyons was found in the alley behind her father's apartment on the 8400 block of South Gilbert Court.