Seth Lyon (1982 – ) was a Mormon church member and returned missionary in Utah; arrested in 2006 in a police sting operation and charged with enticement of a child over the internet.

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  1. Area Missionaries will speak in Sunday sacrament services, American Fork Citizen, March 7, 2001.
  2. Internet Enticement, The Daily Herald, December 23, 2006.

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