Kathy Lyford (Alicia Lagano) is a villainess from "The Twisted Bones in the Melted Truck," episode 6.08 of Bones (airdate December 2, 2010). She is a high school teacher and the wife of motorcycle shop worker George Lyford.
After George was murdered and his twisted remains were found in a truck, Kathy was interviewed regarding her husband (mainly) by Lance Sweets. Sweets' interview with Kathy revealed that she was spending countless amounts of money on Star Wars trading cards online, paying much more than they were worth. The seller was revealed to be one of Kathy's students, Paul Linoto, which resulted in both him and Kathy being suspects in George's murder--under the belief that Kathy paid Paul to kill him.
Kathy denied killing George during her second encounter with Sweets; a denial that would turn out to be true. However, while Kathy wasn't a killer, she was revealed as a statutory rapist, as she stated that she was having an affair with another student, Randy Siminoff. The adulterous villainess began her affair with 17-year-old Randy three months prior to the events, but they were caught in the act by Paul, who blackmailed Kathy afterwards. The transactions were to buy Paul's silence, and regarding her affair, the evil Kathy insisted that she was a good teacher, a statement Sweets disagreed with. At episode's end, Seeley Booth revealed that Kathy was arrested and would be facing charges for her affair with Randy.
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- Alicia Lagano later played villainess Paula Bates in 2013's The Wrong Woman, as well as robber Anya Sanchez on CSI, tragic villainess Emma Riggs on Castle, and evil conspirator Joann Allman on NCIS.