Name: Lynn M. Burdick
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Case Classification: Involuntary
Missing Since: April 17, 1982
Location Last Seen: Florida, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Date of Birth: February 4, 1964
Age: 18 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 114 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Wears glasses
Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown
Clothing: Plaid gray and pink shirt; blue jeans; white sneakers; dark green "McCann Vocational Technical High School" windbreaker
Jewelry: "McCann Tech School" class ring engraved with her name or initials, with a blue stone
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Burdick disappeared from the roadside convenience store the Barefoot Peddlar where she worked as a clerk. The store was only a few minutes' walk from her residence. She would normally be in the company of a friend or her cousin who owned the store with her husband, but due to unforeseen circumstances she was left to mind the store alone that night.
Burdick's last contact was with her cousin, Suzanne, co-owner of the store. Suzanne normally phoned the store every hour to make sure things were running smoothly. Suzanne's last contact with Burdick was 20.00, one hour before closing. In the background, Suzanne heard the bell, tripped by the front door, that alerts the clerk that someone has entered the store. "Can't talk," Burdick told her, "got a customer."
A customer walked in 40 minutes later to find the store empty. When police arrived at the store, they found no sign of a struggle. A book Burdick had been reading and a soda she had been drinking were undisturbed on the counter. Her McCann Vocational Technical High School jacket and her purse were gone. So was $187 from the cash register. Working with a paucity of physical evidence, and no witnesses, the authorities concluded that she was abducted.
They searched for Lynn for months with volunteers, state police, planes and helicopters.
One theory a supposed serial killer is responsible for her disappearance because of previous attacks on young girls in the area.
Left: Reconstruction of Suspect; Right: Age-progressed reconstructions of Suspect
The suspect, who may have ties to Vermont, is being described as a white man, 5’7″ tall, and now approximately 70 years old.
Agency Name: Massachusetts State Police
Agency Contact Person: Cheshire Barracks
Agency Phone Number: (413) 743-4700
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 821031006-39
NamUs Case Number: 25680
NCIC Case Number: M084570142
NamUs
Transcript-Telegram (Holyoke, MA) - Apr. 19, 1982
Boston Globe - Apr. 26, 1982
The North Adams Transcript Apr. 23, 2007
WWLP-TV News
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 04/12/2024 - By: kc
Questions or comments? Please contact appropriate member of the Area Team
** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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