189 - The Vanishing of Lynn Burdick - Part 2

Trace Evidence

Steven Pacheco

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 4 March 2022

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Eighteen year old Lynn Burdick mysteriously vanished from her evening shift at the Barefoot Peddlar, a small convenience store in her hometown of Florida, Massachusetts. After weeks of grueling searches headed up by law enforcement and Lynn's family, no trace of the high school senior could be found.

By the beginning of summer, the senior prom Lynn hoped to attend had come and gone and, at what should have been her graduation ceremony, only an empty chair and a bouquet of yellow flowers marked her place. For the next forty years, the search for Lynn and the investigation of her disappearance would hit countless roadblocks and dead ends.

Had Lynn been abducted by someone local, someone who may have known her? Did she fall victim to a yet unknown serial killer stalking the rural areas of Massachusetts or, was it possible, that Lynn was taken so she couldn't identify the man who had robbed the store that night?

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0:00.0	On a cold Saturday night in April of 1982, 18-year-old Lynn Burtick mysteriously vanished
0:15.7	while working at a small convenience store less than a mile from her home.
0:20.5	Police were notified of her disappearance within 30 minutes and searches began within
0:24.7	the hour. As a winter storm hammered the small town of Florida, Massachusetts, police
0:30.3	and volunteers poured over the streets in search of even the slightest clue.
0:35.6	For weeks, the search is expanded, covering the entire town, then neighboring towns, and
0:41.4	further still. State forests were searched, railroad tunnels, lakes, rivers, and creeks.
0:47.7	In the end, the search radius had expanded to within 50 miles of where Lynn had last
0:52.7	been seen, but not a trace of her was ever found. While tips had flooded the police for
0:58.2	the first weeks, just a few months later, they had all but dried up.
1:03.1	For nearly four decades, Lynn's disappearance has haunted not only her family, but also
1:08.0	investigators and her hometown. Too much time has passed to continue on without answers,
1:14.5	without the truth, and without the ability to bring Lynn home. Where an absence of evidence
1:20.0	has always hindered the investigation, there is an abundance of speculation. Was Lynn
1:25.3	taken completely at random by someone who kept her alive? Did she fall victim to a yet
1:30.7	unknown serial killer who appears to have been stalking through Massachusetts in the 70s,
1:36.3	80s, and 90s? Or is it possible that the answer to Lynn's fate has always been held
1:42.5	by someone living in Florida itself?
1:46.1	This is Trace Evidence, episode 189, The Vanishing of Lynn Burtick, Part 2.
2:00.3	Welcome to Trace Evidence, I'm your host, Stephen Pichecco. Today we conclude our look
2:06.0	into the 1982 disappearance of Lynn Burtick, before getting back into the case just a few
2:12.3	quick notes about the show. Trace Evidence is a weekly true crime podcast focused on
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