Junior Burdynski — The Witness Was 13 When It Happened

On May 24, 1993, ten-year-old George "Junior" Burdynski rode a red-and-white Schwinn bicycle out of his driveway in Brentwood, Maryland, and was never seen again. The search that followed uncovered a ring of men who had allegedly been harming children in the neighborhood for a quarter-century — but none of them were charged in Junior’s disappearance. His remains were never found. His bike was never found. Only a bicycle rim, recovered near a tennis court three blocks from home.

Joseph Lynch was one of the men convicted in 1994. He lived on Varnum Street, blocks from the Burdynski family. He serv...