Child Rapist Donald Edward Lynch Arrested in Mexico

Child predator, Donald Edward Lynch could run, but he could not hide. Donald Edward Lynch, a fugitive wanted in Tennessee on multiple counts of child rape and exploitation has been arrested in Mexico. Donald Edward Lynch faced 11 counts of rape of a child, 38 counts of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and five counts of aggravated sexual battery.

Donald Edward Lynch had been on the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations Most Wanted list for the numerous crimes committed against children. He is expected to be extradited to Tennessee.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) Donald Edward Lynch, 66, who has been profiled three times on the TV program “America’s Most Wanted,” was taken into custody by Mexican authorities in El Mesquital, The Brownsville Herald reported for a story in its Sunday editions.

Before being extradited across the border, Lynch claimed his real name was Reynaldo Price and denied the charges.

“It’s `cause I’m black,” he told reporters. “Tennessee is the most prejudiced state in the country.”

Lynch faces 11 counts of rape of a child, 38 counts of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and five counts of aggravated sexual battery in Kingsport, Tenn.