CORTLAND MANOR, N.Y. - State Police are still searching for the killer of a New Jersey teen whose remains were found in Cortlandt Manor more than 50 years ago.
Alice Lezan, 15, of Franklin Township was last seen on Sept. 26, 1969, near a hotel on West 48th St. in New York City. She was with an older man police believed to have been trying to lure her into prostitution.
She was wearing gray and white pants and a purple shirt, police said.
Lezan’s body was eventually found bound with rope and inside a red sleeping bag at the bottom of a 60-foot drop near Camp Smith, a military training site off Bear Mountain Road.
A boy walking in the woods had discovered the remains in March of 1970. He told his parents, but they thought he was making it up. He returned to the spot in mid-November with friends. This time his parents believed him and called the authorities.
Lezan’s death was ruled a homicide and her body was identified using dental records.
Police are seeking the public’s assistance in helping them solve the homicide case and, they said, “bring peace to Alice and her family.”
Anyone with any information is asked to call (914) 788-8044.
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