Lezan
TOWN OF CORTLANDT – State Police at Troop K continue to investigate the 1970 homicide of Alice Lezan, 15, of Franklin Township, New Jersey whose body was found in the Town of Cortlandt.
On November 15, 1970, police found her remains bound with rope and inside a red sleeping bag at the bottom of a 60-foot drop near Camp Smith off Bear Mountain Road in Cortlandt.
In March of that year, her body was first discovered by a boy walking in the woods, but his parents did not believe him. The boy returned with friends on November 15 and then the boy’s parents called the State Police.
Lezan’s death was ruled a homicide and she was identified using dental records.
She was last seen on September 26, 1969 near a hotel on West 48th Street
in New York City. She was wearing gray and white pants with a purple shirt,
and was with a man believed to have tried to lure her into prostitution.
Early in the investigation, other prostitutes told police the man stated Alice went home.
It is not believed she was ever a prostitute.
Anyone with information that could solve the case is asked to contact State Police at Cortlandt at 845-677-7300.
