Dawn Andrea Svocak, 20, was reported missing on August 17, 1984, after being seen in the early morning leaving Blair’s Bar on Marion Street in Plattsburgh, New York. She lived on Clinton Street and was an arts student at SUNY-Plattsburgh; friends called her Magic. Her domestic partner filed the missing persons report when she did not return home.

On September 21, 1984, a farmer found decomposed remains in a Beekman, New York, cornfield near Route 9 and Stafford Road. Dental records identified the body as Dawn’s, and an autopsy ruled the cause of death blunt force trauma; the death was classified as a homicide. In the days after her disappearance a boot, part of a belt, and a knife were found in an alley near her apartment, but investigators later concluded some or all of that evidence may have been planted to misdirect authorities.

New York State Police, the Plattsburgh Police Department, and the Clinton County District Attorney’s Office have pursued more than 750 leads. No suspects have been publicly named and no arrests have been announced. Does anyone have information about Dawn’s movements that night or about the discovery near Route 9 and Stafford Road?