Darlene Polizzi was 19 when she vanished from her home on Westminster Place in Lodi, New Jersey. She and her husband Leonard had spent April 24, 1967, looking at apartments; after returning home and later when Leonard stepped out, Darlene was gone. He reported her missing the next day, April 25. She was last seen wearing a brown blouse, a polka-dot skirt, and a brown suede coat with a fur collar.

Some of Darlene’s clothing was missing but most personal effects, including jewelry, were left behind, a detail that led investigators to consider the possibility she did not leave voluntarily. Neighbors searched and law enforcement conducted investigations with the tools available at the time. Attention has focused in later years on neighbor Raymond Alves, who moved with his family the day after Darlene disappeared and was later convicted of rape and murder of a minor; he has not been officially linked to this disappearance.

The case remains open. If anyone knew Darlene, her routines, the Polizzi household, or the neighborhood in Lodi in April 1967, please share information that might help resolve what happened to her.