NY NY- Alice S. Vrablic, 20, art student/waitress @ Howard Johnson, missing after co-workers drop her off, found murdered, Poughkeepsie, 22 Aug., 1970.

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August 25 2025

Wappingers Falls, NY Murder Still a Cold Case After 55 Years

20-year-old Alice Vrablic went missing from Wappingers Falls in 1970, sadly her body was found 10 days later. After 55 years her death is still a mystery.

hudsonvalleycountry.com

''Alice Vrablic Goes Missing in Wappingers Falls, NY​

The Facebook group "Hudson Valley Cold Cases And Missing People" details the story of Alice Vrablic who on the night of August 22, 1970, wrapped up her waitress shift at the Howard Johnson restaurant on Route 9 in Poughkeepsie.''

''Reports state that her family knew she had plans to meet "a friend at one of the local diners" located near the intersection. However, they don't know what friend she was meeting.
In a case break down on Hudson Valley Cold Cases And Missing People they write that Alice was last seen alive "walking away from her coworkers car."
2018

Exclusive: Cold case murder of young Hudson Valley student gets new look

In the summer of 1970, Alice Vrablic was working at a Howard Johnson on Route 9 in Poughkeepsie, getting ready to return to Paris to study art.

abc7ny.com

''In the summer of 1970, Vrablic was a student working part-time as a waitress at a Howard Johnson on Route 9 in Poughkeepsie, getting ready to return to Paris to study art.''

"She worked until midnight," Anna said. "So my father would bring her there and my father would bring her home."
But not the night of August 22, 1970.
"She told my father that she didn't need him to pick her up," Anna said. "Just drop me off. And she had brought some clothes with her."
2018

https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/crime/2018/01/11/wappinger-diddell-slayed/1006779001/

'In initial interviews, police believed only 20 minutes had passed between the time Vrablic was dropped off at the intersection of New Hackensack Road and Route 9 by her co-workers, and the time screams were reportedly heard by neighbors in the area where her body was found.''

''Vrablic had only been working at the restaurant for two weeks before she was killed.

She was one of six children, and was enrolled in the University of Paris, according to her family, where she was studying art. She had been an art major at SUNY New Paltz, and spent a year at Harvard University, majoring in art history. ''

 

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Feb 2, 2018
'In the middle of winter, a murder scene along Route 376 in Wappingers Falls is as cold as the case itself.Forty-seven years ago, the body of 20-year old Alice Vrablic was found there, a half a mile from her home."She was apprehended. She was taken and murdered," said her sister Anna, who ask that we not use her last name. She is hoping a new look at the case will bring answers."The big question, what happened to her?" asked Dutchess County Sheriff's Detective Kate Capalbo, who was drawn to the case a year ago with her partner Detective Adam Harris. "You see Alice's face. She's a young girl. Beautiful. And then speaking to her family, what her dreams were, things like that, it obviously gives you more drive to put your whole self into it.'

https://www.dutchessny.gov/CMSPrint/sheriff-news-january-july-2018_33427.htm

''The Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office Detective Bureau is seeking information regarding the 1970 homicide of Alice Susan Vrablic, a 20-year-old Wappinger resident and Ketcham High School graduate. During the summer of 1970, Ms. Vrablic was employed as a waitress at Howard Johnson’s on Route 9 in Poughkeepsie, and at the end of the summer was planning on returning to France to study Art. On the night of August 22, 1970, she left work and was given a ride to the intersection of New Hackensack Road and Route 9 in the Village of Wappingers Falls, after which she never returned home. Ten days later Alice’s body was found a short distance from her residence.

Sheriff’s Office Detectives are actively investigating Alice’s death, and anyone with information is urged to contact Detective Kate Capalbo at (845) 486-3820 or [email protected]. The Sheriff’s Office can also be contacted through the tipline at (845) 605 - CLUE (2583) or email at [email protected], and all information will be kept confidential.