Born: 1963

Died: 1984

Dawn Andrea (Prentiss) Svocak grew up in Saranac Lake. She was an art student at SUNY Plattsburgh when she was murdered in 1984. Reported missing on August 17, 1984, her body was found in a cornfield near the intersection of State Route 9 and Stafford Road in the Town of Beekmantown on September 21 that year. She is buried in St. Bernard's Cemetery. More information can be found in an article in the Plattsburgh Press Republican, April 20, 2016