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SUNY Cobleskill
Statewide missing-student alert issued; student found safe three days later
AI-generated · every claim is source-linkedUnfoundedNo evidence of an actual threat was found. The institutional response is documented because the alert communication is identical to what would occur during a real incident.
SUNY Cobleskill student John Koscinski, 18, was last seen on campus at 1:13 p.m. EST on December 11, 2024, prompting a New York State Missing College Student Alert issued through SUNY Police at Cobleskill. Police described him as possibly endangered and circulated a detailed description and vehicle information. The alert was cancelled at 1:18 p.m. EST on December 14 after he was found safe.
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~2,000 studentsSUNY Cobleskill Alert
Documented Timeline
Alert Sequence
2 messages in sequence · 1 verified verbatim
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The New York State Missing College Student Alert on behalf of the SUNY Police Cobleskill for JOHN KOSCINSKI was cancelled as of 01:18 pm on December 14, 2024.
Verbatim text of the official NYS Missing College Student Alert cancellation notice, confirmed from WIBX 950 and other sources quoting it directly; note 'JOHN KOSCINSKI' in all-caps as the alert system prints names, and '01:18 pm EST' in lowercase consistent with the system format
The NYS Missing College Student Alert was issued December 12, 2024 at 2:34 PM EST (the day after last sighting) and cancelled December 14, 2024 at 1:18 PM EST, 46 hours after issuance
Koscinski was found safe; his family confirmed the news. The cancellation notice does not say 'found safe', that information was communicated through media coverage of the family's confirmation.
Context
Background
SUNY Cobleskill is a small public agricultural and technical college in Schoharie County, New York. On Wednesday, December 11, 2024, student John Koscinski, an 18-year-old from Utica, was last seen on campus at 1:13 p.m. EST, prompting SUNY Police at Cobleskill to request a New York State Missing College Student Alert. Police described Koscinski as possibly endangered and released a detailed description (white male, 5'11", 210 pounds, brown hair and eyes, last seen in a grey Metallica hooded sweatshirt, a black coat, and blue jeans) along with his vehicle, a 2012 grey Subaru Legacy with NY plate LBA-2792. The search drew regional media attention before Koscinski was found safe on December 14 and the alert was cancelled at 1:18 p.m. EST. The case illustrates the New York State Missing College Student Alert system (a statewide amplification of a campus missing-student notification under the separate HEOA framework) and the relatively common best-case resolution in which the student is located unharmed.
Analysis
Key Findings
John Koscinski, 18, was last seen on the SUNY Cobleskill campus at 1:13 p.m. EST on December 11, 2024
SUNY Police at Cobleskill triggered a New York State Missing College Student Alert with a detailed description and vehicle (grey Subaru Legacy, plate LBA-2792)
The alert was cancelled at 1:18 p.m. EST on December 14, 2024 after Koscinski was found safe
The case shows the state-level Missing College Student Alert mechanism layered on top of a campus notification under the HEOA framework
A found-safe resolution, the common best case in missing-student incidents, adds outcome variety to the archive
Outcome
Koscinski was found safe; his family confirmed the news on December 14, 2024, and the New York State Missing College Student Alert was cancelled at 1:18 p.m. that day.
Provenance
Sources
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Cite this case
Campus Alert Archive. "SUNY Cobleskill: Statewide missing-student alert issued; student found safe three days later." Incident of December 11, 2024. Added May 2026; last updated June 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/suny-cobleskill-missing-student-2024-12-11/
Alert text quoted on this page remains the work of the issuing institution; the archive is a secondary source.
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missing-personmissing-studentnew-yorkfound-safeheoasunyendangeredUnfounded
Added May 2026Updated June 2026Via ingestion