Six Months Ago Alburtis Lost Two Beloved Residents

The morning of Friday, March 11 was cool, damp and gray when a family friend making a visit found at 122 Cobblestone Court in Alburtis.

Since that day, neighbors and friends have calmed down a bit, no longer afraid that they will be next.

Since that day, 122 Cobblestone Court has market and soon will have a new owner.

Since that day, Althea’s estate for information that would lead to the women’s killer or killers.

Since that day, reportedly became the beneficiary of . And

Since that day, a close-knit borough has been without and two of its most beloved members.

“This is by no means a cold case,” said Sgt. Joseph Sokolofski of the Pennsylvania State Police at Bethlehem.

“We’re actively working on it.

“This is a passion of mine and of the other people who are working on the case,” he said.

Unfortunately, however, the reward that was offered in May produced no viable leads.

“But we want to reiterate that we don’t feel the residents of Alburtis are in any danger,” Sokolofski said.

Mostly, they just want the killer to be caught and for the whole incident to be resolved, Alburtis Police Chief Robert Palmer said.

“I don’t sense that people are scared anymore. They just want to put this to rest,” he said.

Palmer, who retired from the Allentown Police Department and took the top job in Alburtis six years ago, said he’s used to the mayhem a cop finds in a city: drugs, gangs and senseless shootings.

Those things are foreign to Alburtis, he said.

“I can count on one hand the true innocent victims I’ve seen in my career, but Althea and Jeanette are two of them.

“You never expect something like this to happen here,” said Palmer, who was first on the scene that day and experienced the full force of the horror of the killings.

“It’s a shock when it does,” he said, “And it can’t help but be a little personal.”