Crime & Safety
Update: Two Women Found Dead in Alburtis Home, Police Investigating
State police officials say it is a death investigation.
Update at 1:44 p.m.: Two women who neighbors say were mother and daughter are dead and state police are leading an investigation, according to Lt. Edgardo Colon of the state police barracks at Fogelsville.
Lehigh County Coroner Scott Grim was called to a home at 122 Cobblestone Court in Alburtis this morning.
Autopsies are scheduled for Saturday morning, and officials don’t expect to release further information until then, said Debbie Garlicki, spokesperson for the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office.
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The home at 122 Cobblestone Court is owned by Althea Walbert, according to Lehigh County tax records.
Police were seen extending their investigation into a detached garage next to the house.
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A man who identified himself as a family friend looked visibly shaken and upset as he was seen leaving the house Friday morning.
The neatly-kept home is a white Cape Cod with green shutters. A tidy brick walkway leads to a patio with a fountain. The quiet neighborhood consists mostly of townhouses.
At about 9 a.m., emergency scanner reports alerted Alburtis Police and ambulance to an apparent cardiac arrest case. Later reports indicated the possibility of two victims dead.
Police taped off the scene. Investigators include a state police forensic team.
Alburtis Police Chief Robert Palmer said any updates will be released by the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office.
At 11:11 a.m.: A mother and daughter are dead in a case of "two apparent homicides," according to the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office.
Lehigh County Coroner Scott Grim was called to the home of Althea Walbert at 122 Cobblestone Court in Alburtis Friday morning.
Longtime Alburtis resident Shawn Meyers knew the family and, in an interview with Patch, said Walbert and her daughter were often seen together and that Walbert was well known around town simply by her first name.
Autopsies are scheduled for Saturday morning and officials don’t expect to release further information until then, said Debbie Garlicki, spokesperson for the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office.
A man who identified himself as a family friend looked visibly shaken and upset as he was seen leaving the house Friday morning.
The neatly-kept home is a white Cape Cod with green shutters. A tidy brick walkway leads to a patio with a fountain. Police are including a detached garage next to the house in their investigation. The quiet neighborhood consists mostly of townhouses.
At about 9 a.m., emergency scanner reports alerted Alburtis Police and ambulance to an apparent cardiac arrest case. Later reports indicated the possibility of two victims dead - not of natural causes.
Police taped off the crime scene. Investigators include a state police forensic team.
Alburtis Police Chief Robert Palmer said any updates will be released by the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office.