{"id":291983,"date":"2026-09-23T03:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T03:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/291983\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T03:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T03:04:11","slug":"spooky-season-heist-thief-steals-decorative-skeleton-from-s-whitehall-home-allentown-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/291983\/","title":{"rendered":"Spooky season heist: Thief steals decorative skeleton from S. Whitehall home | Allentown Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S. WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. &#8211; For three years, a trio of skeletons sat here on North Cedar Crest Boulevard. But the band of bones was broken up on Sunday, when police say one of them was stolen.<\/p>\n<p>The homeowner says watch out or your display could be next.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey&#8217;re my buddies. I moved out here, we live next to the cornfields, so I figured, let&#8217;s put some skeletons out here,&#8221; explained homeowner Terri Zenz.<\/p>\n<p>And for three years, Terri Zenz says everything was fine. The Skeleton Sisters became a landmark in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone says hi to him. Everybody says hi to my skeletons. Everyone blows their horn as they pass. Everyone enjoys my skeletons,&#8221; Zenz said.<\/p>\n<p>But on Sunday morning, right around 7:30, Terry says she saw a black car outside with rainbow lights on both sides of the windshield. When Terri came outside to investigate, she found that someone had cut the zip ties and a skeleton was missing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My skeleton. They stole my skeleton,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I heard the car pull off and by the time I came outside, my skeleton was gone and so was the car.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Terri reported the theft to police and is now warning others to keep an eye on their displays.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re hot right now. Everybody wants a skeleton, and they&#8217;re expensive,&#8221; Zenz said.<\/p>\n<p>Terri isn&#8217;t one to crack skulls. She just wants her skeletons reunited.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s always good in the world somewhere,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Terri is offering a cash reward for the return of her skeleton. If you know who stole the skeleton, call the South Whitehall Police Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"S. WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. &#8211; For three years, a trio of skeletons sat here on North Cedar Crest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,102445,121075,121078,121079,121076,121074,9852,121077],"class_list":["post-291983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-cash-reward","tag-display-theft","tag-halloween-decoration","tag-neighborhood-landmark","tag-north-cedar-crest-boulevard","tag-skeleton","tag-south-whitehall-police","tag-terri-zenz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}