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Court clears some convictions in case of Pa. woman who froze grandmother’s body

A court cleared some convictions in the case of Cynthia Black, who kept her grandmother’s body in a basement freezer for 15 years while collecting more than $120,000 in Social Security benefits.

Published Jun 17, 2026, 7:49 AM EDT | LehighValleyLive

In 2004, Cynthia Black put her late grandmother’s body in a basement freezer, while she was collecting her Social Security benefits.

Fifteen years later, two visitors to a property Black had owned in Dillsburg discovered Glenora Delahay’s remains wrapped in garbage bags.