The Ventnor boardwalk is a popular place for tourists to take a stroll and enjoy the sights of the beach, but something else along the boards has caught the attention of the police – a clay bust! NBC10’s Ted Greenberg has more on this unsolved mystery.
Police in southern New Jersey are trying to find the owner of a 20-pound bust of a man that was found on a shore town's boardwalk in November.
Ventnor police officers don't know who owns it or whom it depicts. But they've been sending out fliers, going door-to-door and staging a social media campaign to try to find out.
The more than a foot-tall sculpture carries few clues other than the word HILDA etched near the bottom next to the number 72.
Officers found the bust on the boardwalk after a spate of burglaries that are typical in shore towns during the winter months. Police believe it was probably stolen from a burglarized home.
