The packages were never found.
I haven't heard back from USPS about the escalated case - I should have heard last Wednesday but figured Friday since it was a holiday week.
I checked the police report for my town and see a theft reported from my same block on the same day, so they must have been taken.
In other I hate USPS news, I have another parcel that was shipped to me TWO WEEKS AGO, marked as delayed, finally made it to the nearby hub and then was SENT BACK to New York. Not back to the sender. It's marked as delayed again. I have no idea if it's coming back to me or what. Ugh. I might not be doing much online shopping this year if this keeps up.