Best of 2012: Year in Review

Top Stories of 2012 on Salisbury Patch

From a $550 million Powerball ticket to a body found by man walking his dogs, a look at the top stories of 2012 on Salisbury Patch.

  As 2012 winds down, Salisbury Patch looks back at the top local stories of the year. UPDATE: $550 Million Pennsylvania Powerball Drawing Tonight Dead Whitehall Woman Missing Since July 4, Family Says Storm Surge, Flooding Expected From Sandy Coroner: Body Identified as 20-Year-Old Whitehall Woman Students Exposed to Whooping Cough at Harry S. Truman Elementary School Three-Alarm Fire Erupts at Lindberg Avenue Home Man Finds Whitehall Woman's Body While Walking Dogs Man Charged in Salisbury Homicide Lehigh County to Spray Mosquitos in Salisbury Fatal Crash Shuts Down I-78 at Lehigh Street Body Found on Lanze Lane in Salisbury  

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Cardona Gasped for Air as Alleged Killer Returned to Slit Throat

A district judge ruled Friday there is enough evidence to send Kimberly Cardona's alleged killer's case to Lehigh County Court.

Update: Hearing Postponed for Kimberly Cardona's Accused Killer

The preliminary hearing was postponed for Jonathan Nunez of Allentown, accused of killing Kimberly Cardona of Whitehall and dumping her body in Salisbury.

The preliminary hearing for accused killer Jonathan Nunez of Allentown scheduled for Sept. 6 was postponed, according to Lehigh County Court officials. A new court date has not been set, officials said. Nunez, 20, of 253 E. Fairview St., is charged with homicide for allegedly beating and stabbing to death Kimberly Cardona, 20, of Whitehall and dumping her body July 4 in Salisbury Township. Keep up with breaking news that affects YOUR community---follow Salisbury Patch on Facebook and Twitter, and sign up for our daily newsletter! Her body was found July 5 by a man walking his dog. Nunez told police he had gotten into an argument with Cardona and cut her neck with a knife.    

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Hunt for Kimberly Cardona's Killer Led to Dominican Republic

The Salisbury Township police chief said the evidence that will be brought out in the Kimberly Cardona homicide trial is 'going to be very interesting.'

Salisbury Township police and other investigators followed a trail of clues to find Kimberly Cardona's alleged killer that led them to New York City, New Jersey and the Dominican Republic, according to township Police Chief Allen Stiles. Jonathan Nunez, 20, of Allentown was arrested and charged Aug. 2 with the beating and stabbing death of Cardona, 20, of Whitehall. Her body was found July 5 off wooded Lanze Lane by a man walking his dog. Nunez told police he had gotten into an argument with Cardona and cut her neck with a knife. Nunez's preliminary hearing is scheduled for Friday. "Once it's brought out at trial, it's going to be very interesting," Stiles told the Salisbury Board of Commissioners at its meeting last week. "It was a long, …

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Police: Kimberly Cardona's Body Doused With Bleach

Jonathan Nunez, 20, of Allentown, is charged with killing Kimberly Cardona, whose body was found July 5 on Lanze Lane in Salisbury Township.

Police: Man Says He Cut Kimberly Cardona's Neck

Jonathan Nunez, 20, of Allentown is charged with killing Kimberly Cardona, whose body was found July 5 along Lanze Lane in Salisbury Township.

An Allentown man charged with killing 20-year-old Kimberly Cardona, whose body was found July 5 in Salisbury Township, told police he had gotten into an argument with Cardona and cut her neck with a knife, according to an arrest affidavit. Jonathan Nunez, 20, of 253 E. Fairview St. was charged Thursday with homicide and later arraigned before District Judge Jacob Hammond of South Whitehall. The arraignment was brief, about two minutes, and done remotely from Hammond's office. Nunez, who appeared on video camera from Lehigh County Central Booking, said few words, only "yes, sir" when asked if he understood the proceedings. He was dressed in a long-sleeved white shirt and light pants, his hair cut short. Hammond did not set bail in the case…

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Man Charged in Salisbury Homicide

Jonathan Nunez, 20, of Allentown is charged with killing Kimberly Cardona, whose body was found July 5 along Lanze Lane in Salisbury Township.

  An Allentown man has been charged with killing 20-year-old Kimberly Cardona, whose body was found July 5 in a wooded area of Salisbury Township. Jonathan Nunez, 20, of 253 E. Fairview St., was charged with homicide Thursday, according to a release from the Lehigh County District Attorney's office. Cardona's body had been found by a man walking his dogs in the evening in the 2700 block of Lanze Lane, Salisbury Township. Nunez was to be arraigned in Lehigh County Central Booking. According to the release, the arrest affidavit states: Cardona, 20, of Whitehall Township had been missing since July 4, according to her family. An autopsy by the Lehigh County Coroner's office revealed she died sometime after 7 p.m. July 4 of blunt and sharp …

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Salisbury Police: We're 'Making Progress' in Kimberly Cardona Murder

Police have been investigating the killing of Kimberly Cardona, 20, of Whitehall, whose beaten and stabbed body was found July 5 off a wooded road in Salisbury Township.

Salisbury Township Police Chief Allen Stiles said investigators are "making progress" on the homicide case of Kimberly Cardona of Whitehall, whose beaten and stabbed body was found July 5 in a wooded area off Lanze Lane by a neighbor walking his dogs. Stiles could provide no other information. The case is being investigated by Salisbury police, the Lehigh County District Attorney's office and the coroner's office. Stiles said the department is busy working on a number of investigations. "We're at a critical stage," he said. (Missed the Breaking News? Subscribe to our Breaking News Alerts and like us on Facebook.) Cardona, 20, had been missing since July 4, according to her family. An autopsy by the Lehigh County Coroner's office revealed …

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