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.

Cardona Gasped for Air as Killer Returned to Slit Throat, Police Say

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

Beaten but alive and gasping for breath, Kimberly Cardona lay on the side of a remote road in Salisbury Township when Jonathan Nunez allegedly returned to slit her throat sometime on July 4, according to a Salisbury Police officer's testimony Friday in Lehigh County Court. (Missed the Breaking News? Subscribe to our Breaking News Alerts and like us on Facebook) District Judge Michael J. Faulkner determined at Nunez's preliminary hearing on homicide charges Friday in Central Court there was sufficient evidence for the case to be tried in Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas. Salisbury Police Sgt. Donald Sabo testified that Nunez, 20, of Allentown, told police in a five-hour videotaped interview on Aug. 2 at the Salisbury Township Police …

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Hearing Postponed for Kimberly Cardona's Accused Killer

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

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 Arrested for Killing Lehigh County Woman

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 trauma…

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