Crime & Safety

Coroner: Body Identified as 20-Year-Old Whitehall Woman

Kimberly Cardona, 20, of Whitehall, who was found off Lanze Lane in Salisbury, died of blunt and sharp force trauma; Lehigh County Coroner rules death a homicide.

in a wooded area off the 2700 block of Lanze Lane in Salisbury Township has been identified as Kimberly Cardona, 20, Whitehall, and the Lehigh County Coroner's office has ruled her death a homicide.

The results of an autopsy conducted Friday morning on Cardona, of 836 Fernhill Lane, indicate she died of blunt and sharp force trauma sometime after 7 p.m. July 4, the coroner's office said in a news release.

Her death has been ruled a homicide, according to Coroner Scott Grim.

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, the District Attorney's office and the coroner are continuing the investigation.


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