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The Midnight Ride of Jonathan Luna

A true-crime murder mystery:

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Shortly before midnight, young Assistant United States Attorney Jonathan Luna vanishes from his desk in the federal courthouse in downtown Baltimore...

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Pennsylvania judge releases
Jonathan Luna autopsy report


‘The manner of death is Homocide’

On November 24, 2025, Lancaster, Pennsylvania Judge David Ashworth unsealed the medical pathologist’s 2003 autopsy report describing Jonathan Luna’s homicide. The unsealing of the autopsy report was by request of the local newspaper, which cited our book The Midnight Ride of Jonathan Luna in court papers.

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The Midnight Ride of Jonathan Luna

Shortly before midnight, Assistant United States Attorney Jonathan Luna vanishes from his desk in the federal courthouse in Baltimore, Maryland. The next morning, before dawn, his body is found face down in a cold stream outside of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He’s been stabbed dozens of times....

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