Crime & Safety

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

Kimberly Cardona, 20, of Whitehall, who was found on Upper Saucon/Salisbury border, died of blunt and sharp force trauma; coroner rules death a homicide.

off the 2700 block of Lanze Lane on the Upper Saucon/Salisbury border has been identified as Kimberly Cardona, 20, Whitehall, and her death has been ruled a homicide, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's office.

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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.

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

, the district attorney's office and the coroner are continuing the investigation.

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