Jonathan Luna worked as a prosecutor with the United States Attorney's Office in Baltimore. His demise has remained a mystery to this day. He was survived by his wife and two children.
On December 3, 2003, he was working out the final details of a plea-bargain at his workplace in Baltimore. It's unclear what transpired after he left work shortly before midnight. His death has been the subject of much speculation.
Although the Pennsylvania medical examiner maintains that it was a homicide, some have hypothesized that his work was not going as well as he would have wanted, and maybe he was either in debt or having affairs. He also was expected to be interrogated in connection with the loss of $36,000 in cash from a bank robbery case he had prosecuted.
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• Charges for conspiracy to operate violent drug ring and distributing heroin (High)
These charges were brought against the defendants Deon Smith and Walter Poindexter by the prosecuting attorney Jonathan Luna who was trying the case before his death.
Smith and Poindexter were allegedly operating a violent drug ring out of their Baltimore based Rap recording studio called Stash House Records studio.
• $200.00 withdraw from JFK Plaza ATM in Newark, Delaware (High)
State and Federal authorities create a combined task force to document Luna’s movements during his final hours.
At 00:46 (12:46 AM) Luna’s vehicle passes through Delaware line toll plaza. At 00:57 (12:57AM) Luna’s debit card was used at the JFK Plaza ATM in Newark, Delaware to withdraw an exact amount of $200.00.
• Restraint marks on Luna’s body (Low)
= No Autopsy report released by law enforcement or federal
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Police Officers who searched Luna’s office on the morning of December 4, 2003, found his glasses and his cell phone on his desk (Beebe & Pherson, 2015, Pg 128)
• Cell phone equipment and money throughout Luna’s car (Medium)
Investigators found money and cell phone equipment all throughout Luna’s vehicle.
Luna left his cell phone on his desk at his office the night of December 3, 2003 when he left work.
At 00:57 (12:57AM) Luna’s debit card was used at the JFK Plaza ATM in Newark, Delaware to withdraw an exact amount of
$200.00.
• No evidence of self-defense wounds (Low)
No report that Luna’s body had defensive wounds such as knife marks on his hand, bruised or bloody knuckles, or blood and hair under fingernails.
Coroner Barry Walp said that he never observed any defensive wounds on Luna’s body during the course of his autopsy (Beebe & Pherson, 2015, Pg 124).
However, the autopsy results were never released and there was comments made by law enforcement that there were defensive wounds.
• Adult pornography found on Luna’s work computer