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Arrest Made In Allentown Man's 2023 Murder Arrest Made In Allentown Man's 2023 Murder
Arrest Made In Allentown Man's 2023 Murder A suspect is in custody for the murder of Alexander M. Price, the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office said on Thursday, March 14.  John Albert Garner, 25, is charged with criminal homicide and aggravated assault and is being held without bail, prosecutors wrote in a release.  Price, 29, was found dead at his 314 N. 16th Street home last July 9, Daily Voice reported. The Coroner's Office called his death a homicide and said he died from blunt-force head injuries.  On Thursday, prosecutors said Price was discovered by someone who had not heard from him in several day…

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by Mac Bullock
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16-Year-Old Teen Killed In Lehigh County Crash ID'd: Coroner 16-Year-Old Teen Killed In Lehigh County Crash ID'd: Coroner
16-Year-Old Teen Killed In Lehigh County Crash ID'd: Coroner Officials have identified the 16-year-old student killed in a car crash near Emmaus High School on Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 31.  (Note: This story has been updated to include information from Emmaus police.) Edwin Cortes, of Allentown, died of blunt force injuries to the torso due to a motor vehicle collision, said the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. His manner of death was ruled accidental.  Cortes was a back-seat passenger in a two-car crash near North Street and Cedar Crest Boulevard around 3 p.m., authorities said previously. He was pronounced dead at the scene.  Emmaus police said Co…

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Coroner IDs 18-Year-Old Woman Killed In Allentown Shooting Coroner IDs 18-Year-Old Woman Killed In Allentown Shooting
Coroner IDs 18-Year-Old Woman Killed In Allentown Shooting The Lehigh County Coroner's Office has named the 18-year-old woman who was fatally shot in an Allentown home last Monday, Oct. 2. Sian A. Cartagena was struck by gunfire on the 2000 block of West Green Street around 5:30 a.m., officials said. She died from her wounds at the hospital on Wednesday, Oct. 4.  Her cause of death has been ruled a homicide, said Coroner Daniel Buglio. Allentown police and Lehigh County detectives are investigating.  In a GoFundMe post, Cartagena's mother Dolores said her daughter had just turned 18 in August.  "(She) had so many goals, dreams…

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Woman Shot Dead In Allentown: Coroner Woman Shot Dead In Allentown: Coroner
Woman Shot Dead In Allentown: Coroner A 35-year-old woman was shot and killed in Allentown early Friday morning, Sept. 29.  The unnamed victim was shot around 2 a.m. on the 600 block of North Law Street, the Lehigh County Coroner's Office said. Her death was ruled a homicide.  An autopsy is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 2.  Allentown police and Lehigh County detectives are investigating in addition to the Coroner's Office.  Officials said they have identified the victim but are withholding her name so family members can grieve privately. 

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by Mac Bullock
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Lehigh County Woman Gunned Down In Public Park Lehigh County Woman Gunned Down In Public Park
Lehigh County Woman Gunned Down In Public Park A woman was shot and killed in a Lehigh County park on Wednesday, says Coroner Daniel A. Buglio's Office.  It happened just before 7 p.m., near the West Catasauqua Playground on Pine Street in Whitehall Township, the coroner said.  The victim, a 35-year-old Allentown resident, was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest where she was pronounced dead a few minutes later, officials said. Her death was ruled a homicide but the cause is pending an autopsy scheduled for Thursday, June 14.  "The victim has been identified and her family has been notified," the coroner sai…

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