70° F  Murder trial begins for Jonathan Nunez  Published On: Dec
24 2013 03:01:06 AM EST   Updated On: Aug 13 2013 11:10:53 PM
EDT  Trial underway for alleged Allentown murderer   The key
difference between first and third degree murder is intent.  The
defense team for Jonathan Nunez is hoping by the end of its
client's murder trial that the jury can tell the two apart.
Friends said Nunez's alleged victim, Kimberly Cardona, was
rarely seen without a smile and made friends with everyone she
met, but Prosecutors said one friend cost her her life.   In
court, an investigator testified Cardona, 20, was so badly
beaten she couldn't be identified from her driver's license
photo.  Instead, a Batman tattoo behind her ear confirmed to
police who she was.  Prosecutors said she and Nunez were
together and had sex on Lanze Lane in Salisbury Twp., Lehigh
Co., on July 4, 2012, however, the romantic tryst turned tragic.
After an argument, police said Nunez beat the Whitehall Township
woman and left her in the woods, retur