What is going on True Crime fans? I'm your host Tee. And I'm your host Daphne. And you're listening to Going West.

Hello everybody. Thank you so much for tuning in today. Thank you to Carolyn for recommending this case.

We have quite the story for you guys today. This one reminds us of we covered Uggdala Plaza. I don't know if many of you guys have heard that one or heard us cover that one in episode 191 of Going West.

That was a crazy story and then Robert Wahn. This case kind of gives those vibes. So definitely an interesting and just insane one we've got for you today.

Also, if you guys are looking for a different type of content that's not true crime, go check out our sister show The Dark Parts. We just put out an episode on the Legend of Boggy Creek down in Arkansas.

It's a really crazy story with like over a hundred eyewitness reports. Yeah, that's a creepy story. Really good like Urban Legend.

But one that actually seems like it's true because of all these eyewitness sightings. Our editor said that he thinks it's his favorite Dark Parts episode yet. So go check it out.

Alright guys, this is episode 255 of Going West. So let's get into it.

So we're going to get into the next episode of The Dark Parts.

The Dark Parts.

In December of 2003, a 38 year old lawyer was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Pennsylvania.

He had been stabbed 36 times with his own pocket knife and then drowned in a creek next to his car.

Although suicide was initially suspected, it seemed clear after his autopsy that he was murdered.

But the circumstances surrounding his death remain a mystery to this day.

This is the story of Jonathan Luna.

Jonathan Paul Luna was born on October 21st, 1965 in the Bronx, Burrow of New York City. Jonathan's father Paul was from the Philippines and his mother Rosella was an African American woman from the South.

Sadly, the family did struggle to make ends meet when Jonathan was very young.

They resided in the Patterson houses, what they're called it, a public housing development in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx, colloquially known as the Projects.

And situated across the Harlem River from Manhattan, the Bronx is known for its contributions to sports, being the home of Yankees Stadium and arts and culture, and for being the birthplace of hip hop.

Jonathan himself was a die hard Yankees fan. However, it is also the most impoverished and most crime-ridden burrow of the city.

So Mott Haven where Jonathan grew up is the third most dangerous neighborhood in all of New York City with a crime rate 400 times higher than the national average.

But despite his humble beginnings, Jonathan was super hardworking and a gifted student, and he was determined to get out of his neighborhood and take his family with him.

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