Coming to Laemmle Monica and Noho on November 18
Opening Laemmle Glendale November 27

   

     The Midnight Ride of Jonathan Luna uncovers evidence of scandalous injustice and why the cause of this high-profile federal prosecutor’s death may have been concealed.

In this film, Luna’s colleagues—a fellow prosecutor, a federal judge, a former police commissioner and others—address the camera for the first time. The events of Luna’s baffling “midnight ride” and the trial that preceded it are dramatically recreated, demonstrating damning evidence of malfeasance by government officials and law enforcement.

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Did Jonathan Luna take his own life? And if he did, why?

     

     It’s been more than twenty years since the FBI and “anonymous” law enforcement authorities floated the theory that Jonathan Luna took his own life. A statement by the FBI states unequivocally that Luna was alone from the time he left his office close to midnight on Dec 3, 2003 to the time his body was found at 5:30 AM the next morning. Former Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Jeffrey Miller has stated that it appeared Luna accidentally nicked his carotid artery, thus causing a mortal wound.

 

But Luna’s autopsy was withheld for over 20 years

 

     The FBI, the Pennsylvania State Police, the Lancaster District Attorney and Luna’s boss, federal DA Tom DiBiagio have had access to Luna’s autopsy for the past two decades. But the rest of us have not. That autopsy was withheld from the public from the time it was completed until late November 2025. When it was finally released, it showed not only that Luna was murdered but that he was brutally beaten. It also reveals that three Pennsylvania State Police witnessed the autopsy. None of these individuals have come forth with the truth.

     The Midnight Ride of Jonathan Luna assembles Luna’s life, death and the scandalous campaign to discredit his character that followed his death. For the first time this entire story is told, finally leading to the question: Who killed Jonathan Luna, and why?

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Director's Update 2026

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     In November 2024, a version of The Midnight Ride of Jonathan Luna was screened in various venues in central Pennsylvania, including the Penn Cinemas in Lancaster, the county courthouse, and the Mid-Town Cinemas in Harrisburg. Over 1000 people attended these screenings. At that point, Luna’s autopsy was still under wraps. But while the evidence we presented in the movie pointed to homicide, we had no proof. Our findings, up to that point, were not considered credible by most authorities.

     Interest generated by these screenings resulted in the revival of a failed lawsuit to have Luna’s autopsy released to the public. But now, there was more pressure from the public, along with a strong case driven by Reporters for the Freedom of the Press.

     Although the Lancaster District Attorney’s office refrained from answering the request for a hearing for over six months, the DA finally had no choice but to respond and comply with a hearing. But two days before that hearing was to take place, the DA’s office dropped its objections to releasing the autopsy and made it available to anyone interested.

 

The autopsy shows the truth to be even more shocking.

 

The autopsy, discussed in detail in the movie, reveals details even more disturbing than what had been suggested or discussed in the past 20 years: that Mr. Luna was brutally beaten before he was killed.​​​

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