David Cadena Sentenced To 25 Years For Brutal Assault On Jonna King In Dallas Parking Garage

CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

August 27, 2021

David Cadena, 27, the Laredo man who brutally assaulted Jonna King in a downtown Dallas parking garage on Sept. 21 was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison.

David Cadena, 27, was charged via criminal complaint in November 2019 and indicted less than a month later. Before he was federally charged, Cadena was charged by the state with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and aggravated robbery, but had twice bonded out of Dallas County Jail. A federal judge ordered him detained immediately after he was arrested by the feds. He pleaded guilty in April 2021 to the federal charge, carjacking resulting in bodily injury, and was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle.

According to plea papers, Cadena admitted pulling King, a wife and mother, out of her car in the parking garage of the Statler Hotel and beating her with a fire extinguisher so viciously that she lay in a coma for days after.

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