http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090221/ap_on_re_us/chandra_levy WASHINGTON – An arrest may be near in the nearly decade-old slaying of federal intern Chandra Levy, whose disappearance in 2001 ended Gary Condit's congressional career, several television stations reported. The California Democrat was romantically linked to Levy, but was not considered a suspect in her death or disappearance. Television stations, KFSN and KCRA in California and WRC in Washington, D.C., reported that police were seeking an arrest warrant. Levy's parents said Friday outside their Modesto, Calif., home that police called them and told them an arrest was near. "Your child is dead and gone and it's painful, but we're glad that the police and people are doing something, and investigating, and making a difference so somebody's not on the street to do it again," Chandra's mother, Susan Levy, told KGO-TV in San Francisco. The parents did not say when an arrest warrant might be issued. The 24-year-old Levy disappeared in May 2001 and at the time, she was wearing jogging clothes when she left her apartment. Her remains were found in Rock Creek Park in Washington about a year later. Authorities questioned the married Condit in her disappearance. He reportedly told police that he and Levy were having an affair, and while he was not considered a suspect, the negative publicity was cited as the main cause of the Condit's re-election defeat in 2002. Investigators also interviewed Ingmar Guandique, 27, a Salvadoran immigrant who has denied any involvement in Levy's disappearance and killing. Guandique was convicted of attacking two women in Rock Creek Park shortly after Levy disappeared. D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said Saturday her department had no information to release in the ongoing case. "This case generated numerous bits of information, which we continue to follow up on," she said in a statement. After Condit did not get re-elected, he sued several media outlets that had connected him to the disappearance and death of Levy. He reached an undisclosed settlement with three tabloid newspapers.
This bothers me...and not just a little. The suspect attacked two women in the park. Levy, from all available evidence, left everything in her home. Her keys, ID...everything. This is not somebody who went to the park and got attacked. This is somebody who was taken from her home unexpectedly. Since there was no evidence of a struggle, she probably left with somebody she knew...but in a hurry. Unless they can tie that guy to her apartment, I have grave reservations that they have the wrong guy. It just does not add up.
Glad they'll finally get the guy. While Condit was an ass, I think he's owed a big apology from the media for seriously insinuating that he killed Levy.
I don't think anybody necessarily said he did it. If anything, he had it done. The story about this guy stinks to high heaven for all the reasons I posted above.
It was never explicitly stated, but it was pretty heavily inferred by the news media that he did kill her. And many blogs called him Con-Did It. Even if as you just stated, he had her killed. It was an almost popular assumption that the guy was a murderer. Don't get me wrong. The guy is absolute filth. He was cheating on his wife with an intern, and he completely wrecked her world. That doesn't even count all the sleazy lobbying perks and possible illegal election activity. I'm glad he lost his election, and I hope he's still shamed by his behavior. I just hate when the media jumps on a guy for the wrong reasons. He's bad and his girlfriend was murdered, we should infer he did it. I don't expect any apologies over it, but the media generally doesn't admit when it screws up.
The "explanation" for what happened to her that is presently leading up to an arrest is full of holes. Those holes need to be filled.
What explanation has been made for this warrant that is about to be issued? All the article says is that they are about to issue a warrant and it talks about Condit and a the Salvadoran suspect. The DC police haven't given any explanation.
