The Chandra Levy Case
On this day in 2002, the skeletal remains of Chandra Levy were found in Rock Creek Park, Washington, D.C. Levy, a native of Modesto, CA, was working in Washington, D.C. as part of her Master's Degree program. She was reported missing in May of 2001 and it was later revealed that she was having an affair with Congressman Gary Condit, who at that time represented Modesto. While police never named Condit as a suspect in her murder, he soon became a suspect in the minds of the public and he lost his re-election bid in March of 2002. Levy's parents have always believed that he withheld information from her family and investigators.
With few leads to go on the case soon went cold. The investigation was reopened in 2006 and in 2010 Ingmar Guandique, a man who had originally been questioned in 2002, was convicted of murdering Chandra Levy. His conviction was overturned in 2015 due to questions about a jailhouse informant's credibility. He was soon deported to El Salvador for being a member of the MS-13 gang. No other arrests have been made in the murder of Chandra Levy. Since the deportation of Guandique, Chandra Levy's mother, Susan, has spoken out about how she feels there will never be closure in her daughter's case. She's also become an activist on behalf of the passage of the “Cold Case Accountability Act of 2020”, a proposed law that supporters will allow cold cases to be investigated more thoroughly.
Related Reading:
Who Killed Chandra Levy? 15 Years Later, More Questions Than Answers in DC Murder Mystery
11 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE CHANDRA LEVY MURDER
Mother of Chandra Levy Speaks Out About Culture of Sexual Misconduct in Washington, D.C.
Comments
Post a Comment
Comments on this blog will be moderated. Slurs will not be tolerated. Lighthearted humor is welcome but any humor that demeans the victims and the marginalized is not.