Who killed Chandra Levy?

The Washington Post is into Day Three of a 12-part series about Chandra Levy, the California government intern whose disappearance revealed an affair with Rep. Gary Condit. The congressman soon became the prime suspect in the investigation. Here's the teaser for the story:

The murder of Chandra Levy remains Washington's most famous unsolved crime. Many people, including police and prosecutors, suspected that a congressman was responsible. But a year-long Washington Post investigation reveals new information showing that critical leads were ignored and the killer may never be brought to justice.

The series, which seems to be critical of the police investigation, includes the first interview with Condit, who lost his seat in the aftermath of the case.  The Chandra Levy series is here.

-- Veronique de Turenne

Comments

[Dramaticlookcat]

I think the media should take some blame too. We all should. Everybody became so caught up in the Gary Condit/Chandra thing that they ignored significant information, such as that two other women with similar stature to Chandra had also disappeared from Dupont Circle near the same time.
John Walsh was convinced there was a serial killer, but everyone ignored him. I hope the Post delves into this aspect of the Chandra killing and doesn't just myopically stick to Condit.

[Peggy McGilligan]

Barbara Olson wrote the book on Hillary Clinton, HELL TO PAY. Barbara was hot on the trail of bad boy Congressman Gary Condit (D-Calif.), who was under suspicion in the disappearance of his intern & love interest, Chandra Levy. Two months after Chandra vanished, Gary Condit got caught while depositing a leather Tag Heuer watch container in an Old Town, Alexandria, VA, Safeway store dumpster. A fifteen-foot brick wall surrounds that trash receptacle. The Safeway at 500 S. Royal St. is located about six miles one-way from Condit’s then Washington, DC, address; but only three blocks from James Carville’s residence. Barbara Olson was Los Angeles bound, aboard American Airlines Flight 77, as a guest on Bill Maher’s popular TV show, Politically Incorrect. Flight 77 was hijacked and flown into the Pentagon. Date: September 11, 2001. Chandra Levy's remains were found May 22, 2002 in Rock Creek Park. Gary Condit kept his seat on the Intelligence Committee, but lost his subsequent bid for re-election.

Dead Drop: Prearranged hidden location for depositing and picking up messages and money in a clandestine manner, without the parties involved being present at the same time. According to the married Condit, a female admirer gave him the Tag Heuer timepiece. Gary Condit crossed the Potomac River from the District of Columbia to Alexandria, Virginia to dispose of the zippered case in a more than secure location, but kept the wristwatch. “The Clinton years might seem like a long national nightmare of scandal, sleaze, and ruthless acquisition of power. Hillary herself is the link from the excesses of the Watergate staff, to the Whitewater fiasco, to the abuses of executive power, to the defense of her husband’s perjury and obstruction of justice. But now it is Hillary’s turn. The Clinton era is far from over and Hillary’s ambitions far from satisfied,” wrote Barbara Olson.

This is but a snapshot of the world in which Chandra Levy found herself. Ms. Levy's criminal justice training may also have predisposed her to trust individuals with a law enforcement background. Perhaps not coincidentally, Hillary Clinton has typically had more than a few of these types on her payroll. And, the DNC could ill afford to lose Gary Condit's congressional seat. There would be no more Monica Lewinskys; no more blue dresses. Monica Lewinsky was plain fortunate. Similarities abound, but some would rather put forth that space aliens abducted Chandra Levy than ever consider the real actors, with real means, real motives, and real opportunities. Difference between Fort Marcy Park and Rock Creek Park: couple of miles as the crow flies. To borrow a phrase from Bill Clinton, “It ought to make the bells go off in your head:” http://theseedsof9-11.com