Before 9/11, the big political story in the summer of 2001 was the disappearance of a young woman who worked as an aide to a Congressman in Washington. Chandra Levy’s remains were found the following year, but in the first months of her disappearance, people focused their suspicions on Rep. Gary Condit, who had had an affair with Levy. Police cleared him, though, and now it looks as though they have the real murderer in their sites — and actually, already in prison:
Media reports in Washington and California say that an arrest may be close in the slaying of the former federal intern whose disappearance ended Gary Condit’s congressional career.
WRC in Washington and KGO, KFSN and KCRA in California say D.C. police are seeking an arrest warrant in Chandra Levy’s death.
The warrant would be for Ingmar Guandique, an inmate convicted of attacking two female joggers in the same Washington park where Levy’s remains were found in 2002.
Guandique is not a new figure in this case. The Washington Post ran a series of articles on Levy’s disappearance last summer, including a lengthy article on Guandique and his crimes. He’s been high on the radar for some time, but apparently police only had enough of a case now to make an arrest.
Condit lost his re-election in 2002 over the publicity from his affair with Levy and the unresolved murder. The police insisted that they had eliminated Condit as a suspect, but the clandestine nature of their relationship kept suspicions alive. Condit certainly deserves scorn for having an affair with a young intern as a married man, but not as a murderer.
None of this brings Levy back, of course, but perhaps her family will get a measure of justice, far too long delayed.
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