Your request is being processed... Chandra Levy Case: Arrest Close In Slaying

MODESTO, Calif. — An arrest is imminent in the eight-year-old slaying of federal government intern Chandra Levy, whose disappearance in 2001 ended Gary Condit's congressional career, her parents said Saturday.

Levy's father, Robert Levy, told The Associated Press that Washington, D.C., Police Chief Cathy Lanier called his home late Friday and said there would be an arrest in a few days.

Robert Levy and his wife, Susan, declined to say whom they believe will be arrested.

The 24-year-old Levy disappeared in May 2001. She was wearing jogging clothes when she left her apartment, and her remains were found in Washington's Rock Creek Park about a year later.

Authorities questioned the married Condit in her disappearance. He reportedly told police that he and Levy were having an affair. While he was not considered a suspect, the negative publicity was cited as the main cause of his re-election defeat in 2002.

"This should give the Levys the answer and closure they deserve, and remove the unfair cloud that has hung over the Condits for too long," said Abbe Lowell, a Washington lawyer for Condit.

"While very good news, it is a tragedy that police and media obsession with former congressman Condit delayed this result for eight years and caused needless pain and harm to the families involved."

The Levys declined to say whom they believe will be arrested but said the news did not make up for the loss of their daughter.

"I can't say we'll really feel better, because it won't bring Chandra back," Robert Levy said.

"Grief doesn't just stop overnight," Susan Levy added.

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.

The Washington Post has said Washington detectives and prosecutors have been trying to build a case against Guandique.

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," the police chief said in a statement.

After Condit lost his re-election bid, he sued several media outlets that had connected him to Levy's disappearance and death. He reached an undisclosed settlement with three tabloid newspapers.


Source: huffingtonpost.com