25 Facts About Chandra Levy

Chandra Ann Levy was an intern at the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Washington, DC, who disappeared in May 2001.

Chandra Levy was presumed murdered after her skeletal remains were found in Rock Creek Park in May 2002.

The MPD instead put much of its focus on the revelation that Chandra Levy had been having an affair with Congressman Gary Condit, a married Democrat then serving his fifth term representing California's 18th congressional district, and a senior member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

Condit was in meetings with the Vice President at the time Chandra Levy disappeared and was never named as a suspect by police; he was eventually cleared of any involvement.

Chandra Levy had been convicted of assaulting two other women in Rock Creek Park around the time of Levy's disappearance and was still in prison on those convictions when the arrest warrant on Levy's death was issued.

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In November 2010, Guandique was convicted of murdering Chandra Levy; he was sentenced in February 2011 to 60 years in prison.

Chandra Levy attended San Francisco State University, where she earned a degree in journalism.

Chandra Levy's internship was abruptly terminated in April 2001 because her academic eligibility was found to have expired in December 2000.

Chandra Levy had already completed her master's degree requirements and was scheduled to return to California in May 2001 for graduation.

Controversy surrounding Chandra Levy's disappearance drew the attention of the American news media.

Condit, a married man who represented the congressional district in which the Chandra Levy family resided, at first denied that he had had an affair with her.

Chandra Levy thought that Levy was going to return to Washington, DC after her graduation and was surprised to find out that the lease on her apartment had ended.

Chandra Levy was subpoenaed to appear on April 1,2002, before a District of Columbia grand jury investigating the disappearance.

On May 28,2002, the Chandra Levy family organized a memorial service at the Modesto Centre Plaza that drew over 1,200 people, some from as far as Los Angeles.

About a year later, on May 27,2003, Chandra Levy's remains were buried in Lakewood Memorial Park Cemetery at Hughson, California, near her home town of Modesto.

The investigators on the Chandra Levy case did not interview the other Rock Creek Park victims.

Chandra Levy's lawyers argued that Guandique's federal prison cell was outside the jurisdiction of a court-ordered search.

Robert Levy testified that he told authorities during the early years of the investigation that his daughter Chandra would have been too cautious to jog in the woods alone, but said that he no longer believed this to be true.

Chandra Levy said that he told police that his daughter and Condit had a five-year plan between them to get married.

Chandra Levy has maintained his innocence in the years since the trial.

Chandra Levy did not think there would have been any reason for prosecutors to withhold it as it did not seriously damage their case; but she sometimes delayed turning over more specific information on witnesses to the defense since at some trials that had led to those witnesses getting killed.

Chandra Levy's death has had a lasting impact, due in part to the efforts of her family and friends.

Chandra Levy's disappearance came after a number of other high-profile cases that led to the creation of resources for missing young adults.

That foundation, which offered the Levys staff support and contributed towards a cash reward for information about Chandra's disappearance, was merged into the Laci and Conner Search and Rescue Fund in 2009; Susan Levy had previously participated in the efforts to find Laci Peterson, another missing woman from Modesto.

Susan Chandra Levy later joined forces with Donna Raley, the mother of another young woman who disappeared from Modesto in 1999, to form "Wings of Protection", a support group for people with missing loved ones.

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