A lot of questions, but little relief, in Levy case
By: Ken Garcia
Examiner Staff Writer
03/03/09 11:58 AM PST
Whatever the outcome is in the Chandra Levy murder case, I'm not sure anyone will be able to call it justice.
Eight years after Levy disappeared after leaving her apartment in Washington D.C., an arrest warrant was issued Tuesday for an imprisoned Salvadoran immigrant for her killing. The body of Levy, a congressional intern, wasn't found for a year, and yet the sensational case seemed to focus more on her relationship with former U.S. Rep. Gary Condit of Modesto, whose career ultimately went down in flames.
Although Condit was never a suspect in the case, he reportedly was having an affair with the 24-year-old intern, and his taciturn evasion with the press and authorities grabbed more headlines than the fact that the trail for the real killer had gone cold.
Washington officials recently focused their attention on Ingmar Guandique, who is already in a California prison for attacking two other women in the same park. The warrant accuses Guandique of killing Levy as she jogged in the park in May of 2001 - a tie-in that should make people wonder why Guandique, who was questioned at the time, wasn't more thoroughly investigated.
Condit, who was married at the time, was rightfully bounced from office for his behavior in the case, but until recently, he was still the beneficiary of most of the media focus. Now the lens can move to its proper subject - not that it will ease the pain of all the families involved.
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