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Connie Chung: CONGRESSMAN CONDIT,
DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO CHANDRA LEVY?
NO. I DO NOT.
DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH HER DISAPPEARANCE?
NO. I DIDN'T.
DID YOU SAY ANYTHING, OR DO ANYTHING,
THAT COULD'VE CAUSED HER TO DROP OUT OF SIGHT?
YOU KNOW, CHANDRA AND I NEVER HAD A CROSS WORD.
[ INHALES ]
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA IF THERE WAS ANYONE
WHO WANTED TO HARM HER?
NO.
DID YOU CAUSE ANY TO HARM HER?
NO.
DID YOU KILL CHANDRA LEVY?
I DID NOT.
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
Narrator: IT'S ONE OF THE MOST BAFFLING DISAPPEARANCES
IN RECENT HISTORY.
SO MUCH INTRIGUE.
POWER MEETS BEAUTY.
WHAT'S GOING ON BEHIND CLOSED DOORS?
NOW, IN THE SECOND OF THIS THREE-PART SPECIAL,
THE LEVYS' PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR EMBARKS
ON A PERILOUS SEARCH FOR CHANDRA.
HE SAID, "YOU DON'T KNOW WHO YOU'RE DEALING WITH.
[ SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS ] THESE PEOPLE WILL KILL ME.
I CAN'T GET INVOLVED."
A GRUESOME DISCOVERY IN AN URBAN OASIS.
Palmer:
SOMETHING DIABOLICAL IS GOING ON THERE.
A NEW SUSPECT EMERGES.
HE GIVES ALL THE INDICATIONS
THAT HE WAS A SERIAL PREDATOR.
AND, LATER, A MYSTERIOUS FIGURE OPENS OLD WOUNDS.
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THIS WOMAN ALLOWED
THE KILLER TO WALK FREE?
[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]
Alexander: THIS TRULY WAS THE CRAZIEST CASE EVER TO HIT WASHINGTON, DC.
Dimond: WHO KILLED CHANDRA LEVY?
Doyle: THE STORY GOES FROM ZERO TO 60 VERY QUICKLY.
Dimond: WHY IS A 53-YEAR-OLD CONGRESSMAN CALLING A YOUNG INTERN?
Chung: DID YOU KILL CHANDRA LEVY?
I DID NOT.
Grimm: THEY SIMPLY FOUND BONES IN A PARK ALMOST A YEAR AFTER.
Alexander: THERE WERE NO EYEWITNESSES.
THERE WAS NO MURDER WEAPON.
Dimond: THEY'D FINALLY PUT IT ALL TOGETHER,
AND IT POINTED TO ONE MAN:
INGMAR GUANDIQUE.
Grimm: MR. MORALES WAS A JAILHOUSE SNITCH, A RAT.
Velez-Mitchell: THIS CASE THAT TOOK SO MANY YEARS TO BUILD
HAS COLLAPSED OVERNIGHT.
[ DISTORTED TUNE PLAYS ]
Susan: IT'S THE WORST THING A MOTHER COULD EVER FACE.
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[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
Narrator: IT'S BEEN MONTHS SINCE
WASHINGTON, DC INTERN CHANDRA LEVY
DISAPPEARED WITHOUT A TRACE.
BACK IN CALIFORNIA, HER PARENTS' MINDS ARE RACING.
[crying] WE JUST WANT OUR DAUGHTER HOME ALIVE.
WE'RE NOT SURE WHETHER THAT'S POSSIBLE OR NOT,
AND WE WANT HER HOME.
IT'S NOT LIKE HER NOT TO CALL OR BE IN TOUCH.
[ MELANCHOLY TUNE PLAYS ] MAYBE SHE RAN OFF,
HAD A SCHIZOPHRENIC EPISODE, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, YOU THINK OF ALL THOSE THINGS.
THERE'S A REASON WHY SHE DIDN'T TURN UP.
YOU KNOW, WE ALL THOUGHT MAYBE SHE'D BE SEEN SOMEWHERE.
YOU THINK, "WELL, SHE'S HIDING."
WE HAD HOPE, BUT IT WAS SCARY AS HELL.
Narrator: POLICE HAVE SOUGHT ANSWERS FROM A POWERFUL PERSON OF INTEREST:
UNITED STATES CONGRESSMAN GARY CONDIT.
THE CONGRESSMAN AND CHANDRA LEVY
HAVE HAD AN AFFAIR.
BUT, DESPITE EVIDENCE, CONDIT HAS DENIED
ANY ROMANTIC INVOLVEMENT WITH CHANDRA.
HE'S BEING VERY EVASIVE AND, OF COURSE,
THAT MAKES THE POLICE ALL THAT MORE SUSPICIOUS,
AND THEY THINK MAYBE GARY CONDIT
HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH HER DISAPPEARANCE.
[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
Narrator: A MASSIVE SEARCH EFFORT IS UNDERWAY.
WE HAVE TO FIND HER. WE HAVE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION
"WHAT HAPPENED TO CHANDRA LEVY?"
UNTIL WE CAN DO THAT, I'M NOT REAL HAPPY
WITH WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, BUT I KNOW THAT OUR PEOPLE
ARE WORKING AS HARD AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN.
WE REALLY HADN'T FOUND EVIDENCE OF WHERE CHANDRA WAS.
Narrator: INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GAIN ACCESS
TO A VALUABLE SOURCE OF INFORMATION
THEY SEIZED WEEKS AGO.
WHEN THEY SEARCH CHANDRA'S APARTMENT
AND THEY ZERO IN ON HER COMPUTER,
THEY START TO FIDDLE AROUND WITH IT, AND IT CRASHES.
THE ENTIRE COMPUTER WAS CORRUPTED.
Narrator: NOW, FORENSIC TECHNICIANS FINALLY HAVE CHANDRA'S LAPTOP
UP AND RUNNING.
WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN FORENSIC ANALYSIS
AND GARNER INFORMATION OFF OF THE COMPUTER.
Trainum: THE EXPERTS WERE ABLE TO GET IN THERE
AND FIND OUT WHAT SHE HAD SEARCHED RIGHT BEFORE
SHE HAD LAST TURNED HER COMPUTER OFF.
THIS WAS A BIG DEAL.
IT SHOWS WHAT SHE WAS DOING
IN THE HOURS BEFORE HER DISAPPEARANCE.
Narrator: THE ANALYSIS FINDS THAT, ON MAY 1st,
THE DAY SHE WAS LAST HEARD FROM,
CHANDRA LOGGED ON TO THE INTERNET AT 10:27 AM
AND VISITED SEVERAL WEBSITES.
THEY LOOK AT WHAT SHE'S BEEN SEARCHING
AND THEY DISCOVER, ON MAY 1st, AMONG THE SITES SHE VISITED
WAS CONGRESSMAN CONDIT'S HOMEPAGE.
Narrator: BUT IT'S ONE OF THE LAST SEARCHES CHANDRA ENTERED
THAT PIQUES INVESTIGATORS' INTEREST.
THEY FOUND A SEARCH FOR THE PIERCE-KLINGLE MANSION
IN ROCK CREEK PARK.
Narrator: ROCK CREEK PARK IS A NEARLY-2,000-ACRE WOODLAND
THAT BISECTS WASHINGTON.
IT'S LIKE A FOREST IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY.
THE PIERCE-KLINGLE MANSION IS A LANDMARK
WITHIN THE ROCK CREEK PARK.
THAT'S A PERFECT PLACE TO MEET SOMEONE
IN THIS BIG, HUGE EXPANSE.
Narrator: CHANDRA'S APARTMENT IS ONLY 2 MILES FROM THE PARK,
BUT HER INTEREST IN THE MANSION IS A MYSTERY.
WE JUST WEREN'T SURE HOW IT PLAYED IN, BUT IT WAS A LEAD
AND, WHEN YOU HAVE NO LEADS, YOU'LL FOLLOW ANYTHING.
Narrator: POLICE GATHER REINFORCEMENTS AND RUSH TO THE LARGE,
URBAN PARKLAND TO LOOK FOR ANY SIGNS OF CHANDRA.
ROCK CREEK PARK IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL URBAN PARK.
IT'S GOT A HUGE CREEK RUNNING THROUGH IT.
IT'S GOT ROCKY AREAS AND AREAS THAT ARE JUST PURE WILDERNESS.
IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT
TO DO A COMPLETE SEARCH OF EVERY SINGLE INCH OF IT.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKIN' FOR IS OBVIOUSLY ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS
IN AREAS THAT WOULD NOT BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
AND, IF SOMEONE ACCIDENTALLY FELL OFF THAT LEDGE,
THEY MIGHT NOT BE FOUND FOR A WHILE.
TO THE EXTENT THAT WE SEARCHED THAT PARK, TO MY RECOLLECTION,
WE HAD NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE.
THERE'S AN EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH,
BUT THEY FAIL TO FIND ANYTHING CONCLUSIVE.
Narrator: AFTER MONTHS OF SEARCHING,
THE LEVY FAMILY IS DEEPLY FRUSTRATED
BY THE STATE OF THE INVESTIGATION.
WE COULDN'T JUST TRUST THE POLICE COULD DO ALL THE WORK.
IT WAS A LOT OF WORK.
WE NEEDED TO FIND AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
WE NEEDED SOMEONE OUT THERE THAT COULD DO MORE INVESTIGATION,
SO WE HAD PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS.
[ SUSPENSEFUL FLOURISH PLAYS ] MY NAME IS JOE McCANN.
I WAS A HOMICIDE DETECTIVE AND THEN A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR.
I WAS BROUGHT INTO THE LEVY INVESTIGATION
BY THE LAW FIRM THAT REPRESENTED THE LEVY FAMILY.
Narrator: McCANN HAS NEVER CONDUCTED A TELEVISED INTERVIEW
ON THE SUBJECT.
NOW, HE OFFERS US EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT
INTO HIS DOGGED PURSUIT OF CHANDRA.
WE SET UP OUR OWN 800 NUMBER.
LEADS ARE COMIN' IN ALL THE TIME
AND TOOK US DOWN MANY, MANY DIFFERENT PATHS.
AFTER A MONTH OF SORTING THROUGH TIPS,
McCANN HEARS A TALE THAT INTRIGUES HIM.
THIS ONE PARTICULAR NIGHT, IT'S JUST ME AND MY PARTNER.
THE 800 NUMBER RINGS.
WE ANSWER THE PHONE.
THERE'S A GENTLEMAN ON THE OTHER END OF THE PHONE
WHO DOESN'T WANNA GIVE US HIS NAME,
BUT HE'S GOT THIS STORY TO TELL
ABOUT CHANDRA BEING IN CALIFORNIA
AND, AS WE LISTENED TO IT, IT DID SOUND CREDIBLE.
SO WE STARTED TO FOCUS ON THIS.
Narrator: THE TIP RELATES TO A SIMMERING RUMOR THAT'S BEEN CIRCULATING.
SOON AFTER CHANDRA DISAPPEARED, SCUTTLEBUTT SUGGESTED
THAT SHE MIGHT'VE, INDEED, BEEN PREGNANT.
NOW, THIS WAS NEVER SUBSTANTIATED
AND NO ONE KNEW WHO STARTED THE RUMOR,
BUT FOREVER IT HAS LONG HOVERED OVER THIS MOST SORDID CASE.
Narrator: WHILE HE IS SORT OF DETAILS, THE TIPSTER PUTS FORTH
A BIZARRE, AND SEEMINGLY OUTRAGEOUS, CLAIM:
HE HAS FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE THAT CHANDRA GOT INVOLVED
WITH AN UNNAMED GANG IN CALIFORNIA.
HE SAID, "YOU DON'T KNOW WHO YOU'RE DEALING WITH.
THESE PEOPLE WILL KILL ME. I CAN'T GET INVOLVED."
MY PARTNER HUNG IN THERE AND HE FINALLY GOT HIM TO SAY,
"OKAY. COME OUT AND MEET ME."
JUST THE FACT THAT THIS GUY WAS SO RELUCTANT TO MEET WITH US
AND THERE WAS A REWARD
TOLD US THAT MAYBE THERE IS SOMETHING TO IT.
Narrator: McCANN AND HIS PARTNER FLY OUT WEST.
McCann: WE MEET HIM IN THE LOBBY OF THE HOTEL.
HE'S SCARED TO DEATH.
HE TELLS US THIS VERY ELABORATE STORY,
THAT HE WAS HIRED BY SEVERAL PEOPLE TO RENT AN RV
AND MEET THEM AND SOMEBODY ELSE IN NEVADA.
HE SAYS THEY ALL SHOW UP WITH A YOUNG LADY.
HE RECOGNIZES HER AS CHANDRA LEVY.
Narrator: ACCORDING TO THE TIPSTER,
SHE WAS TAKEN TO A NEARBY MOUNTAIN IN THE RV.
THERE, CHANDRA ENDURED A PREGNANCY-RELATED PROCEDURE,
BUT, IT DIDN'T GO AS PLANNED.
DURING THIS EVENT, SHE DIES,
AND THEY WIND UP BURYING HER IN THE DESERT IN CALIFORNIA.
A STUNNED McCANN IS LEFT WITH COUNTLESS QUESTIONS.
EXACTLY HOW AND WHY DID THIS SCENARIO COME TO PASS?
BUT AS HE PRESSES HIM,
THE TIPSTER FEARS HE'S SAID TOO MUCH.
McCann: HE DOESN'T WANNA TALK ANYMORE.
HE SAYS, "LOOK. I'LL FINISH THE STORY UP TOMORROW.
JUST GET ME HOME."
AND THEN WE FOLLOW UP ON HIS LEADS.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
Narrator: McCANN AND HIS PARTNER HEAD TO THE MOUNTAINS
WHERE CHANDRA SUPPOSEDLY DIED
AND TALK TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR THE SCENE.
BUT THEY COME UP EMPTY-HANDED.
BY THE END OF THE DAY, I'M CONVINCED THAT THIS GUY IS
TELLING A STORY AND IT'S NOT A VERY TRUE STORY.
SO I GO BACK TO CONFRONT HIM AND I SAY TO HIM,
"HOW MUCH DID THESE GUYS PAY YOU TO RENT THIS VAN?"
HE SAYS, "THEY GAVE ME $10,000."
WELL, I KNEW THAT THIS GUY IS NOT SOMEBODY
WHO'S GONNA HAVE $2 ON HIM.
SO I SAY TO HIM, "SHOW ME THE MONEY,"
AND, WITH THAT, THIS GUY WAS LIVING IN A LITTLE TRAILER,
BREAKS OUT A BAG,
AND ALL I CAN SEE IS THE HUNDREDS.
THERE'S THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN THERE.
HOW DOES A GUY LIKE THAT GET THIS MONEY?
THERE MUST BE SOMETHING TO THE STORY.
Narrator: THEN, McCANN SEARCHES THE DESERT FOR THE ALLEGED BURIAL SPOT.
HE FINDS NOTHING.
I WORK A LITTLE MORE AND I'M STILL CONVINCED IT'S BS.
THERE'S NOTHING TO IT.
END OF STORY.
EXCEPT, WHAT REALLY HAPPENED?
Narrator: A TRUSTED SOURCE REVEALS TO McCANN
HOW THE INFORMANT MANAGED TO GET HIS HANDS ON THE MONEY.
THIS GUY, WHO I MET IN CALIFORNIA,
IS A FLIMFLAM ARTIST.
HE WAS JUST LOOKIN' FOR 15 MINUTES OF FAME.
SOMEBODY NOTIFIED A NEWSPAPER THAT I WAS GONNA BE
IN CALIFORNIA, AND WHAT I WAS DOING.
SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER, THEY BEAT ME THERE.
SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS, THE NEWSPAPER GOT TO HIM FIRST.
THEY HEARD HIS STORY.
THEY PAID HIM THE MONEY.
HE COST JUST A LOT OF EFFORT,
AND SO I WAS PRETTY ANNOYED, PISSED OFF AT HIM.
THERE WAS JUST NOTHING.
THERE WAS REALLY NOTHING ABOUT CHANDRA.
Narrator: ACCORDING TO McCANN,
THE INCIDENT WAS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE PUBLIC
AND THE MEDIA'S FASCINATION WITH THE CASE.
IMPORTANT NEW QUESTIONS IN THE CASE OF CHANDRA LEVY.
MISSING INTERN CHANDRA LEVY.
THE 24-YEAR-OLD WOMAN DISAPPEARED WITHOUT A TRACE.
Larry King: WILL CHANDRA LEVY EVER BE FOUND?
A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO FOLLOWED IT REMEMBER HOW CRAZY IT WAS.
YOU COULDN'T PICK UP A NEWSPAPER, A MAGAZINE,
LISTEN TO A TV SHOW.
THE MEDIA WAS TALKING ABOUT IT.
IT WAS EVERY DAY.
IT WAS EVERY NIGHT.
IT WAS NONSTOP.
Narrator: AS THE NEWS CYCLE CONTINUES TO SPIN,
BOTH McCANN AND POLICE WORK TO CULTIVATE NEW LEADS.
BUT IN LATE 2001, EVERYTHING CHANGES.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ] [ FLAMES CRACKLING ]
SO JUST AS THE LEVY-CONDIT STORY WAS PEAKING,
IT WAS ECLIPSED BY AN EVEN MORE SHOCKING EVENT,
AND THAT WAS THE TERRORIST ATTACK ON SEPTEMBER 11th.
**
ONCE THE TWIN TOWERS FELL, ONCE THE PENTAGON WAS BREACHED,
ONCE THE PLANE CRASHED IN PENNSYLVANIA,
EVERYONE'S ATTENTION WAS DIVERTED.
I CAME TO THE QUICK REALIZATION THAT THE STORY
ABOUT CHANDRA LEVY IS NO LONGER A STORY.
REPORTERS, LIKE MYSELF, STOPPED PAYING ATTENTION ALTOGETHER
BECAUSE, NOW, WE'RE AT WAR
AND WHAT WAS THE LOSS OF ONE CHILD IN THAT SCOPE OF THINGS?
WE DIDN'T GET THE MEDIA ATTENTION ANYMORE,
AND THERE GO A LOT OF THE LEADS.
SO THINGS START TO DRY UP.
Narrator: FROM McCANN'S COUNTERPARTS AT METRO PD,
THEIR PRIORITIES HAVE NOW SHIFTED.
DC POLICE WAS FOCUSED ON STOPPING ATTACKS.
THERE WERE NO INVESTIGATIVE RESOURCES LEFT
FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO FOCUS ON THIS MISSING-GIRL CASE.
Narrator: AS MONTHS TO BY, THE CASE GOES COLD.
FOR OUR FAMILY, WE WERE SHOCKED.
BUT WE WERE NOT EMOTIONAL, LIKE MOST PEOPLE,
'CAUSE WE'VE ALREADY FELT 9/11 HAPPEN TO US.
**
AND THEN, MAY 2002,
A MAN WALKING HIS DOG IN ROCK CREEK PARK
SPOTS SOMETHING ON THE GROUND
AND HE GOES DOWN INTO THE RAVINE TO CHECK IT OUT.
HE IS ABSOLUTELY FLABBERGASTED.
[ DISTORTED TUNE PLAYS ]
AND THE FIRST THING HE DOES IS CALL THE PARK POLICE.
**
Dispatcher: MM-HMM.
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Narrator: IN MAY 2002,
ONE YEAR AFTER DC INTERN CHANDRA LEVY GOES MISSING,
A MAN WALKING HIS DOG IN ROCK CREEK PARK
MAKES A GRUESOME DISCOVERY. [ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
Palmer:
Dispatcher:
Palmer:
**
Narrator: THE METRO PD SPRING INTO ACTION.
HERE IS A SKULL FOUND IN THE PARK
WHERE THEY BELIEVE THAT CHANDRA HAD GONE MISSING
AND SO EVERYBODY GOES DEFCON 1.
THE POLICE ARRIVE.
THEY SEALED OFF A VERY LARGE AREA
AND THAT BECAME THEIR CRIME SCENE.
I WAS IN THE NEWSROOM
WHEN THE NEWS CAME THAT THERE WERE REMAINS FOUND.
INSTANTLY, THE MEDIA CAME FLOODING BACK
TO THE ROCK CREEK PARK SCENE, WHERE INVESTIGATORS
BEHIND YELLOW TAPE WENT ABOUT THEIR WORK.
WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE SCENE,
BONES ARE SCATTERED EVERYWHERE,
AND THAT'S NORMAL FOR THIS SORT OF SCENE.
IF THERE'S A BODY THAT'S OUT IN THE ELEMENTS,
IT BEGINS TO DECOMPOSE
AND THEN ANIMALS AND OTHER SCAVENGERS ATTACK THE BODY.
AS THEY'RE SYSTEMATICALLY SEARCHING THE AREA,
THEY BEGIN TO FIND VARIOUS ITEMS OF CLOTHING.
THIS TRAGIC SCENE IS FILLED WITH PERSONAL EFFECTS:
SUNGLASSES,
A USC ATHLETIC T-SHIRT TURNED INSIDE OUT,
A RUNNING SHOE,
AND BLACK RUNNING TIGHTS
THAT ARE INSIDE OUT
AND KNOTTED.
[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]
Narrator: TO IDENTIFY THE SKELETONIZED REMAINS,
INVESTIGATORS FOCUS ON THE SKULL.
THEY ACTUALLY TAKE THE SKULL TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE
WITH RED LIGHTS AND SIREN, THEY WERE IN SUCH A HURRY.
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER HAD ALREADY OBTAINED
CHANDRA'S DENTAL RECORDS,
SO HE WAS ABLE TO MATCH UP THE VARIOUS FILLINGS,
MADE A POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION THAT IT WAS CHANDRA.
[ MELANCHOLY TUNE PLAYS ]
WELL, AFTER THEY IDENTIFIED HER, THEY CALLED US UP AND TOLD US.
THAT WAS JUST REALLY BAD. I MEAN, JUST --
-IT WAS HORRIBLE. -AS BAD AS ANYTHING CAN BE.
I'M POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS.
IT'S THE WORST THING A MOTHER COULD EVER FACE.
THE MINUTE THAT BODY WAS FOUND, I THOUGHT OF THEM
AND THE TRAVAILS AND TROUBLES AND ANXIETY
THEY HAD GONE THROUGH FOR SO LONG.
FINALLY, THEY HAD CHANDRA BACK, BUT SHE WAS DEAD.
IT WAS A GUT PUNCH BECAUSE, EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW THIS CASE
IS PROBABLY GONNA END THAT WAY,
WHEN YOU'RE CONFRONTED WITH THAT REALITY, IT'S STILL SHOCKING.
Narrator: NOW, IT'S UP TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER
TO DETERMINE EXACTLY HOW CHANDRA DIED.
FINDING A BODY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN AN EYEWITNESS
BECAUSE THE BODY DOESN'T LIE.
THE BODY IS GONNA TELL THE MANNER AND MEANS OF DEATH.
Narrator: IT WON'T BE EASY.
TIME AND THE ELEMENTS HAVE TAKEN A TOLL.
IT'S OVER A YEAR
BEFORE CHANDRA LEVY'S REMAINS ARE FOUND
AND, BECAUSE THEY'RE SKELETON REMAINS, AT THIS POINT,
THERE'S VERY LITTLE THEY CAN FIND OUT.
THERE WAS NO SOFT TISSUE TO SHOW A STAB WOUND.
THERE WAS NO BULLET IN THE HEAD.
THERE WASN'T ANYTHING LEFT OF HER THROAT
TO DETERMINE THAT SHE MIGHT'VE BEEN STRANGLED.
THERE WAS NO WAY TO TELL EXACTLY HOW SHE DIED.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS ] Narrator: POLICE ARE ABLE
TO DRAW SOME CONCLUSIONS,
BASED ON THE ITEMS COLLECTED AT THE SCENE.
WHEN THEY FOUND HER LEGGINGS,
THERE WERE LIKE KNOTS AND LOOPS IN THE LEGS.
IF SHE FELL DOWN THAT RAVINE
AND KNOCKED HER HEAD AND DIED BY ACCIDENT,
THERE'S NO REASON TO REMOVE YOUR PANTS.
Narrator: THE KNOTS IN THE RUNNING TIGHTS
LEAD INVESTIGATORS TO A GRIM CONCLUSION.
THE WAY THAT THEY WERE TIED INDICATED THAT, POSSIBLY,
THEY WERE USED AS A WAY TO BIND SOMEBODY.
SOMETHING VERY, VERY
SINISTER AND DIABOLICAL IS GOING ON THERE.
THAT DEFINITELY WAS EVIDENCE
THAT SHE HAD BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED.
Narrator: THE METRO PD ANNOUNCE THEIR FINDINGS.
WE KNOW THE MANNER OF DEATH WAS HOMICIDE.
QUESTIONS STILL REMAIN: HOW DID SHE GET THERE?
WAS SHE GOING TO SEE SOMEONE WHEN SHE GOT THERE?
WAS SHE JUST OUT FOR A WALK?
THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF QUESTIONS THAT HAVE TO BE ANSWERED.
Monroe: NOW, WE'RE BACK TO SQUARE ONE.
WE HAVE AN UNSOLVED MURDER OF A YOUNG LADY
WHO CAME TO WASHINGTON TO LIVE HER DREAM,
AND HER DREAMS DIED HERE.
NOW, POLICE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT "WHO KILLED CHANDRA LEVY?"
WAS IT CONGRESSMAN CONDIT?
[ MELANCHOLY TUNE PLAYS ]
Narrator: WITH RENEWED PURPOSE,
INVESTIGATORS REVISIT THEIR FIRST PERSON OF INTEREST.
THERE WERE THEORIES ABOUNDING.
CONDIT, PERHAPS, DID SOMETHING TO MAKE THIS GIRL DISAPPEAR
BECAUSE HE WAS HAVING A SEXUAL AFFAIR WITH HER.
Trainum: THERE WAS A LOT OF THEORIES.
ONE WAS, SHE WAS MEETING GARY CONDIT IN ROCK CREEK PARK.
EVERY STATEMENT, EVERY ACTION,
OF GARY CONDIT'S LIFE COMES UNDER SCRUTINY.
Narrator: ESPECIALLY HIS WHEREABOUTS ON THE DAY CHANDRA WENT MISSING.
GARY CONDIT HAS AN ALIBI FOR THE DAY THAT CHANDRA DISAPPEARS.
HE'S TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS.
HE WAS SITTING DOWN WITH VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY,
TALKING ABOUT ENERGY POLICY, OVER AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
Velez-Mitchell: THEY DO SOME CHECKING. THEY TALK TO HIS STAFF.
I MEAN, MEETING WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?!
THAT CERTAINLY COULD BE CONFIRMED.
THEN HE'S AT THE OFFICE AND THEN HE GOES TO THE DOCTOR'S.
AT THIS POINT,
CONGRESSMAN CONDIT'S ALIBI CHECKS OUT.
Narrator: AND A CLOSER EXAMINATION OF THE EVIDENCE
LEADS TO ANOTHER DEAD END.
AT THIS POINT, NOTHING ON THE CRIME SCENE
ALLOWED THE INVESTIGATORS TO LINK THIS CASE TO GARY CONDIT.
THEY DON'T HAVE ANY EVIDENCE
TO LINK HIM TO CHANDRA LEVY'S MURDER.
MAYBE IT'S SOMEBODY ELSE.
THE PRESSURE STARTED TO BUILD AND BUILD AND BUILD.
POLICE HAD TO DO SOMETHING.
Narrator: INVESTIGATORS BEGIN TO WONDER IF THE LOCATION OF THE CRIME
IS THE KEY TO SOLVING IT.
SO, TO DEVELOP NEW LEADS,
THEY TURN TO A SPECIALIZED CRIMINOLOGIST.
I'M DR. KIM ROSSMO.
I'M THE GEOGRAPHIC PROFILER WHO WAS BROUGHT ON
TO ASSIST IN THE INVESTIGATION
IN THE CHANDRA LEVY DISAPPEARANCE AND MURDER.
I GOT A CALL FROM DETECTIVE TRAINUM
AND HE SAID THAT HE WANTED TO SEE
IF I MIGHT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ANY SORT OF PERSPECTIVE.
KIM'S REALLY GOOD AT LOOKING AT A CRIME SCENE
AND HELPING YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE SCENE
THAT KIND OF CONTRIBUTED TO THE CRIME
OCCURRING AT THAT LOCATION?
Narrator: ROSSMO CONDUCTS A HOLISTIC EXAMINATION
OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN ROCK CREEK PARK.
FOR ME, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EARLY QUESTIONS WAS,
"HOW COMMON ARE THESE ATTACKS IN ROCK CREEK PARK?"
WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE DATA FROM THE PARK'S POLICE
ABOUT THEIR CRIMES IN THE 18-MONTH PERIOD
LEADING UP TO THERE AND IT WAS VERY CLEAR
THAT CRIMES OF THIS NATURE WERE JUST SO RARE.
Narrator: BUT ROSSMO DISCOVERS
SOME INTRIGUING INCIDENTS.
WE SAW TWO ATTACKS ON FEMALE JOGGERS
IN THE SHORT TIME PERIOD FOLLOWING LEVY'S DISAPPEARANCE.
Narrator: IN SEARCH OF A PATTERN,
ROSSMO PORES OVER THE DETAILS OF THESE TWO CASES.
Dimond: ON MAY 14th, A YOUNG WOMAN NAMED HALLE SHILLING
DECIDED TO GO FOR A RUN IN ROCK CREEK PARK.
IT WAS IN THE EARLY EVENING.
SHE WAS A YOUNG STUDENT, JOURNALISM STUDENT,
TRYING TO GET HER MASTER'S.
WHEN SHE GOT TO THE PARK, SHE NOTICED A HISPANIC MAN
SITTING IN THE PARKING LOT AND SHE TOOK OFF FOR HER RUN.
SHE KEPT LOOKING BACK OVER HER SHOULDER
AND SHE NOTICED HE WAS BEHIND HER.
Narrator: SHILLING GROWS FEARFUL OF THE LOOMING STRANGER.
Dimond: SHE WOULD SPEED UP AND SLOW DOWN,
BUT HE WAS ALWAYS RIGHT THERE.
AND THEN, SUDDENLY,
HE GRABBED HER.
HE THREW HER DOWN INTO THE FOREST.
HALLE DESCRIBES FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
BUT WHAT HE DIDN'T KNOW IS
SHE HAD TAKEN SOME SELF-DEFENSE CLASSES.
SHE WAS ABLE TO ACTUALLY PUT HER FINGERNAILS
INSIDE HIS MOUTH, INTO HIS SOFT PALATE,
AND THAT WAS A BREAK SHE NEEDED.
HE LOOSENED HIS GRIP
AND SHE GOT UP AND RAN OUT OF THE PARK,
AND SHE RAN STRAIGHT TO THE POLICE AND REPORTED THE ATTACK.
Narrator: THE ASSAILANT GETS AWAY.
AND, SOON, ANOTHER WOMAN ENDURES A SIMILAR ENCOUNTER.
ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AFTER HALLE SHILLING'S ATTACK,
CHRISTY WIEGAND AND HER FIANCé
GO TO ROCK CREEK PARK FOR A RUN.
AS IS USUAL, HE PULLS AHEAD OF HER.
SHE SEES HIM ON THE ROAD AHEAD AND THEN FINALLY HE DISAPPEARS.
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AT THAT POINT, SHE REALIZES THERE IS SOMEBODY BEHIND HER.
THERE IS A YOUNG HISPANIC MAN, GAINING ON HER.
Narrator: WITH NO ONE ELSE ON THE TRAIL,
WIEGAND ATTEMPTS TO OUTRUN THE PURSUER.
Dimond: ALL OF A SUDDEN, SHE'S GRABBED FROM BEHIND.
THEY FALL DOWN INTO A RAVINE.
SHE SEES A KNIFE IN HIS HAND.
HE PUTS HIS HAND OVER HER MOUTH SO SHE CANNOT SCREAM.
SHE IS FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE.
HE DOESN'T TAKE HER EXPENSIVE ENGAGEMENT RING,
HE DOESN'T TRY TO TAKE HER WALKMAN,
AND SHE IS SURE SHE IS ABOUT TO BE KILLED.
Narrator: IN SHOCK, SHE INSTINCTUALLY STRUGGLES WITH THE ATTACKER.
MIRACULOUSLY, SHE BREAKS THE GRIP OF THIS ASSAILANT,
SCRAMBLES BACK UP,
AND REPORTS THE ATTACK TO THE FIRST PERSON SHE SEES.
CHRISTY WIEGAND GIVES A REALLY GOOD DESCRIPTION
OF HER ATTACKER.
HE'S YOUNG. HE'S HISPANIC.
HE'S WEARING A WHITE TANK TOP, BAGGY SHORTS.
Narrator: PARK POLICE IMMEDIATELY RESPOND AND SEARCH THE SURROUNDING AREA.
THIS IS A SECOND ATTACK IN 6 WEEKS.
THE PARK POLICE ARE WORRIED.
THEY SEARCH ALL THE RAVINES,
EVERYWHERE OFF THE JOGGING TRACKS,
AND THEY FINALLY FIND A YOUNG HISPANIC MAN
CROUCHED IN THE BUSHES, HIDING.
Narrator: POLICE ARREST THE SUSPECT AND BRING HIM IN FOR QUESTIONING.
THIS MAN IS INGMAR GUANDIQUE,
A SALVADORAN NATIVE WHO HAD COME TO THE UNITED STATES ILLEGALLY.
Trainum: WHEN THEY ASK HIM ABOUT THE ATTACK, HE DENIED IT.
BUT THEY USED A DIFFERENT TACK, AND ASKED HIM IF MAYBE HE JUST
ACCIDENTALLY BRUSHED UP AGAINST SOMEBODY IN THE WOODS.
HE GAVE THEM THIS STORY ABOUT, OH, YEAH,
HE WAS RUNNING OR JOGGING IN THE WOODS
AND COLLIDED WITH A WOMAN BY ACCIDENT
AND SO THEY KNEW THAT, AT THAT POINT,
THAT THEY HAD THE RIGHT GUY.
Narrator: BOTH WIEGAND AND SHILLING
IDENTIFY GUANDIQUE AS THEIR ASSAILANT.
HE EVENTUALLY PLEADED GUILTY TO ATTEMPTED ROBBERY
AND WAS SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON.
Narrator: AFTER REVIEWING THESE CASES, ROSSMO IS ASTOUNDED
BY THE SIMILARITIES TO CHANDRA'S MURDER.
WE TOOK A LOOK AT
ALL THE DIFFERENT BITS OF INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE.
WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE LOCATION WHERE CHANDRA'S BODY WAS FOUND
AND THEN WE LOOKED AT THE LOCATIONS
WHERE THE ATTACKS ON THE TWO FEMALE JOGGERS HAD OCCURRED.
THERE'S NO ONE ELSE AROUND.
ATTACKS LIKE THAT IN THE PARK ARE REALLY RARE
AND, WHEN YOU'VE GOT THREE OF THEM
IN A VERY SHORT TIME PERIOD,
THAT CALLS FOR THEM TO BE LOOKED AT AS BEING CONNECTED CRIMES.
Narrator: THE DETAILS OF GUANDIQUE'S CIRCUMSTANCES
ALSO RAISE ROSSMO'S SUSPICIONS.
WE KNOW THAT HE LIVED JUST TO THE EAST OF ROCK CREEK PARK
AND THERE WERE NO SIMILAR ATTACKS AFTER THEY ARREST HIM.
IT MADE GUANDIQUE STAND OUT LIKE A NEON SIGN.
HE HAD TO BE CONSIDERED A VIABLE SUSPECT
AND NEEDED TO BE EXPLORED FURTHER.
Narrator: POLICE FOCUS IN ON THEIR INCARCERATED SUSPECT.
GUANDIQUE'S ALREADY IN PRISON.
HE'S SERVING TIME FOR THE FIRST TWO ATTACKS,
BUT THE INVESTIGATORS WERE LOOKING FOR
ANY KIND OF CONNECTION, ANY KIND OF EVIDENCE,
THAT MIGHT LINK HIM TO CHANDRA.
INGMAR GUANDIQUE IS THE BIGGEST BREAK IN THIS CASE
IN A VERY LONG TIME.
IT'S ALL COMING TOGETHER.
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Narrator: AFTER DISCOVERING
CHANDRA LEVY'S REMAINS IN ROCK CREEK PARK,
POLICE IDENTIFY A PROMISING SUSPECT NAMED INGMAR GUANDIQUE.
A CONVICTED FELON, HE'S SERVING A SENTENCE
FOR ATTACKING TWO WOMEN IN THE SAME PARK.
POLICE TRY TO INTERVIEW FAMILY MEMBERS, ASSOCIATES,
BUILD A TIMELINE ON HIM.
THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR ANY KIND OF EVIDENCE
THAT MIGHT LINK HIM TO CHANDRA.
Narrator: IN JANUARY 2000,
HE THEN-18-YEAR-OLD SALVADORAN BEGAN HIS JOURNEY TO AMERICA.
MY NAME IS SYLVIA MORENO.
I'M A RETIRED NEWSPAPER JOURNALIST.
I WORKED AT THE WASHINGTON POST FOR 11 YEARS.
I COMMUNICATED SEVERAL TIMES WITH GUANDIQUE THROUGH LETTER.
GUANDIQUE CAME TO THE UNITED STATES
ILLEGALLY, FROM EL SALVADOR.
HE MADE HIS WAY THROUGH MEXICO.
HE SWAM ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE INTO TEXAS.
HE MADE HIS WAY TO HOUSTON.
AND THEN HE MADE HIS WAY TO WASHINGTON, DC.
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THAT'S DEEPLY IMPOVERISHED.
HIS ROLE IN COMING TO THE UNITED STATES
WAS TO GET A JOB, ANY KIND OF JOB,
AND START SENDING MONEY HOME.
Narrator: SOON AFTER ARRIVING, GUANDIQUE FINDS MODEST SUCCESS.
Moreno: HE STARTED WORKING.
HE WAS DOING, ESSENTIALLY, DAY-LABORER-TYPE OF JOBS:
WORKING AT A LANDSCAPING COMPANY,
WORKING AT A MASONRY COMPANY,
WORKING ON A MAINTENANCE CREW.
HE JUST DRIFTED, ESSENTIALLY, FROM JOB TO JOB,
BUT HE FELL OFF THAT TRACK.
Doyle: HE WAS DRINKING AND TAKING DRUGS.
GUANDIQUE WAS A MAN WITH NOT A LOT OF PROSPECTS.
HE WAS GOING NOWHERE.
Narrator: IT'S NOT LONG BEFORE HIS NEW HABITS FUEL EXPLOSIVE BEHAVIOR.
Moreno: I INTERVIEWED HIS GIRLFRIEND AND HER MOTHER.
THEY TOLD ME HE WAS SOMEWHAT VOLATILE.
THEY HAD FIGHTS.
HE DID PUNCH HER ONE TIME, HIT HER IN THE FACE,
BIT HER ABOVE HER BREAST.
SHE HAD A BITE MARK THERE.
AND I REMEMBER, WHEN I WAS IN THE APARTMENT,
I SAW A HOLE IN THE WALL AND I SAID, "WHAT HAPPENED HERE?"
AND THEY SAID, "OH, INGMAR DID THAT.
HE GOT MAD AND HE PUNCHED THE WALL."
I SAW, "WOW. THAT'S SOMEBODY WITH A REALLY BAD TEMPER."
HE CAME TO MAKE A BETTER LIFE IN WASHINGTON, DC,
BUT WHAT HE FOUND INSTEAD WAS TROUBLE.
Narrator: INVESTIGATORS BEGIN TO PIECE TOGETHER
A TIMELINE OF GUANDIQUE'S ACTIONS
AROUND MAY 1st, THE DAY CHANDRA DISAPPEARED.
DURING THE INTERVIEWS THAT OCCURRED,
GUANDIQUE'S LANDLADY SAID THAT SHE SAW HIM
WITH BRUISES AND SCRATCHES ON HIS FACE AROUND THAT TIME.
SHE ASKED HIM, "WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?"
AND HE SAID, "OH, I GOT IN A FIGHT WITH MY GIRLFRIEND."
BUT SHE ALSO THOUGHT HE WAS ACTING RATHER PECULIARLY
AND, SUBSEQUENTLY, INVESTIGATORS DISCOVERED THAT
HE HAD NOT GONE TO WORK ON MAY 1st.
THIS IS A BIG BREAKTHROUGH FOR COPS
BECAUSE THE HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, THE NOT SHOWING UP FOR WORK,
HAVING THE SCRATCHES ON HIS FACE
THE SAME DAY THAT CHANDRA DISAPPEARS?
IT WAS A STUNNER FOR EVERYONE.
Narrator: TO FURTHER BUILD THEIR CASE,
INVESTIGATORS VISIT GUANDIQUE IN PRISON.
HE SEEMS LIKE, FOR POLICE, THE PERFECT SUSPECT,
BUT, IN AN INTERVIEW IN PRISON, GUANDIQUE CLAIMS HE HAD NOTHING
TO DO WITH CHANDRA'S MURDER, BUT, COPS HAVE TO SETTLE THIS,
SO THEY GIVE HIM A POLYGRAPH.
Narrator: WITH THE HELP OF A TRANSLATOR, POLICE PRESS GUANDIQUE
ABOUT MAY 1st AND CHANDRA'S MURDER.
THE RESULTS ARE SURPRISING.
MR. GUANDIQUE SUCCESSFULLY PASSES THE POLYGRAPH,
BUT IT'S STILL NOT SATISFACTORY TO SOME INVESTIGATORS.
HERE'S THE PROBLEM:
HE DOESN'T SPEAK VERY MUCH ENGLISH
AND THE POLYGRAPH EXAMINER USED A TRANSLATOR,
WHICH COULD SKEW THE RESULTS!
SO, IN ESSENCE, WHO KNOWS?!
Narrator: THE CASE AGAINST GUANDIQUE IS AT A STANDSTILL.
THEY STILL DON'T HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENCE
TO LINK HIM TO CHANDRA LEVY'S MURDER.
THEY HAVE A GREAT CIRCUMSTANTIAL CASE,
BUT THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT HAS ENOUGH
TO GET OVER THE HURDLE OF BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT.
THE INVESTIGATION JUST KIND OF LIKE DIES OFF.
Narrator: ONCE AGAIN, THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE MURDER OF CHANDRA LEVY
GOES COLD.
WITH INGMAR OUT OF THE PICTURE, THERE ARE NO GOOD LEADS.
UNTIL ANOTHER SUSPECT COMES ALONG:
ALBERT COOK.
COOK IS THIS VERY LARGE MAN
WHO WAS CAUGHT ASSAULTING A WOMAN WALKING PAST HIS HOUSE.
Narrator: THE 26-YEAR-OLD COOK IS FROM ASPEN HILL, MARYLAND,
JUST OUTSIDE WASHINGTON.
HE HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONVICTED
OF INAPPROPRIATELY TOUCHING A WOMAN IN A SHOPPING CENTER.
WHEN POLICE PICK HIM UP IN 2001,
HE SUDDENLY CONFESSES TO A MURDER IN ROCK CREEK PARK.
A 48-YEAR-OLD JOGGER, AN ASIAN AMERICAN WOMAN.
HE ADMITS THAT HE GRABBED HER, TORTURED HER, RAPED HER,
AND LEFT HER TO DIE IN THE PARK.
THAT HAPPENED NOT LONG BEFORE CHANDRA LEVY GOES MISSING,
AND THERE'S A LOT OF COMMONALITIES
BETWEEN THIS JOGGER
THAT ALBERT COOK BEAT AND LEFT TO DIE
AND WHAT HAPPENED TO CHANDRA LEVY,
WHO WAS STRIPPED NAKED AND DIED
IN THE SAME PARK!
Narrator: IN MAY 2002,
COOK WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR HIS CRIMES
AND, NOW, INVESTIGATORS SEEK HIM OUT.
POLICE QUESTION HIM.
HE FREELY ADMITS TO KILLING THE JOGGER,
BUT HE SAYS HE HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO
WITH CHANDRA LEVY'S DEATH.
Narrator: POLICE THEN DISCOVER SOMETHING THAT GIVES THEM PAUSE.
COOK WAS INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED
AND THE CRIME THAT HE HAD BEEN CONVICTED OF PREVIOUSLY
HAD OCCURRED NEAR HIS HOME.
Narrator: BUT CHANDRA'S REMAINS WERE FOUND
FAR FROM HIS HOME, ABOUT 10 MILES AWAY.
INVESTIGATORS DETERMINE THAT, FOR COOK,
NAVIGATING THAT DISTANCE WOULD BE A CHALLENGE.
POLICE BELIEVED THAT IT WAS IMPLAUSIBLE TO THINK
THAT HE WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO COMMIT AN ASSAULT ON CHANDRA,
SO, ULTIMATELY, HE WAS CLEARED.
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Narrator: ONCE AGAIN, THE CASE LANGUISHES.
IT WILL BE ANOTHER FIVE YEARS BEFORE NEW INFORMATION EMERGES.
IN 2008, THE WASHINGTON POST DECIDES TO DO AN IN-DEPTH SERIES
LOOKING INTO CHANDRA LEVY'S DISAPPEARANCE AND MURDER,
AND, BOY, WHAT THEY FIND?
BLOCKBUSTER.
THEY MAY HAVE EVEN TRACKED DOWN CHANDRA'S KILLER.
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Narrator: IN 2008,
THE WASHINGTON POST PUBLISHES
A 13-PART INVESTIGATION ON THE CHANDRA LEVY CASE.
I'M KEITH ALEXANDER, A PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING REPORTER
WITH THE WASHINGTON POST.
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME ANYONE FROM THE OUTSIDE
HAD REALLY EXPOSED WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THIS CASE
AND SOME OF THE MISTAKES THAT LED THE CASE TO GO COLD.
Narrator: THREE MONTHS AFTER CHANDRA DISAPPEARED,
THE POLICE CHIEF GAVE INSTRUCTIONS
TO SEARCH THE PARK'S ROADS AND TRAILS.
HOWEVER, THE SEARCH WAS ONLY DONE
LIKE 100 YARDS OFF OF ALL THE ROADWAYS,
AND NOT THE TRAILS.
BECAUSE THE SEARCH WAS ONLY LIMITED
TO THAT AREA OFF THE ROADS,
THE AREA WHERE HER BODY WAS ULTIMATELY FOUND
WAS NOT SEARCHED.
Narrator: IF NOT FOR THIS CONFUSION, CHANDRA MIGHT'VE BEEN FOUND
10 MONTHS EARLIER.
WHEN THE WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE CAME OUT, YOU KNOW,
WE WERE HAPPY TO TALK TO THEM AND THEY BROUGHT IT OUT,
THEY TRIED TO SOLVE IT AND GET JUSTICE DONE.
THEY WERE ABLE TO GAIN ACCESS TO SO MUCH
OF THE INSIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION.
Narrator: IN ADDITION TO EXPOSING HICCUPS IN THE SEARCH,
THE POST POINTS TO A FORMER SUSPECT.
THEY'D FINALLY PUT IT ALL TOGETHER,
AND IT POINTED TO ONE MAN:
GUANDIQUE.
THE NEWSPAPER PRESENTS NEW EVIDENCE
THAT HAD SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS.
THE WASHINGTON POST TRACKS DOWN A WOMAN
WHO SAYS SHE SAW INGMAR GUANDIQUE
IN THE PARK ON THE SAME DAY THAT CHANDRA LEVY DISAPPEARS,
AND SHE EVEN RAN AWAY FROM HIM
BECAUSE SHE FELT LIKE HE WAS GOING TO ATTACK HER!
ANOTHER BOMBSHELL IS THAT, YEARS EARLIER,
WHEN GUANDIQUE WAS ARRESTED,
HE WAS SHOWN A FLYER OF THE THEN-MISSING CHANDRA LEVY.
HE SAID, "OH, YEAH. I SAW HER IN THE PARK
AND SHE'S ATTRACTIVE."
HERE'S THE WORST PART:
UNBELIEVABLY, PARK POLICE NEVER COMMUNICATED THAT INFORMATION
TO METRO POLICE, WHO WERE WORKING
CHANDRA LEVY'S DISAPPEARANCE.
THEY HAD NO IDEA.
NOW, THAT, TO ME, IS A SHOCKER.
Narrator: THE POST's REPORTING IS A DAMNING INDICTMENT
OF THE POLICE'S MISHANDLING OF THE CASE.
Trainum: THE ERRORS ARE NOW OUT THERE FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE
AND WE'RE EMBARRASSED.
IT DEFINITELY CAUSED US A LOT OF PUBLIC-RELATION PROBLEMS.
PEOPLE WONDERED WHY THERE HAD BEEN MANY MISTAKES,
ERRORS, AND MISHAPS IN THE COURSE OF THE INVESTIGATION.
THE WASHINGTON POST SERIES REALLY AMPS UP THE PRESSURE
FOR POLICE TO SOLVE THIS CASE, ONCE AND FOR ALL,
WHATEVER IT TAKES.
WHAT THAT DID WAS THAT TOTALLY REENERGIZED THE CASE
BECAUSE NOW THE MEDIA ATTENTION IS BACK ON THE DEPARTMENT,
SO WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
Velez-Mitchell: AND THE CLOCK IS TICKING
BECAUSE INGMAR GUANDIQUE'S SENTENCE IS RUNNING UP.
HE COULD SOON BE RELEASED!
SO THEY BETTER CHARGE HIM,
IF THEY'RE GONNA CHARGE HIM, ASAP.
Narrator: IN RESPONSE TO THE MOUNTING PRESSURE,
A RISING STAR IN THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
TAKES OVER THE CASE.
Alexander: AMANDA HAINES WAS ONE OF THE MOST SENIOR HOMICIDE PROSECUTORS
IN WASHINGTON, DC.
SHE WAS SO GOOD, THEY PUT HER ON THE MOST DIFFICULT ASSIGNMENTS,
AND THAT'S COLD CASES.
AMANDA HAINES HAD A WAY OF RELATING TO THE JURY.
SHE CAN TELL A STORY AND MAKE PEOPLE SEE THE CRIME SCENE
AND SEE THE FINAL MOMENTS OF THE VICTIM'S LIVES.
Narrator: THE STATE'S CASE AGAINST GUANDIQUE
IS STILL ENTIRELY CIRCUMSTANTIAL.
IN HOPES OF UNCOVERING NEW EVIDENCE,
INVESTIGATORS VISIT HIM IN PRISON.
WHEN DETECTIVES GO TO THE PRISON TO INTERVIEW INGMAR GUANDIQUE,
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE JUST A REGULAR,
NORMAL INTERVIEW, BUT WHEN THEY GOT THERE,
THEY NOTICED SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
THEY SAW SOMETHING THAT THEY HAD NOT EXPECTED.
THEY SAW A PHOTO OF CHANDRA LEVY IN HIS CELL,
RIGHT BY HIS BED, WHICH WAS VERY ODD,
AND, AS THEY'RE TALKING TO GUANDIQUE,
THEY SAW SOMETHING ELSE THAT REALLY STRUCK THEM AS ODD.
THEY SAW A TATTOO OF A WOMAN ON HIS BODY,
AND AS THEY LOOKED AT THIS TATTOO,
THEY BELIEVE THAT IT RESEMBLED CHANDRA LEVY.
Narrator: INVESTIGATORS ARE STUNNED
BY GUANDIQUE'S SEEMING OBSESSION WITH THE YOUNG WOMAN.
WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
THERE'S ALWAYS DIFFERENT EXPLANATIONS
THAT YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER.
IT COULD BE BECAUSE HE KILLED HER
AND HE WANTED THIS MEMORY OF THE EVENTS, FOR WHATEVER REASON.
IT COULD BE BECAUSE HE KNOWS
THAT HE'S BEEN UNDER ALL THIS INVESTIGATION.
SENSING THAT THEY INDEED HAVE THEIR PERP,
INVESTIGATORS ATTEMPT TO BAIT HIM INTO SEALING THEIR CASE.
THE INVESTIGATORS TOOK SOME EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES,
THAT INCLUDED SETTING UP WHAT AMOUNTED TO A STING OPERATION,
CREATING A FALSE PERSONA OF AN INDIVIDUAL
WHO WROTE LETTERS TO GUANDIQUE, WITH AN APPARENT INTENT
TO GET HIM TO INCRIMINATE HIMSELF IN WRITING.
Alexander: ONE OF THE DETECTIVES POSED AS A WOMAN
WHO WAS WRITING HIM LETTERS, TRYING TO GET HIM TO CONFESS
ABOUT HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH CHANDRA LEVY,
BUT HE DENIED HAVING ANYTHING TO DO WITH CHANDRA LEVY.
HE NEVER REALLY CONFESSES TO WHAT THE MURDER WAS.
Narrator: THEN, OUT OF NOWHERE, A MAN APPROACHES HAINES
AND HER FELLOW PROSECUTORS WITH SHOCKING INFORMATION.
IT WAS A JAILHOUSE INFORMANT WHO CAUGHT EVERYBODY BY SURPRISE.
Dimond: WHO WAS THIS MAN?
WHAT DID HE KNOW?
COULD HE BE THE BREAK IN THE CASE?
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Narrator: AS PROSECUTORS
LOOK TO INDICT INGMAR GUANDIQUE
FOR THE MURDER OF CHANDRA LEVY,
AN INFORMANT STEPS FORWARD.
INFORMANTS ARE AN IMPORTANT PART
OF ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATION.
ARMANDO MORALES IS A FRESNO, CALIFORNIA, NATIVE,
A LIFETIME CRIMINAL WITH A LONG RECORD
OF VIOLENT CRIMES, GUNS, DRUGS, AND SO ON.
HE WAS A CELLMATE
OF INGMAR GUANDIQUE IN KENTUCKY IN 2006.
ARMANDO MORALES AND INGMAR GUANDIQUE
BELONGED TO A SIMILAR GANG AFFILIATION
AND, AS A RESULT, THEY CONSIDER THEMSELVES BROTHERS.
THEY WERE HONEST WITH EACH OTHER.
THEY LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER IN PRISON.
THEY TALKED ABOUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
ACCORDING TO ARMANDO MORALES,
ONE OF THE THINGS THEY TALKED ABOUT
WAS THE WHOLE CHANDRA LEVY CASE.
Narrator: MORALES TELLS PROSECUTORS
THAT GUANDIQUE REVEALED HIS DARKEST SECRET.
HE SAID THAT GUANDIQUE CONFESSED TO HIM
THAT HE KILLED CHANDRA LEVY.
MORALES CLAIMS GUANDIQUE ADMITTED TO THE CRIME
TO AVOID BECOMING A VICTIM HIMSELF.
RAPISTS, IN PRISON, ARE OFTEN TARGETED FOR RAPES THEMSELVES.
THE REASON WHY HE OPENED UP, ACCORDING TO ARMANDO MORALES,
WAS HE WAS AFRAID THAT THE RUMOR WOULD SPREAD
THAT HE HAD ACTUALLY RAPED AND KILLED CHANDRA LEVY
AND SO HE WANTED TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR TO ARMANDO MORALES
THAT HE DID NOT RAPE CHANDRA LEVY,
THAT HE ONLY KILLED HER.
Narrator: MORALES's TELLING INCLUDES A DETAIL
THAT INTRIGUES AUTHORITIES.
THE INFORMANT SAID GUANDIQUE CAME TO HIM
AND SAID THAT HE ATTACKED CHANDRA IN THE PARK,
KILLED HER, AND STOLE HER FANNY PACK.
Narrator: TO INVESTIGATORS, THIS IS NEW AND PLAUSIBLE INFORMATION.
PROSECUTORS ARE MAKING THIS BIG DEAL, SAYING,
"WELL, NOBODY KNEW ABOUT THE FANNY PACK.
HOW ELSE WOULD HE HAVE KNOWN ABOUT SOME FANNY PACK,
UNLESS GUANDIQUE TOLD HIM?"
Narrator: MORALES'S INSIDE KNOWLEDGE
IS EXACTLY WHAT PROSECUTORS HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR.
IN MAY 2009, HAINES AND HER COLLEAGUES REMAIN CONVINCED
THEY HAVE ENOUGH TO FINALLY LAY CHARGES,
AND THAT THEY DO,
INDICTING INGMAR GUANDIQUE WITH SEVERAL COUNTS,
INCLUDING FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.
NOW, THEY HAVE CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
THAT THEY THINK IS STRONG ENOUGH
TO SEND HIM AWAY FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
Narrator: GUANDIQUE PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO CHANDRA'S MURDER,
WHICH SETS UP AN EPIC TRIAL IN DC SUPERIOR COURT.
DO PROSECUTORS FINALLY HAVE THEIR MAN?
NEXT TIME, ON "CHANDRA LEVY: AN AMERICAN MURDER MYSTERY"...
WE STILL HAVE SO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.
A SHOWDOWN IN FEDERAL COURT.
THEIR TESTIMONY WAS CHILLING.
SHE LOOKS HIM DIRECTLY IN HIS FACE
AND SHE SAYS, "EFF YOU."
A JAILHOUSE INFORMANT TAKES CENTER STAGE.
ARMANDO MORALES SOLD THE STORY
EXTREMELY WELL TO THE JURY.
A MYSTERIOUS FIGURE EMERGES FROM THE SHADOWS.
SHE TOTALLY THROWS
A MURDER INVESTIGATION UPSIDE DOWN.
WE CONSIDER CURIOUS NEW EVIDENCE FROM CHANDRA'S FINAL DAYS...
HOURS BEFORE SHE VANISHED, SOMEBODY CALLED 911,
SAYING THEY HEARD A SCREAM COMING FROM THE VICINITY
OF CHANDRA LEVY'S APARTMENT.
REVISIT THE SECRET LIFE OF GARY CONDIT,
AND SPEAK EXCLUSIVELY WITH THE MAN WHO CLAIMS HE KNEW HIM BEST.
I TRIED TO TELL THE FBI
SOME OF THE THINGS GARY DID.
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