Levy’s murder remains one of the country’s most infamous unsolved crimes.
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According to federal prosecutors, charges against the previously-convicted murderer of Chandra Levy are being dismissed.
Condit knew Levy, who was 24-years-old at the time, but refused to give details of the nature of their relationship while under oath during the trial.
Levy had the help of a powerful man, Congressman Gary Condit, a friend of her family and a Democratic representative from her hometown of Modesto, California.
The first suspect that immediately comes to mind is former Congressman Gary Condit, who was caught in an extramarital affair with Levy before her death.
Guandique was sentenced in February 2011 to 60 years in prison for Levy’s murder, but his attorneys questioned Morales’s testimony for years, and last June prosecutors dropped their objections to a new trial.
Proller, who according to an IMDB page has appeared on the Netflix TV series “House of Cards”, said that she thought the recordings could protect her and that she didn’t want to be implicated in any crimes against her ex-husband. Her body was found a year later decomposed in a Washington park. “I am sick to my stomach and am having trauma and grief all over again”.
Levy’s father told police that his daughter had been dating Condit, a married man 30 years her senior. But despite subsequent guilty plea and conviction, prosecutors on Thursday released a statement saying “recent unforeseen developments that were investigated over the past week”, meaning they wouldn’t pursue the retrial Guandique had been granted, and that he’ll now go free.
Defense attorneys wrote about knotted tights found near Levy’s remains and believed to be used to restrain her; defense attorneys said two women would testify Condit had a sexual interest in tying them up.
The sensational media coverage surrounding the case contributed to Condit’s primary election loss in 2002. Now, years later, D.C. prosecutors have moved to drop charges against Chandra Levy’s alleged killer, claiming that they can no longer prove that Guandique attacked her while she was jogging in a park.
Prosecutors say that as a result of their action, Mr. Guandique, who is from El Salvador, will be released to the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and faces deportation.
Eventually, police cleared Mr. Condit and in 2009 charged Mr. Guandique with Ms. Levy’s murder. A jury convicted Guandique of two counts of first-degree felony murder – one related to Levy’s kidnapping and one related to a robbery attempt.
In a statement obtained by the Post, Condit’s attorney said his client was disappointed with authorities’ inability to provide the victim’s family with closure.
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According to ICE sources familiar with deportation procedures, it is highly unlikely that Guandique will be a free man in the US again, despite the fact he has now been cleared in Levy’s murder.
