MAY 22, 2002
THE CHANDRA LEVY CASE
The skeleton remains of Chandra Levy were found today by a man walking his dog in
Rock Creek Park in Washington, D. C.
Police searched the area “diligently” a year or so ago because it was a prime site for
wrongdoing against the girl. It was considered to be special because she had “talked” with a
unidentified someone on her computer just before she left her apartment some time after
one o’clock on the day she disappeared.
It is now being assumed she went there to do her usual jogging routine and it is ,once
again, an being assumed that the person to she had been writing on her laptop computer
knew she was going there and may have turned in the park area as well.
So the mystery has re-opened with many new ramifications now that the body has
been found.
In the mind of many, this latest development clears Congress man Gary Condit of any
complicity in the crime, but there will be some who will stand firmly against him, not so much
because they believe he was implicated in some manner, but due to the fact that he
withheld in the early days of the investigation. He finally revealed he had an affair with the
young intern. His political career has been ruined and he was not re-elected. Strangely
enough, Condit was among those who loudly proclaimed that President Bill Clinton should
come clean about this sexual scandal situations. So, many will say: “it serves him right.!”
Recriminations and innuendo are growing. The body has been found. It was primarily
identified by examination of dental records.
The D.C. Police will be criticized for not examining the Rock Creek Park area more closely
but the mystery of who killed Chandra Levy and why remains a special case for the District
police. Any case which has generated international news coverage almost automatically
becomes a thorn in the flesh for law enforcement personnel at any level. When other cases
have been forgotten, this sort of situation will hang on for many years and be used to make
police systems seem inadequate and inept.
The Levy case is not solved. The all-out media coverage this evening gives an illusion
that such is the case, and this can only harm the necessary investigation which is underway.
We learn from error.
The discovery of Chandra Levy’s underlines the need for both police and the public to
be more concerned about the hundreds of such cases which remain unsolved concenring
young girls who have disappeared. Three such cases exit in the District of Columbia alone
which suggests that a serial killer may be on the loose.
The search for Levy’s has just begun. Remember the dead body now identified as that
of Chandra Levy was discovered by a man walking his dog. Civilians have an important role
in seeking wrongdoers. It should not be left entirely to the police. Each of us has a responsibility
to our fellow citizens to be aware of our mutual, unwavering war against crime and to assist
police in any way we can.
A.L.M. May 22, 2002 [c526wds]
