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Skull, Bones Found in D.C. Park May Be Remains of Chandra Levy
WASHINGTON Assoc. Press — A human skull and other bones were found Wednesday morning near the Klingle
Mansion in Rock Creek Park, and investigators have told Fox News there is a strong possibility that they are the remains of
missing intern Chandra Levy.
Washington Deputy Police Chief Terrance W. Gainer said "the possibility exists that it's a female based on some preliminary
work." He later backed off officially, saying: "We do know the remains are human. We just don't know the sex, the age,
etc."
"We do believe that [the remains have] been there for a period of time," he added.
Gainer said the medical examiner has been called to the scene, and dogs that search for human remains also are being used.
"I've spoken with the Levy family just to make them aware of what we have, so they don't find out on television, quite
frankly," he said.
Large lighting equipment was being brought to the scene, in anticipation of a long search for evidence that could last through
the night.
Officials said a positive identification was likely within 24 hours, if the body is Levy's.
Someone walking a dog found the remains around 9:30 a.m., said police spokeswoman Officer Kelly McMurray. A
Walkman stereo and some pieces of clothing were also found at the scene.
Authorities searched the area extensively last summer in a fruitless search for the remains of the 24-year-old California
woman, who often exercised at the park not far from her apartment. The former U.S. Bureau of Prisons intern disappeared
May 1, 2001.
Levy's case drew national attention because of her connections to Rep. Gary Condit, D-Calif. Condit reportedly told police
that he and Levy, of Modesto, Calif., were having an affair. Condit has denied any role in her disappearance, and police
have said he is not a suspect.
Condit, who acknowledged a phone conversation with Levy two days before she disappeared, may have been one of the
last people to talk to or see Levy. The congressman lost his re-election bid in the Democratic primary in March.
Dr. Robert and Susan Levy met with police when they were in Washington to mark the anniversary of their daughter's
disappearance. At the time, police told them they had no new leads in the investigation, which remains a missing-person
case.
Ramsey said the remains were found in more than one location in the heavily wooded area of the sprawling park.
Investigators found that Levy looked up a Web site for the park's Klingle Mansion on the day she disappeared. The
mansion is about a mile south of where the bones were found, Gainer said.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,53433,00.html
WASHINGTON Assoc. Press — A human skull and other bones were found Wednesday morning near the Klingle
Mansion in Rock Creek Park, and investigators have told Fox News there is a strong possibility that they are the remains of
missing intern Chandra Levy.
Washington Deputy Police Chief Terrance W. Gainer said "the possibility exists that it's a female based on some preliminary
work." He later backed off officially, saying: "We do know the remains are human. We just don't know the sex, the age,
etc."
"We do believe that [the remains have] been there for a period of time," he added.
Gainer said the medical examiner has been called to the scene, and dogs that search for human remains also are being used.
"I've spoken with the Levy family just to make them aware of what we have, so they don't find out on television, quite
frankly," he said.
Large lighting equipment was being brought to the scene, in anticipation of a long search for evidence that could last through
the night.
Officials said a positive identification was likely within 24 hours, if the body is Levy's.
Someone walking a dog found the remains around 9:30 a.m., said police spokeswoman Officer Kelly McMurray. A
Walkman stereo and some pieces of clothing were also found at the scene.
Authorities searched the area extensively last summer in a fruitless search for the remains of the 24-year-old California
woman, who often exercised at the park not far from her apartment. The former U.S. Bureau of Prisons intern disappeared
May 1, 2001.
Levy's case drew national attention because of her connections to Rep. Gary Condit, D-Calif. Condit reportedly told police
that he and Levy, of Modesto, Calif., were having an affair. Condit has denied any role in her disappearance, and police
have said he is not a suspect.
Condit, who acknowledged a phone conversation with Levy two days before she disappeared, may have been one of the
last people to talk to or see Levy. The congressman lost his re-election bid in the Democratic primary in March.
Dr. Robert and Susan Levy met with police when they were in Washington to mark the anniversary of their daughter's
disappearance. At the time, police told them they had no new leads in the investigation, which remains a missing-person
case.
Ramsey said the remains were found in more than one location in the heavily wooded area of the sprawling park.
Investigators found that Levy looked up a Web site for the park's Klingle Mansion on the day she disappeared. The
mansion is about a mile south of where the bones were found, Gainer said.
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