Thursday, July 17, 2008

Remember This?

Does everyone remember the Chandra Levy case? This happened while I was still in college, but I remember pre-9/11 that this dominated the news.

The Washington Post is doing a special 12-day series, "Who Killed Chandra Levy?" It started on Sunday and is incredibly interesting. I highly recommend reading this. They did an amazing job putting this together.

Here's the Post's description:

The Washington Post spent a year reconstructing the disappearance of Chandra Levy and the investigation into her death. Reporters interviewed police officials, investigators and suspects, many for the first time, and obtained details about dozens of previously unknown private conversations and events, including former Rep. Gary Condit's first interview with the newspaper in seven years.

The Post's examination of the case will unfold in a 12-chapter serial and epilogue in print and online. The serial will show how the sensational nature of the media coverage quickly overwhelmed the investigation. It will expose the fleeting acts that later loomed large and will reveal undisclosed clues, meaningful and false: a DNA swab in a dark parking lot, Chandra's last computer search, a conversation with a jailhouse informant who said he had the key to the case. In the end, the serial will reveal how an enormous effort by the D.C. police, the FBI and prosecutors was undercut by a chain of mistakes, a misdirected focus and missed opportunities that allowed a killer to escape justice.

3 comments:

Jackie said...

I do remember this. Thanks for the tip on the series, I will definitely be reading up.

Jackie said...

ahh I didn't know she lived in Dupont...creepy!

Terra said...

I do remember this. But nothing ever came of it, right? 9/11 happened and this was quickly forgotten.... I will definitely be checking this out though - thanks!