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Remains Found in Rock Creek Park
By Sari Horwitz and Allan Lengel
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, May 22, 2002; 4:20 PM
The skeletal remains of a human were found this morning in Rock Creek Park along with a woman's jogging bra, tennis shoes and a portable radio, and authorities are working at the scene this afternoon to determine if the body is missing intern Chandra Levy, according to police and other sources.
A dog walker looking for turtles found a skull about 9:30 a.m. on a heavily-wooded hill off Broad Branch Road near Brandywine Road and called U.S. Park Police.
Investigators who have been working on the case since the 24-year-old Levy disappeared a year ago have rushed to the park and are working with forensic experts to process the scene.
"It's skeletal remains. We don't know exactly what we have. . . . we're processing the scene right now," said D.C. Police Chief Charles Ramsey.
The police chief said the investigation of the discovered body "is in the very early stages" and he declined to say more until forensic and other law enforcement officials have finished their work.
"We don't really know if it is in fact her," Ramsey said this afternoon. He said a forensic pathologist on the site is investigating the bones, clothing, and other evidence that police have been uncovering since this morning.
"The real confirmation will come through dental records," Ramsey said. "This is very difficult work. We don't have a lot to work with." One police source said investigators have Levy's dental records and should be able to quickly determine if it is her.
Ramsey said that D.C. police had searched this and other areas of Rock Creek Park last year, but "its possible to search and not find."
The chief said that the remains uncovered so far are "consistent to someone who was there prior to our winter."
The body was found about a mile and a half from the Klingle Mansion, according to a law enforcement source. Authorities have said that Levy was looking at information about the mansion on her home computer just before she disappeared. She was last seen alive on April 30, 2001; she is known to have used her computer on May 1, 2001.
Ramsey said the area in the park where the body was found was a place police searched in a "walk through" not long after Levy disappeared.
Both the National Guard and the U.S. Park Police were bringing in lghting equipment so that police could continue the search into the night. D.C. police equipped with dogs trained to sniff for evidence entered the heavily wooded area in midafternoon. The remains were found along a steep incline in the park, making the search extremely difficult, police said.
Ramsey said police have been in regular contact with Chandra Levy's parents in California and that he plans to provide them with any information before it is released to the public.
The Levy case drew national attention when investigators learned that the former intern was having an affair with Rep. Gary A. Condit (D-Calif.).
A D.C. Superior Court grand jury is looking into the disappearance and allegations that Condit and possibly others obstructed justice in the case.
The grand jury in November subpoenaed documents from Condit's office. Condit also testified before the grand jury in April, but authorities have said that Condit is not a suspect and they have no evidence suggesting he had knowledge of the disappearance.
© 2002 The Washington Post Company
By Sari Horwitz and Allan Lengel
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, May 22, 2002; 4:20 PM
The skeletal remains of a human were found this morning in Rock Creek Park along with a woman's jogging bra, tennis shoes and a portable radio, and authorities are working at the scene this afternoon to determine if the body is missing intern Chandra Levy, according to police and other sources.
A dog walker looking for turtles found a skull about 9:30 a.m. on a heavily-wooded hill off Broad Branch Road near Brandywine Road and called U.S. Park Police.
Investigators who have been working on the case since the 24-year-old Levy disappeared a year ago have rushed to the park and are working with forensic experts to process the scene.
"It's skeletal remains. We don't know exactly what we have. . . . we're processing the scene right now," said D.C. Police Chief Charles Ramsey.
The police chief said the investigation of the discovered body "is in the very early stages" and he declined to say more until forensic and other law enforcement officials have finished their work.
"We don't really know if it is in fact her," Ramsey said this afternoon. He said a forensic pathologist on the site is investigating the bones, clothing, and other evidence that police have been uncovering since this morning.
"The real confirmation will come through dental records," Ramsey said. "This is very difficult work. We don't have a lot to work with." One police source said investigators have Levy's dental records and should be able to quickly determine if it is her.
Ramsey said that D.C. police had searched this and other areas of Rock Creek Park last year, but "its possible to search and not find."
The chief said that the remains uncovered so far are "consistent to someone who was there prior to our winter."
The body was found about a mile and a half from the Klingle Mansion, according to a law enforcement source. Authorities have said that Levy was looking at information about the mansion on her home computer just before she disappeared. She was last seen alive on April 30, 2001; she is known to have used her computer on May 1, 2001.
Ramsey said the area in the park where the body was found was a place police searched in a "walk through" not long after Levy disappeared.
Both the National Guard and the U.S. Park Police were bringing in lghting equipment so that police could continue the search into the night. D.C. police equipped with dogs trained to sniff for evidence entered the heavily wooded area in midafternoon. The remains were found along a steep incline in the park, making the search extremely difficult, police said.
Ramsey said police have been in regular contact with Chandra Levy's parents in California and that he plans to provide them with any information before it is released to the public.
The Levy case drew national attention when investigators learned that the former intern was having an affair with Rep. Gary A. Condit (D-Calif.).
A D.C. Superior Court grand jury is looking into the disappearance and allegations that Condit and possibly others obstructed justice in the case.
The grand jury in November subpoenaed documents from Condit's office. Condit also testified before the grand jury in April, but authorities have said that Condit is not a suspect and they have no evidence suggesting he had knowledge of the disappearance.
© 2002 The Washington Post Company
