WASHINGTON (KRON) – A young intern, gone too soon. A murder, shrouded with questions. A celebrated congressman accused, chagrined. A guilty suspect, free under the veil of oversight.
More than five years after Ingmar Guandique was convicted of killing Chandra Levy in Washington’s Rock Creek Park, a hearing is scheduled for Thursday.
Government lawyers are expected to tell a judge their timeline of how long they’ll need to prepare a retrial in the case of a man convicted of killing Levy while she was jogging.
Guandique’s attorneys had been pushing for a new trial because of false or misleading testimony they say a witness gave in the first trial.
Prosecutors last month told a judge they believe the jury’s verdict was correct but that they would no longer oppose the new trial request.
Levy’s 2001 disappearance created a national sensation after the 24-year-old California native was romantically linked with then-U.S. Rep. Gary Condit.
Evidence of their affair surfaced, and Condit wasn’t well shielded for the media storm that ensued. Many believed his lack of cooperation indicated guilt.
Condit, a California Democrat, was ultimately ruled out as a suspect.