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Chandra Levy Case One Year Later

Aired April 30, 2002 - 14:32   ET

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BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Today marks one year in the most extensive missing person's case in Washington, D.C. history. There are many more questions than answers still remaining in the disappearance of the former intern, Chandra Levy. Kathleen Koch now, a look back at the mystery that turned into a political scandal.

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KATHLEEN KOCH, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): A year later, a daughter still missing and a personal tragedy pushed from the headlines by a national one. After September 11th, Chandra Levy's parents suffering in silence.

DR. ROBERT LEVY, CHANDRA'S FATHER: It's just missing her, just not having her. Going every day, you wake up in the morning. And you know it's the same thing: we don't have her, we don't know. You got to go through another day.

KOCH: Despite deployment of crack FBI full case investigators, no new evidence has emerged. Chandra Levy's disappearance remains a mission person's case -- no evidence of foul play. The only new development: Congressman Gary Condit went before a grand jury two weeks ago.

MIKE DOYLE, "MODESTO BEE": We know that Mr. Condit's documents were subpoenaed. We know that Mr. Condit was himself subpoenaed. But what he said, for how long, what he did not say, is a black box.

KOCH: From the beginning, the case has been rife with mystery and, critics say, missteps. The 24-year-old Bureau of Prisons intern was last seen at this Washington health club. Computer records show she surfed the Internet the next day and then disappeared.

But it took more than two months before sources say the California congressman admitted to an affair with Levy, and volunteered to let police search his apartment. Police interviews with residents of Levy's apartment building took even longer. And a security videotape of the lobby the day she disappeared was recorded over before police asked for it.

Chandra Levy Web sites still take tips. D.C. police, with FBI help, are still working the case. But only the U.S. attorney's office will comment, calling the investigation "active and ongoing." Not ongoing, Congressman Condit's political career... (END VIDEOTAPE)

HEMMER: Apologize for the interruption. To San Diego, the parents -- the stepfather and the mother of Jahi Turner now meeting with reporters.

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