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CNN Saturday Morning News

Police Build Psychological Profile of Levy

Aired July 28, 2001 - 08:00   ET

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BRIAN NELSON, CNN ANCHOR: We begin in Washington, where the search for the missing intern Chandra Levy is now nearing three months old. Police are now building a psychological profile of Levy, hoping it's going to provide some clues into her frame of mind and what might have happened to her.

And for the latest on that this morning and the ongoing search for the missing woman, CNN's Kathleen Koch joins us now from our Washington bureau.

Good morning, Kathleen.

KATHLEEN KOCH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Brian.

For D.C. police it's another day of assessing information on the Chandra Levy case and trying to piece together more clues as to just where she may be. Law enforcement sources tell CNN that the fourth interview with Congressman Gary Condit gave them "insightful, useful information" concerning Levy's state of mind just before she disappeared nearly three months ago.

The nearly 90 minute session Thursday night focused largely on compiling what's called a victim profile of Levy to help police understand her behavior and why she may have dropped from sight.

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CHIEF CHARLES RAMSEY, D.C. METROPOLITAN POLICE: The whole purpose of the meeting, which was conducted with MPD and FBI working together, was just to try to get more information that might help us, lead us to the whereabouts of Chandra Levy. We are not discussing the details of the meeting, including whether or not, in our opinion, the information was helpful or not. Investigators are actually going through all that material as well as other material to just to see what it all adds up to.

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KOCH: Meanwhile, Levy's family in California made another plea for full cooperation from Congressman Condit. Police sources tell CNN that Condit, in his third police interview, acknowledged having an affair with Levy. Levy's parents are also hoping a reward will lead to more help from the public or anyone who knows where Levy is.

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DR. ROBERT LEVY, CHANDRA LEVY'S FATHER: We just request that if anyone is holding Chandra, to find some way to let her go and they can--the reward can be arranged for them and they won't be prosecuted if they let her go or get her out and they can get the reward. And if Chandra is out there, she's, you know, somehow she shouldn't be afraid. We just want her home. She's loved and she wouldn't be in any trouble.

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KOCH: The reward money now totals $205,000, $45,000 from family and friends, including $10,000 from Congressman Condit; $100,000 from the "National Enquirer"; $50,000 from a San Diego bail bondsman; and $10,000 from the "Journal of Women's Health and Gender-Based Medicine." Searches of D.C. parks have been suspended for this weekend, just like last weekend. D.C. police recruits have so far turned up nothing. Combing through the parks will resume and, police say, hopefully conclude, successful or not, next week -- Brian.

NELSON: Kathleen, the police are saying that Gary Condit, the congressman, is not a suspect. What other leads, then, are they following now that they're hitting all these dead ends?

KOCH: Brian, they're hoping to get more help from the residents of Chandra Levy's downtown apartment building. They have questioned some of them but they have been having a hard time reaching all of them, and clearly these people living in very close proximity to Ms. Levy may have seen something that they don't realize is important but might be quite important to police.

So last night on CNN on Wolf Blitzer's show, the police chief called for any residents in that building who have not been questioned who might have some information to please contact police.

NELSON: All right, thank you, Kathleen Koch in Washington.

KOCH: You bet.

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