7 Years on, Chandra Murder Still a Mystery

DC inmate told fellow prisoners he'd killed intern: reports

(NEWSER) - Police are close to an arrest in the case of Chandra Levy, killed 8 years ago in a case that made national headlines, reports ABC affiliate KGO-TV of San Francisco. Authorities have told her parents about the break. The suspect is a Washington inmate named Ingmar Guandigue, says NBC's WRC-TV in Washington. He reportedly told a fellow inmate that he’d killed Levy after seeing her several times in the DC park where her body was found. More»

(AP) - Investigators in the 2001 slaying of Chandra Levy have prepared an arrest warrant for a Salvadoran immigrant convicted of similar attacks in the park where the former intern disappeared, a source close to the investigation said. An arrest is thought to be imminent. A second source said the break in the case came in part from DNA evidence. More»

Holloway, Levy cases among high-profile whodunits for students

(NEWSER) - A college club is using cold cases to instruct criminal-justice students in techniques of investigation—and perhaps uncover that crucial piece of evidence missed by police, CNN reports. The Cold Case Investigative Research Institute, counting students at three Southern schools, uses high-profile cases like Natalee Holloway and Chandra Levy, to bring “textbooks to life,” in the words of founder Sheryl McCollum. More»

They think a coworker was in Williams' flat

(NEWSER) - London Metropolitan Police suspect that one of Gareth Williams' MI6 co-workers was in his apartment the night he died, and they want DNA samples from 50 of them to test that theory, the Telegraph reports. Weak traces of DNA from at least two people have been found in the flat, and police think there might be more on a green hand towel found in Williams' sink. More»

Ingmar Guandique is sentenced to 60 years

(NEWSER) - The man convicted of killing DC intern Chandra Levy in 2001 was sentenced to 60 years in prison today, CNN reports. Ingmar Guandique, a 29-year-old illegal immigrant from El Salvador, also got a dressing down from Levy's mother in court. "How could you take my daughter's life?" asked Susan Levy, standing near him. "Did you really take her life? Look me in my eyes and tell me." Guandique appeared to shake his head and mouth the word, "No." More»