Arrest Near In Chandra Levy Case?
Remember Gary Condit - the California congressman with a creepy smile and dippity-doo hair who touted "pro-family" politics and had an affair with a young woman who was murdered?
Poor Chandra's disappearance sure blew his political future out of the water...although he was allowed to keep his seat on the Intelligence Committee, and didn't lose his security clearance. But he did lose his bid for re-election.
Looks like police are close to solving the murder. What a relief this must be for her poor family.
"WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2009, Police Eyeing Inmate In 2001 Murder Of Washington Intern
(CBS) Authorities in Washington, D.C. may be close to an arrest in the murder of former government intern Chandra Levy, a case that made headlines, and brought down a congressman eight years ago.
There are reports that D.C. police have submitted evidence to the U.S. Attorney's Office in an effort to get an arrest warrant for a man identified as Ingmar Guandique.
He's behind bars, convicted of assaulting two women jogging in Washington's Rock Creek Park. [..]"
Some people say Gary Condit got a raw deal...that we all assumed he was guilty of Chandra's murder just because he was having an affair with her...that it's hard NOT to look guilty of murder in the glare of TV lights when you ARE guilty of adultery with a girl younger than your daughter.
But we mustn't forget his attempts to mislead the police...who caught him trying to hide a gift box in a dumpster.
Some people think Condit should have been forced out of office because of the adulterous liaison...but if that's the standard, then several ranking members of congress have to go as well.
The lesson here is that innocent until proven guilty should remain an American value...no matter how creepy and sleazy someone is...we should avoid trial by media.
