The man convicted over the murder of Washington intern Chandra Levy will be released after prosecutors dropped the charges following 'unforeseen development. The U. Attorney's office said in a statement released Thursday that the office has moved to dismiss the case charging Ingmar Guandique with Levy's murder. According to the statement, prosecutors concluded they could not convict Guandique, who is originally from El Salvador, 'based on recent unforeseen developments that were investigated over the past week.
Levy's disappearance created a national sensation after the Modesto, California, native was romantically linked with then-Congressman Gary Condit. Condit, 68, was considered a person of interest in Chandra's disappearance and murder prior to Guandique's conviction but never named as an official suspect by police. In May this year, counsel for Guandique indicated they would present evidence at his planned retrial that would implicate Condit in Chandra Levy murder. Scroll down for video. Released: Prosecutors say they will not retry Ingmar Guandique above , who was convicted of killing Washington intern Chandra Levy.
He was convicted in , but granted a new trial last year He will now be released from prison. Guandique left will be released to the custody of U. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, where he faces removal proceedings. Levy's right remains were found in Washington's Rock Creek Park in Levy's left disappearance created a national sensation after the Modesto, California, native was romantically linked with then-Congressman Gary Condit center. Levy's remains were found in Washington's Rock Creek Park in Prosecutors argued her death fitted a pattern of attacks Guandique committed on female joggers.
At the time, he was serving 10 years in prison for attacking two other women in the park. He was found guilty in of Levy's murder but was granted a new trial in after his attorneys argued a key witness gave false or misleading testimony.
That witness was Condit, a former California Congressman who knew the year-old Bureau of Prisons intern but refused to answer questions about the nature of their relationship while under oath during her murder trial, despite the fact that the married father of two had admitted to authorities that he had an affair with the intern. Guandique's attorney, Eugene Ohm, claimed that notes from a police interview he gave after Chandra's disappearance conflicted with his testimony in the case.
