Rock Creek Park Predator Interviewed by Police Investigating Levy Death

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[john in missouri]

PAPER: Rock Creek Park Predator Interviewed by Police Investigating Levy Death Thu May 23 2002 12:52:01 ET

D.C. Metropolitan Police Department officials investigating the death of Washington intern Chandra Levy have interviewed a man serving a 10-year prison sentence for attacking two women in Rock Creek Park last year, ROLL CALL DAILY is planning to report on Thursday.

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D.C. Metro Police investigators have "talked to" Ingmar Guandeque, who was arrested in July 2001 after attacking two females (one in May and one in July) who were jogging along the Broad Branch trail in Rock Creek Park. Levy's decomposed body was found Wednesday along the Broad Branch trail in a heavily wooded area.

A second official close to the Levy investigation said that while Guandeque was interviewed after Levy's disappearance last year, investigators are now taking a closer look at him since the intern's body was discovered.

"Clearly there are some coincidences and links -- just because of the proximity of where he [committed his crimes]," said a source close to the investigation.

ROLL CALL's Amy Keller reports: Guandeque, who lived on the 1400 block of Somerset Place Northwest, was arrested last summer and sentenced in February 2002 to two concurrent terms of 10 years' imprisonment for a pair of assaults of female joggers in the Broad Branch section of the park.

The first attack occurred in mid-May 2001, at 6:30 p.m., about two weeks after Levy disappeared. In that case, Guandeque came upon an unnamed female jogger, attacking her from behind while brandishing a knife.

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[aristeides]

I jog, oh, maybe 20 miles a week. I always wear a backpack while jogging.

[SarahW]

I think Chandra went out in the afternoon, met with Condit, then enjoyed her last late afternoon/early evening jog on the branch road trail.

[Elenya]

I want to know where was this guy before May 1. Was he in jail?

Probably not since his first attack took place 2 weeks after Chandra's disappearance.

[gridlock]

This makes me suspect that Condit did not kill Chandra Levy, and that he lost his Congressional Primary for no other reason than he is a lowdown, philadering snake.

Works for me!

[EggsAckley]

Gee, I almost feel like it's September 10th again.

*SIGH*

[SarahW]

It's possible that she was also just taking a nice long walk, and not "jogging" per se.

[concerned about politics]

Sooooo. This guy was around since before Chandra turned up missing, yet not a word about it.
Not even the dogs found her body.
Smells like tuna. Condidit has found his cover.
How...well...politics DC style.

[cajungirl]

First, jogging bras are standard equipment when you hate bras and like comfort, not only joggers wear them. Two, no female jogger jogs with a backpack. Third, this guy looks good for the crime except for the backpack, maybe she was walking not jogging. Most predatory guys will "work up" to a killing. They start with acting out a crime and finally kill. So the judge was right, this was no ordinary smash and grab guy, otherwise he would be taking things. I wonder about how close these attacks were to chandra's body. I still think she met condit there, they fought, he left and she may have gone walking,,was this path connected to the Mansion? Condit may be the worlds unluckiest sleaziest dirt bag

[Lion's Cub]

Now do you believe there should be an I.Q. test to vote? ;)

I'll settle for a minimum test score of 70 on a basic civics test :) And maybe only taxpayers should get to vote...

[SarahW]

I'd think his first attack was the one on Chandra, there being no other missing women or reports of assaults.

So, if she (chandra) was the first, where was this guy before then (before may1)?

I suppose rapists/killers always have a first time, but it seems more likely that this fellow has a criminal history that precedes may1 2001.

Had he just gotten out of jail?

[SarahW]

"fist attack" meaning "first rock creek park attack"

[Aquinasfan]

And they didn't send cadaver dogs down into the ravines near that trail, only did a cursory foot search?!!! IDIOTS! Lame * idiots!

You're right about that. Either stupid or negligently lazy.

[LisaFab]

Has the backpack been identified as hers? I still echo an earlier poster who wants to know:

If she really went jogging, why wouldn't she have left some unpacked clothes to change into before leaving on her trip?

[pepsionice]

I think we are all missing the point. The phone chat between Levy and Conduits wife triggered Conduits wife into coming to DC. This visit of hers, was not planned by any means. This five-minute chat between the two likely ignited a bad situation. It is quiet likely that Levy was packing up and leaving DC for three reasons. Number one was a new job in California, number two was her supposed pregnancy with Conduits child, and number three...the promise of Conduit to dump his wife. He probably didn't mean number three but Levy was naive enough to believe and told the wife in strong language that she was out of the picture. The wife came into DC....called Levy and asked for a meeting in the middle of nowhere, near a park where the body was found. The two likely chatted, and an arguement ensued. Nothing was settled, and the wife left in a hurry. Levy started walking back through the woods, and happened to run into the Predator, who killed her. No one knows that the wife was out there and no one saw the two together, so the damage assessment team told Conduit and the wife to play stupid. The wife knows it looks bad for her, but she didn't kill Levy....she was simply the last one to see her alive.

[SarahW]

They were on the same trail, a trail this guy must have explored to find the best spots for his plans. I'd be surprised if the attacks were more than a mile or so apart.

[texasbluebell]

Here's what is getting me about this. How in heavens could the DC police not realize last summer when this guy was arrested that maybe, just maybe, there was some similarity to the Levy case...

[SarahW]

She wore clothes to visit Condit, changed to enjoy a pleasant jog/walk home.

[MozarkDawg]

On May 1, the first day w/o a membership she could have looked up local jogging paths on her computer and then left to go jog the trail.

Her bags all packed up, the last thing she's going to do before taking off for home is go jogging?? No way, IMO -- you get yourself all sweatied up, no change of clothes, no towel for a shower after, but you're ready to catch a cab out to the airport in your dirty, sweaty jogging attire ... that don't add up. My sister wears workout clothes on cross-country plane trips, they're more comfortable for her. But she doesn't run or workout in them before she gets on the plane. Chandra Levy was NOT out jogging in that park that fateful last day.

[SGCOS]

Funny how the most recent inept investigations involve the name Ramsey. DC police chief and Jon Bonet.

[Lion's Cub]

I'm so angry over this, and the fact they "couldn't find it" because "it" was in a more secluded, overgrown area. Wouldn't you concentrate more in an area like that, IF you were trying to find "it?" Grrrr!

Excellent point!