FReeper Sleuths! Gary Condit and the Mystery of the Chandra Levy Pinky Ring! NEED HELP!

Various ^ | 05.30.02 | Registered

[Registered]

 

FReeper Sleuths! Gary Condit and the Mystery of the Chandra Levy Pinky Ring!

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From the New York Post:

"Police believe this missing tiny pinkie ring could be the key to solving the Chandra Levy murder case.

A gift from her mother, Susan in 1998, it was one of the 24-year-old Bureau of Prisons intern's most cherished possessions and her family has said she wore it constantly.

The 14-carat gold ring was bought for $416 and has two diamond chips and the initials "CL" inscribed.

But it was not among the personal items found during the extensive police search of the wooded hillside in Rock Creek Park where Levy's remains were discovered last week, Washington police spokesman Joseph Gentile said yesterday. "

After doing an exhaustive search of my own image archive, I could only find one image where Chandra is shown wearing a ring (below left). This ring happens to be on her ring finger and NOT on her pinky as has been reported in the press. Certainly, it may be a different ring, but it might just be the one described above and pictured below.

In this thread, FReepers brigette and Helen, along with others, were discussing this ring and the ring on Condit's finger found in the photo below . I have also searched my personal news photo archive and simply cannot find another photo of Condit wearing ANY rings..or any ring at all!

Now, some would say that Condit would be insane to wear Chandra's ring, but I say he's a nut, and at this point in the investigation (I believe, August of 2001), a point where he took a little swipe at a photographer, he had this small ring on his finger? And if you were the guilty party and had the ring, what better place to keep it but on your very own finger.

Was this an act of Providence? Coincidence? Maybe both. But either way, I'd like to see, and the police should certainly see, an enlargement of that photo with Condit wearing a tiny little ring on his pinky finger.

So what gives FReepers? Can any of you find an image of Condit where he is wearing a ring on ANY of his fingers?

There is your mission!

(BTW, yes, I spell Pinky with a "y")

[Registered]

We have to identify the photographer.

[Registered]

He'll be able to look at something larger.

[hoosiermama]

Why don't you give the Mod-Bee a call. They may just tell you his name and when the picture was taken? Nothing like asking the horse himself!

[Registered]

BTW, do you know if this is Gary's dad?

[MozarkDawg]

My source was post #71 from Socar. I'm perfectly willing to be corrected, no prob. My purpose for stating my own left-hand ring size is that I can see Chandra wearing a 4 on her left-hand ring finger, with her build.

[Revolting cat!]

Your best hope may be that the photographer when we identify him has other shots in the series and that the hand in the karate shot is not as overexposed on the original film as it appears in print.

[MeekOneGOP]

You've got company, Registered.

ENHANCED PHOTOS OF GARY CONDIT

The photo below is a photo of Gary Condit as he held his
right hand up to fend off photographers, July 30, 2001.
Notice the "gold pinkie ring" on the little finger of his
right hand! (This ring does not appear in any other
photos.) Also, notice his left wrist, where it appears he
once wore a watch!

[SGCOS]

Vince Foster all over again.

[Registered]

How'd you find that?

[hoosiermama]

Good find! You don't happen to know a freeper who can translate & thereby date article in post 112, do you?

[Registered]

That article appears to have been written in August '01.

[nycgal]

Why wear it if he could simply put it in his pocket?

[MeekOneGOP]

None of my pics are any help and Google Search yields nothing but that link I showed ya. Sorry......

[aristeides]

It's in Dutch. And the date (17-8-2001, i.e., Aug. 17, 2001) appears at the bottom of the article.

[nycgal]

I can't see her giving him a ring that her mother gave him, regardless of how strong her feelings for him were.

[Registered]

I WOULD NEVER TRUST A POCKET with a ring that I thought was valuable.

[abner]

What if they patted him down? Who knows what would be going through his mind at that point? He wouldn't know what to expect from the police, and if the police decided to search him, why would he have that ring in his pocket?

[Endeavor]

I don't see how a woman's pinkie ring would fit a man's little finger. I wear a size 3 ring on that finger and I don't know any guy who could get that small a ring on his pinkie finger or pinky finger, for that matter.

And, just because the cops didn't find the ring "among the remains" doesn't mean it isn't in the area. With the decomposition of the body and the likelihood that small animals may have carried off parts of the remains, the ring, if she was wearing it, could easily be in the area. Animals are fascinated by small shiny metal objects. My cat routinely snatches my earrings and takes them to one of her hiding places. When you add in seasonal changes and various weather conditions, the ring could be under several inches of dirt or stuck in the crevice of a rock or anywhere in a large area.

I'm curious as to why the cops are so focused on this ring.

[Betty Jo]

No, Daddy Preachers name is ADRIAN.Try to get those pix of the whole family back in Oklahoma singing at the summer tent revivals!Some TV shows have done us that honor, but I dont remember when.

Off the track, but do you have the pix of Bin Laden and his 52 siblings all standing around Daddy Ladens pink Caddy?

[hoosiermama]

Maybe not!