Posted on 07/16/2002 1:53:08 AM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:07:30 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
WASHINGTON - The city coroner said he believes that Chandra Levy may have been strangled, although he does not have conclusive evidence to rule it as the cause of death.
Levy's skeletal remains, discovered May 22 in Rock Creek Park, showed damage to her hyoid, a small U-shaped bone in the upper neck, but it was not broken, said Chief Medical Examiner Jonathan Arden. Damage to the hyoid bone, usually a fracture, is a key clue in ruling that death was caused by strangulation.
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A. Life was still in her when she was put there, or she was put there in effect immed. after death, ie before 8 AM May 2, 2001.
B. She was put there sometime after the heavy mid-July '01 searches of RCP-- ie in late July-early Aug '01.
C. She was put there after Sept. 11 once news cycle was onto WTC etc;
D. She was put there around Nov. 1-10 when lots of leaves would be on ground and chill weather both covers any remaining odors, and limits use of the Park.
It is obvious that some parties such as Sarah W know, or think they know, matters not yet publicly available from MPDC or Coroners that tend to establish that the whole decomp cycle took place there on the slope in RCP and therefore (A) is correct.
There is nothing about my theory of the crime that would be invalidated by that, but still in the absence of such evidence and/or certain knowledge, I would tend to think it was put there other than by the killer himself (& accomplices)-- ie by someone who had followed him and/or learned where she was, and brought her out of where killer had put her, and ultimately to the Park, to amaze, frighten, and disorient the perps.
I wish there was someplace to move to outside the US.
Levy remains await trip home
July 16, 2002 Posted: 05:10:07 AM PDT
By MICHAEL DOYLE
BEE WASHINGTON BUREAU
WASHINGTON -- Chandra Levy's remains are ready to come home. Having yielded as many secrets as possible to investigators, most of Levy's skeletal remains have been packaged into several boxes and await a shipment that could happen at any time.
"It's just a matter of making the arrangements," Washington Medical Examiner Jonathan Arden said Monday. "We are completely ready to release her remains
."Arden talked Monday with Levy family attorney Billy Martin about getting the remains returned to her parents.
Some details are mandated, such as the legal requirement that a licensed funeral director take charge of the transport. Arden said for geographically distant next-of-kin, that typically entails hiring a local professional to handle the Washington end.
Other details remain unclear, including whether Bob and Sue Levy will travel to the nation's capital once more from their Modesto home to escort their daughter's remains.
"They're still working those details out," Levy family spokeswoman Judy Smith said Monday night. But at least a small part of the remains will stay in Washington, where Levy's disappearance 14 months ago and subsequently revealed friendship with Rep. Gary Condit, D-Ceres, pushed the former intern into the national spotlight.
Arden's office will hold on to some skeletal pieces for potential future use as the investigation warrants
Among the bones of interest, for instance, is the hyoid. This is a U-shaped bone about one inch above the Adam's apple, and its condition leaves investigators with at least a suspicion that Levy was strangled. "There is a little irregularity," Arden said. "There is some damage, but it is not conclusive."
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