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PING... Here is a new Levy case tid-bit I found in a Washington Post Article dated May 31, 2001

Skeleton Keys - Smithsonian Anthropologists Unlock Secrets in Bones of Ancestors and Crime Victims

The three physical anthropologists at Natural History most active in forensics spend much of their time investigating modern-day mysteries. In addition to identifying bodies, they help excavate the scene where remains are found, as Smithsonian anthropologist David Hunt did in the Levy case. And, while D.C. Medical Examiner Jonathan Arden identified Levy's remains, Hunt corroborated the identification and -- along with colleague Doug Ubelaker -- separated postmortem trauma from injuries incurred before or at the time of Levy's death. (Arden gave these details; Hunt and Ubelaker declined comment, citing the open investigation.)

Are they trying to sweat someone out by releasing these little tid-bits??? So her bones did show unusual injuries, just not enough to prove they are what killed her?

After thinking about this... I would say they did find injuries, but not injuries that were large enough or bad enough to have killed her. My guess is that they would know maybe if her arm was broken during the attack or not (no her arm was not broke as far as anyone knows in public, but they would know from looking at her bones if it had been broke during her attack and murder. This would be something that they would keep to themselves (the police) because if they bring someone in for questioning the killer would be the only one that would know if they possibly broke her arm or not during the attack on her. I wonder what they found?, maybe a broken wrist or ribs, maybe a broken finger? (from someone trying to remove her ring?)

Remember the Medical Examiner was looking for signs of injuries that "would have caused her death", they could not find any injuries from her bones that were bad enough to actually kill her, like a severe skull injury. Even though they found the skull in pieces and cracked... I would now assume that the crack to her skull may not have been big enough to kill her (maybe enough to knock her out?), if they found the crack in the skull to have happen at the time of death or right after death. The skull may have cracked from exposure or from animals moving it around also.

What ever damage they found on Chandra's bones, they are keeping quiet about it, which they should do. But I feel horrible for the Levy's and what Chandra may have gone through before her death. I pray that this case is resolved and is resolved quickly.