Mr. Guandique’s lawyers, however, had indicated before charges were dropped that they might have pressed the theory that Mr. Condit was the real killer. Bertram Fields, a lawyer for Mr. Condit, 68, could not immediately be reached for comment; neither could lawyers for Mr. Guandique. The case relied heavily on the testimony of a fellow prison inmate, Armando Morales, who said that Mr. Guandique had admitted killing Ms. Levy. An undocumented immigrant from El Salvador, Ingmar Guandique, was convicted in 2010 of killing Ms. Levy in Rock Creek Park and sentenced to 60 years in prison. The surprise decision means that the death of the intern, Chandra Levy, remains one of the nation’s most notorious unsolved crimes.

Source: New York Times July 28, 2016 21:19 UTC