Arrest Warrant Issued for Immigrant Inmate in Chandra Levy Slaying

By News on the Net —— Bio and Archives March 4, 2009

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Ingmar Guandique, 27, is in federal prison in California for attacking two female joggers in the Washington park where Levy's remains were found nearly seven years ago. He will be formally charged with first-degree murder in Levy's killing at a later time when he returns to D.C.

Interviews with witnesses claimed Guandique bragged to them about killing and raping women, and in two cases, specifically acknowledged killing Levy. When investigators searched his jail cell, they made another chilling find: a photograph of the young, dark-haired Levy ripped from a magazine. "We believe Miss Levy was a random victim of Mr. Guandique," U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Taylor said in announcing the arrest. "We believe that Mr. Guandique was responsible for murdering Chandra Levy in May 2001."...more