A jury on has found Salvadoran immigrant Ingmar Guandique guilty of first-degree murder in the slaying of DC intern CHANDRA LEVY.
The verdict was a major victory for the U.S. attorney’s office in the District. The Levy case was challenging for the prosecution from the start.
There was no forensic evidence; no murder weapon; no eyewitness; and no definitive ruling from the medical examiner on what killed Levy.
The Levy case made nationwide headlines in 2001 when it was first revealed the Washington, DC intern was linked to Calif. Rep-Gary Condit.
Police have never considered Condit a suspect in the sensational murder.
Condit, who testified in the blockbuster case neither confirmed nor denied an affair with Levy citing lack of relevancy issues, The Enquirer reported previously.
Guandique had been previously incarcerated on similar crimes that prosecutors charged occurred in the same Rock Ridge, Washington DC area as the Levy slaying.
Sentencing is forthcoming.
Case closed?
"She’s been waiting nine years for justice," prosecutor Amanda Haines said in her closing statement. "It’s been nine years, but you need to say the words ‘Ingmar Guandique is guilty’."
