Levy likely Not jogging....

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[ALEC]

The high for May 1, 2001 82 degrees. Her sweatshirt and a pair of tights were found with her remains. Sorry, I never seen anyone run in Washington DC in a sweatshirt and tights at 82 degrees, nor even walking.

[ALEC]

Chandra Levy was last seen on April 30 however an email was to her mom on May 1 and she/someone was using here computer until a little afternoon that day. The high for May 1, 2001 82 degrees. Her sweatshirt and a pair of tights were found with her remains. Sorry, I never seen anyone run in Washington DC in a sweatshirt and tights at 82 degrees, nor even walking. That evening the temperature still would have been in the 70's, which would still be awfully warm to be doing a long run in a sweatshirt and tights.

Also the low for the following day, May 2, 59 degrees. Had she gone for a long run in the early morning of May 2 the temperature would have been in the low to mid 60's; that is still awfully warm to be wearing a sweatshirt and tights on a long run.

Levy lived in apartment just South of Dupont circle and her remains were found a mile and half North of the National Zoo. I use to work at Dupont circle and run up to the zoo and back. Levy was found four-and-a-half to five miles up Rock Creek Park from here apartment(all up a nice long up-hill). Round trip: nine to ten miles.

Is it plausible that Levy went for a nine-ten mile run or longer, with the first four-five miles up hill, in warm temperatures wearing a sweatshirt and tights and without water stops? Terrance Gainer Washington's deputy police chief, said on CCN "the information we have is that she did not often jog outdoors..." Has there been any reports of her ever doing ten-plus mile long runs?

She could have been driven or take the subway to meet some up there and go for a walk, but the "left the apartment to go for a jog then attacked in the park" theory is extremely farfetched.

The DC temperatures for May 2001 http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/lwx/climate/dca/dca0501.txt

Map showing Levy apartment, Rock Creek Park, the Klingle Mansion which she/someone did a web search on her computer....what is not shown on the map is the location of Gary Condit's and his wife's apartment which is real close to the Klingle Mansion. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60118-2002May22.html

Washington's deputy police chief, Terrance Gainer "But it is wrong to assume that she was a regular jogger in Rock Creek Park. That is not necessarily true. In fact, the information we have is that she did not often jog outdoors, that she used a treadmill more than Rock Creek." http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/05/24/cf.crossfire/

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[A. Morgan]

Excellent points, Alec. You are doing GREAT!

[NativeNewYorker]

1) Could her body have decayed on the ground in that area without attacting attention? The smell in the DC heat would be overwhelming. This argues against her remains being where they were found for all this time.

2) If someone had successfully hidden her remains all this time, why dump them in a public place now, if ever?

Those are the two questions *I* have.

Good post.

[archy]

2) If someone had successfully hidden her remains all this time, why dump them in a public place now, if ever?

To finish off Condit as an example to others who don't play ball, perhaps, now that his reelection efforts have proven fruitless, and he can no longer deliver on any promises of political tradeoffs in exchange for silence as to his activities.

He may be of considerably less political value, but he might still be useful pour encourager les outres.

[NativeNewYorker]

Given everything that has, uh, gone down in Washington over the past decade, nothing would surprise me.

[Old Lady]

I have seen the sweatshirt described in some articles as a t-shirt.

[Nathan Jr.]

Could her body have decayed on the ground in that area without attacting attention? The smell in the DC heat would be overwhelming.

I believe she may have been buried in a shallow grave, and therefore her decaying body was not detected by police or passersby. Her body would have only become visible after the spring run-off (this is a somewhat hilly area) had displaced the soil that covered her until that time. Just an idea...