Chandra Levy’s mom says DC prosecutors refuse to help her

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 21 August 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

The mother of Chandra Levy, the Washington intern found murdered in a DC park a year after she disappeared in May 2001, sat down with Crime Stories' Nancy Grace to discuss a possible new act being sought that would allow outside agencies to help law enforcement solve cold cases. Susan Levy says Chandra’s pants and other items were left outside for years after her murder at Rock Creek Park many people touched the evidence and contaminated it. Cold Case Research Institute Director Sheryl McCollum joined the discussion for this episode, noting that new touch DNA technology could help solve the case. Prosecutors however are reportedly not willing to spend funds to use the latest crime-solving technology, such as touch DNA or the M-Vac system, to help solve Chandra’s case. Susan said when she asked prosecutors in Washington, D.C., to retest the evidence in Chandra’s case, they told her “it’s all been done.”

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0:39.6	Crime stories with Nancy Grace.
0:46.4	I will never forget the day that I first learned that this beautiful DC intern had gone missing.
0:54.9	And I saw the first picture of her. She had beautiful long curly black hair. These piercing
1:00.9	eyes tall, thin, perfect skin. I'm like, where is Shandra? Nothing makes sense to me.
1:09.9	Joining me right now in a fight for justice is Shandra Levy's mother, Susan Levy. I'm Nancy Grace.
1:17.5	This is Crime Stories. Thank you for being with us. We all know that at the beginning, it
1:24.4	became public knowledge much to the pain of Shandra's parents who were happy when their daughter
1:31.2	got this prestigious DC internship, which is supposed to open all kind of doors for you when it
1:39.1	was first reported that she had somehow become part of a relationship with a very much married
1:48.9	US congressman. And then she goes missing as the facts began to unfold. Much speculation occurred.
1:57.9	Today we are at the impasse. The prosecutors in DC have outright refused Miss Levy's request to
2:09.0	retest the evidence in Shandra Levy's murder case. They have outright refused Miss Levy to
2:17.2	retest the evidence with state of the art DNA such as touch DNA in fact familial DNA analysis.
2:29.2	Anything. Why? What happened to the evidence? Has it been compromised? Has it been lost?
2:35.3	Or they just tire the case. No more headlines left to ring out of Shandra Levy's investigation.
2:43.4	Why was Miss Levy turned down? Why was I turned down in my request for her evidence to be
2:48.9	retested? Joining me right now is Shandra's mother who has never given up the fight for justice for
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