In May 2001, graduate student Chandra Levy vanished. She was living in Washington, D.C., for an internship at the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and on May 1, she seemingly packed some luggage before being reported missing. “My man will be coming back here when Congress starts up again, I’m looking forward to seeing him,” she wrote before her disappearance (via ABC News). The investigation quickly zeroed in on Rep. Gary Condit, Levy’s own congressman from California. “At this time, there is no concrete evidence to confirm these various rumors,” Police Chief Charles Ramsey told The Washington Post in 2001 (via ABC News).
But here’s where things get murky. Condit publicly denied having had an affair with Levy, claiming she was merely a “good friend,” though police sources told CNN that he’d admitted it to them privately. Terrance Gainer, Executive Assistant Chief of the Washington Metropolitan Police, reiterated that they’d interviewed Condit three times and understood their relationship just fine. “He was not a suspect before the meeting, he was not a suspect during the meeting, and he’s not a suspect since the meeting,” Gainer said.
Levy’s body was found a year later, and Condit was not charged with any crime. He’s continued to publicly deny any affair, telling Dr. Phil McGraw in 2016 (via People), “I did not have a romantic involvement with her.” Levy’s mother Susan Levy, on the other hand, told People, “That’s not true.”
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