Parks are always notorious meeting grounds for perverts and such a place would be Condit Territory without a doubt......."Great News" - lured in the net with offer of a good job? Saba D.C. parks combed for signs of Levy U.S. Park Police on horseback ride through Rock Creek Park Monday as part of the search for clues in the disappearance of Chandra Levy. July 16 -- Washington, D.C., Police Chief Charles Ramsey says on NBC's "Today" show that a park that Chandra Levy may have intended to visit will be among the areas searched. NBC NEWS AND WIRE REPORTS WASHINGTON, July 16 — Police fanned out Monday for a foot-by-foot search of several Washington parks, including one that Chandra Levy apparently explored from her home computer hours before she vanished without a trace 11 weeks ago. A small bone was found in the early hours of the hunt, but it was unclear whether it was a human bone. July 16 — Police are fanning out across the nation's capital, as the search for Chandra Levy intensifies. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports. POLICE PLACED A flag at the site in Rock Creek Park where the 4-inch-by-1-inch bone was discovered and shooed reporters and photographers away as they assessed their find. Police officials were expected to discuss the find shortly. Parts of Rock Creek Park were searched early in the investigation and the more-comprehensive hunt at the 1,754-acre enclave and other secluded areas was being conducted "to see if we missed something," Police Chief Charles Ramsey said Monday on NBC's "Today" show. Earlier, The Washington Post reported that Levy was on her computer for more than three hours starting about 9:30 a.m. May 1, and during the session, looked up a map site for the Klingle Mansion in the 1,754-acre park. Police said they are not sure whether Levy ever visited the Klingle Mansion, which serves as park headquarters. The Rock Creek Web site tells prospective visitors that the park is "relatively safe," but cautions that "it is best to be with another person if you are hiking or running (as a precaution — especially for women)." Ramsey confirmed the Post report, which noted that Levy looked up other locations in the capital, and also visited Web pages to get information on airline and train tickets to California. Three other parks in the southeast portion of the city — Fort Dupont Park, Kenilworth Park and Anacostia Park — also are expected to be searched this week, police told NBC News. SEARCH COULD LAST TWO WEEKS The "grid" search, in which police officers and academy recruits painstakingly comb an area foot by foot, could be expanded to include other parks and will last about two weeks if nothing is found in the meantime, police said. The effort continues a search that began Thursday when police combed through vacant buildings near where Levy was last seen. Investigators also are examining 166 tips received after a one-hour broadcast Saturday of "America's Most Wanted" devoted to the Levy case. Meanwhile, police on Sunday turned up their public pressure on Rep. Gary Condit, D-Calif., dismissing a private polygraph test his lawyer says he passed last week as meaningless. "We're not buying that," Ramsey said, saying he was not satisfied that Condit had been "totally up front" with his officers. Advertisement Ramsey made the rounds of Sunday talk shows to make it clear how "disappointed" he was with Condit, 53, who sources say admitted he was having an affair with 24-year-old Levy in his third interview with police after initially denying a romantic entanglement. In an interview with NBC's Tim Russert on "Meet the Press," Ramsey disputed the contention of Condit's lawyer, Abbe Lowell, that Condit had cooperated fully with police from the beginning of the investigation of Levy's disappearance on May 1. "In terms of just being totally up front with us throughout this entire investigation, there has been some information that we wish we'd gotten earlier," Ramsey said. Ramsey said police wanted Condit to undergo their own polygraph test to "lock down" the accuracy of information he gave investigators during his three interviews about the nature of his relationship with Levy. "There are other things that we would like to know," he said. "It's not just whether there was any direct involvement, but what about indirect involvement? Could she have been introduced to others … that she may have left with? … And there may be some follow-up questions that should've been asked." 'WE'RE NOT BUYING THAT' Speaking to reporters outside NBC's Washington studios after appearing on "Meet the Press," Ramsey said he was disappointed that Condit and Lowell were "trying to make [the privately conducted polygraph] the official one." "We're not buying that," he added. More coverage •Latest developments •Newsweek: The odyssey of Gary Condit •WashPost: Another affair alleged •WashPost: Condit's political support slipping •Levy theories online •Media's coverage of story •BBS: Sound off Lowell, in a surprise news conference Friday, said Condit passed a privately administered exam on three crucial points: whether he had anything to do with Levy's disappearance, whether he had harmed her or caused anyone else to harm her, and whether he knows anything about her whereabouts. Terrance Gainer, Ramsey's deputy, said the department had yet to receive the results of Condit's test. He said he had not spoken with Lowell since Friday. The test was administered by retired FBI special agent Barry Colvert, who has given more than 3,000 polygraph tests during his career. "He at least had a credible person give it," Gainer conceded Sunday on NBC's "Today" program. Condit has consistently refused to discuss the case with reporters. Lowell could not be reached for comment Sunday. LOTT: CONDIT SHOULD RESIGN Police all along have not characterized Condit as a suspect, saying there officially has been no crime. NBC's Fred Francis reported Sunday that police had asked other men Levy knew - some of whom underwent polygraph tests - the same questions they asked Condit. Some detectives working on the case told NBC they believed Condit had nothing to do with Levy's disappearance. But Ramsey's comments Sunday, expanding on milder criticisms Gainer made Saturday, were the first time police have openly challenged Condit's conduct in public forums. Sunday was also the first day Republican leaders began applying political pressure to Condit. Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., called for Condit to resign if he did have an adulterous relationship with Levy, a graduate student from Condit's district who had just finished an internship with the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. "Infidelity is always unacceptable, but particularly when you have an elected official involved in a position of trust with a young girl, an intern," Lott said on "Fox News Sunday." "If these allegations are true, obviously he should resign, and if he doesn't, the people of his district probably will not re-elect him." July 15 — Levy family attorney Billy Martin describes Rep. Gary Condit's private polygraph test as "slippery and slick," on "Meet the Press." Lott is the second lawmaker to call for Condit's resignation, but the first one in a leadership position. Rep. Bob Barr, R-Ga., a former prosecutor, said last week that Condit should quit because he interfered with a criminal investigation. Levy's parents, Robert and Susan Levy of Modesto, Calif., also sought to maintain pressure on Condit in the public arena. Their attorney, Billy Martin, said on "Meet the Press" that the missing intern's family did not consider the private polygraph Condit took to be the show of "good faith" they were hoping for when they publicly demanded that he take a test. Newsweek: The battle over Chandra ALTERED SKETCHES RELEASED Police began distributing sketches Saturday showing Levy with different hairstyles. The sketches show the brunette Levy with her hair cut short, with blonde hair and with a ponytail. Ramsey said the sketches were being distributed to cover all the bases in the case and did not indicate that police believe Levy vanished of her own accord. Police are exploring the possibility Levy may have changed her appearance since she was reported missing. They asked anyone seeing a person who resembles these composites to call them at (202) 727-9099. Police also are awaiting FBI laboratory tests to see whether items removed from Condit's condominium unit during a search Wednesday contained blood. Gainer said Thursday that authorities were expecting no major advances in their investigation as a result of the almost four-hour search, which was conducted with Condit's consent and in his presence. Condit also has given authorities a DNA sample, which could be compared to any other body fluids that are recovered in the course of the investigation.
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