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Jul. 16, 2001. 02:00 AM

Police probe hit-man theory in Levy case

By William Walker
WASHINGTON BUREAU


WASHINGTON - Both police and the family of a missing former Washington
intern believe she was lured from her apartment by someone she knew.

And Washington police also revealed yesterday they are investigating the
possibility 24-year-old Chandra Levy may have been slain by a professional
killer skilled in the disposal of bodies.

Levy family lawyer Billy Martin said yesterday she had told friends and
family that U.S. Representative Gary Condit had asked her leave her ID at
home during their romantic affair.

``That was the procedure to be used . . . he did not want her identified,''
Martin told NBC's Meet the Press yesterday.

This past weekend, the missing woman's father Robert Levy of Modesto,
Calif., publicly called for police to investigate Condit's ``associates.''

Chandra Levy, who hasn't been seen since April 30, also agreed to several
other forms of deception the 53-year-old married congressman demanded.

Those included getting off at the wrong floor of his apartment building if
someone else got on the elevator, and entering taxis alone, then waiting
for Condit to run into the car with his face obscured by a pulled-down
baseball cap.

Those details, including that the two often sneaked off to suburban
Virginia when they went out for dinner, were contained in a 13-page written
statement about the Levy-Condit affair from her aunt, Linda Zamsky.

It was Zamsky's statement which led Condit, on July 6, to finally admit
after 10 weeks of denials he had been involved in a sexual affair with
Levy, who interned at the federal Bureau of Prisons.

Condit, whose district includes Modesto, is not a suspect in Levy's
disappearance, police have said.

Washington police Chief Charles Ramsey said yesterday Levy was extremely
cautious about her personal security. He also believes she left her
apartment to see someone she knew.

Levy was ``a pretty cautious woman and just wasn't one to throw her door
open to anybody if there was a knock at it . . . I mean, it just doesn't
fit that she (left the apartment to meet) a stranger or something like
that,'' Ramsey told CBS's Face The Nation.

The police chief also revealed police are investigating the possibility
that Levy may have been murdered by a professional killer.

Levy's purse, wallet, personal identification and credit cards were all
left in her apartment, along with a laptop computer and her packed bags
prepared for a return trip home to attend her University of Southern
California graduation ceremony.

All that was missing from her apartment were her keys. Police found no
signs of a struggle or forced entry and nothing was stolen.

Ramsey confirmed that although Levy was last seen April 30, a search of her
laptop computer revealed that she was on the Internet visiting travel Web
sites the next day, on May 1, for about three hours up until 1 p.m.

Around that same time, Levy left a telephone message for Zamsky informing
her she had ``big news'' to share. Martin said that on behalf of the
family, his private investigators are looking into whether Levy was
pregnant.

Martin said his own investigation, conducted on behalf of the Levy family
by two retired Washington homicide detectives, indicates the young woman
went to meet someone she knew.

``For some reason, Chandra appears to have been lured, called, or brought
out of the apartment expecting to return,'' Martin said.

He also told NBC the lie detector test administered to Condit last week by
a polygrapher hired by his legal team was ``slippery, slick and does not at
all fit with the family's desire for him to display a show of good faith.''

Martin said the Levy family is ``absolutely'' still suspicious of Condit.
``I think he is acting as someone who has something to hide.

``I do a lot of trial work here and across the country. Judges often tell
jurors that people who misrepresent facts, lie and conceal information show
a consciousness of guilt. What that guilt is for, I do not know. But there
appears to be some consciousness of guilt on behalf
of congressman Condit.''

Martin, who also represented the mother of Monica Lewinsky in legal matters
related to her affair with former president Bill Clinton, said that in 26
years as a prosecutor and defence attorney, he has never seen a lie
detector test administered to someone by his or her own lawyers.

Ramsey said police still want Condit to take a lie detector test
administered by a police examiner who is aware of all the information
police have on hand.

The police chief admitted Condit has been evasive in three rounds of
questioning.

``In terms of being totally up front with us throughout this entire
investigation, there has been some information that we wish we'd gotten
earlier,'' Ramsey said.

He said police still don't have an answer, for example, as to what Condit
was doing May 1.

The case has captured the attention of Americans. A Gallup poll released
yesterday showed that 65 per cent of U.S. citizens said they are following
it ``very closely.''

The Fox TV show America's Most Wanted received 160 tips from the public
after airing a one-hour show about the case Saturday night.

All those tips have been turned over to the police and FBI.

Also yesterday, Republican Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott called for the
Democratic congressman's resignation.

It is believed that if a special election was held now in Condit's 18th
congressional district, the Republicans would steal away the long-held
Democratic seat.


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