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Feds back off anonymous tip on Levy
August 1, 2001 Posted: 11:22 PM EDT (0322 GMT)
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The FBI said late Wednesday it has no immediate
plans to search the grounds of a military installation in Virginia for the body of
Chandra Levy, the 24-year-old woman who vanished without a trace three
months ago.
The FBI said it is investigating the credibility of an anonymous tip that Levy
was buried in a parking lot under construction at Fort Lee, near Petersburg,
Virginia, and then covered in concrete.
"At this time, the FBI is attempting to determine the validity of that tip. If the tip
is deemed credible, appropriate investigative steps will be taken. At this
time, there are no plans to conduct a search in the Fort Lee area," said FBI
spokeswoman Mary Johlie.
In Modesto, California, Levy's parents told reporters as they left home for the
evening, "We don't know anything." A lawyer in the office of the Levys'
Washington attorney, Billy Martin, apparently called earlier to tell them he had
checked with law enforcement officials about the tip and that "there is nothing
to this," according to sources close to the family.
Fort Lee, an Army post about 116 miles south of Washington and home to a
wide-range of facilities, also issued a statement saying no search was
planned. "Fort Lee is prepared to cooperate with the FBI as they investigate
an anonymous tip. No search of Fort Lee is anticipated at this time," it said.
Authorities and others familiar with missing people cases urged caution --
that most such tips never pan out.
"You know there are a number of challenges here. The first thing that we have
to recognize is that there are a lot of evil, mean, despicable people in
America that have fun doing this type of dirty deed ... a false tip," said Peter
Banks of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
"It must be emphasized this is but another of many unconfirmed tips
circulating about the disappearance of Ms. Levy," a statement from the
District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department said.
D.C.police said the tip came from a phone call to WeTip Communication
Solution, a California-based company where tips can be reported
anonymously on its toll-free lines or Web site, www.wetip.com.
The tipster described the area around Fort Lee and "a possible time
schedule as to when and where the body was disposed of," said David
Eckert, the site's program development director.
"If it was a hoax, it was quite elaborate, and they went to some lengths to
describe the surrounding areas," Eckert said.
The caller spent more than 20 minutes on the phone, and site passed the
information along to authorities investigating Levy's disappearance. Miriam
Brownell, chief operations officer of WeTip, told CNN: "We don't try to make
a determination of whether [the tip is] important or even correct. We just pass
it on to the police."
Brownell said the transcription of the phone call was three pages long, single
spaced, and included details about how Levy allegedly died. "This alleges
that the body has been shrink-wrapped and put in the parking lot where the
cement was over it," she said.
Brownell said the Web site has received numerous tips about Levy's
disappearance, but she described this one as "extremely interesting and
very complicated."
"Most of our tips are serious, but there are crazies too," she said.
Levy, a former U.S. Bureau of Prisons intern, was last confirmed seen on
April 30 at her Washington health club. Records from her computer indicate
she was apparently in her Dupont Circle apartment the following day.
Much of the media interest in the case stems from Rep. Gary Condit's
relationship with Levy. Condit, 53 and the married father of two, has
acknowledged only a friendship with her, but police have said he admitted an
affair to them, and Levy family members have said Chandra talked of an
affair.
Levy's parents reported her missing on May 6, launching a massive search
that included several weeks of police recruits combing parks in the D.C. area
for clues.
As police have openly spoken of their frustration and lack of leads, Levy's
family has talked increasingly of her relationship with Condit. Her mother
disclosed Tuesday that Chandra had confided to her that she was
romantically involved with Condit.
Condit, a conservative Democrat who represents the district that includes the
Levys' hometown, was one of roughly 100 people police interviewed in
connection with Levy's disappearance, which authorities initially treated as a
missing persons case. He has never been a suspect in the case.
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