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Police search Condit's apartment
By John Drake and Janine A. Zeitlin
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Investigators in the Chandra Levy case yesterday found no signs of a
struggle or any obvious incriminating evidence in an early morning search of
Rep. Gary A. Condit's apartment, which had been cleaned beforehand, law
enforcement sources told The Washington Times.
D.C. police and FBI agents did not expect to find anything that would
make or break the missing persons case, and the key data will arrive in two
to four weeks when experts conclude DNA tests on blood and other evidence
recovered from the California Democrat's Adams Morgan apartment, the sources
said.
During a four-hour search of Mr. Condit's fourth-floor apartment in the
2600 block of Adams Mill Road NW, crime-scene technicians took samples from
one drop of blood in plain sight in the bathroom and from specks detected
with special equipment in the living room, one source said.
The sources characterized the blood as "very minimal" or the size of
"pin drops."
One law enforcement source remarked on the absence of a computer in the
apartment and the cleanliness of the residence. "It has been cleaned all over
and was pretty neat," the source said.
Mr. Condit, 53, and his wife, Carolyn, were present, and both were
polite and kept mostly to themselves, a law enforcement source said, adding
that they appeared tired. The source said Mr. Condit's attorney, Abbe Lowell,
repeatedly challenged the search team and refused to let them take a pair of
pants that had a red stain.
Mr. Lowell became angry when one technician -- in an episode broadcast
on television -- cut a piece out of the venetian blinds because of specks
"that might possibly be blood," the source said.
Investigators conducted the search without a warrant early yesterday
after accepting Mr. Lowell's offer on Wednesday to examine Mr. Condit's
apartment, conduct a lie-detector test on the congressman, collect DNA
samples and interview his Capitol Hill staff.
Police have not charged Mr. Condit with a crime and have said he is not
a suspect in Miss Levy's disappearance.
Meanwhile yesterday, flight attendant Anne Marie Smith met with federal
prosecutors and FBI agents at the agency's Washington Field Office as part of
a probe into whether Mr. Condit tampered with a witness or suborned perjury
in his dealings with her.
Miss Smith, 39, last week said Mr. Condit urged her not to talk with the
FBI and his representatives tried to persuade her to sign a false affidavit
denying their 10-month affair. Mr. Condit and his attorneys have disputed her
assertions.
A spokeswoman for the FBI's Washington Field Office yesterday confirmed
that Miss Smith was at the building, but she said she could not provide any
other details. Miss Smith left the building by a rear exit about 2 p.m.,
avoiding a phalanx of reporters.
Police and FBI officials have refused to discuss details of the case,
and would not say what was recovered from Mr. Condit's apartment.
The forensic search team yesterday concentrated on finding blood --
which could indicate foul play -- and not semen or hair samples, the law
enforcement sources said, adding that one black hair about three to four
inches long was found. No semen was discovered, one source said.
The evidence was to be sent to the FBI's forensic lab yesterday or
today, and DNA results could be available as early as two weeks, a source
said. "None of this means anything unless there's a match," the source said.
Detectives will check the DNA results from the apartment against that of
Mr. Condit, Miss Levy, her parents and others involved with the case.
Executive Assistant Police Chief Terrance W. Gainer yesterday said he
and other police officials are working with Mr. Lowell on the details of
conducting a lie-detector test on Mr. Condit and collecting DNA samples from
him.
Mr. Condit, whose district includes Miss Levy's hometown of Modesto,
Calif., consented to the search after pressure mounted from police and Miss
Levy's parents over his lack of cooperation.
Mr. Lowell set several conditions for authorities to search the
apartment, a law enforcement source said. Investigators had to wear
plainclothes and not bring the Mobile Crime Lab's large truck, instead using
less-conspicuous vehicles so as not to further sully the congressman's image.
Billy Martin, the attorney for the Levy family, said they have asked for
Mr. Condit to undergo a lie-detector test without any conditions. He said he
has written to Mr. Lowell asking that Mr. Condit take the test but has not
received a response.
"Once again the matter is, he is saying he is cooperating," Mr. Martin
said. "When we asked for one there were no conditions placed on it. Now it is
up to the congressman to speak up and tell the complete truth."
Marina Ein, a spokeswoman for Mr. Lowell, did not return a telephone
message from The Washington Times asking why Mr. Condit has not yet submitted
to a lie-detector test.
D.C. police want FBI polygraph experts to administer the test. They want
to ask Mr. Condit a variety of questions but are seeking detailed answers
about his relationship with Miss Levy, the last time and place he saw her,
and her state of mind, according to law enforcement sources.
Authorities also want to check his replies against his answers in
previous interviews, the sources said. But Mr. Lowell is trying to set a list
of limited questions Mr. Condit will answer, sources familiar with the
ongoing negotiations told The Times.
Mr. Condit admitted to investigators Friday that he had had an affair
with Miss Levy after having denied a romantic relationship since she was
reported missing in early May, according to police sources. Miss Levy, who
interned at the Bureau of Prisons, was last seen April 30.
Tuesday night, authorities tried to dodge the media when they went to
Mr. Condit's apartment, waiting until 11:15 p.m. -- too late for most news
broadcasts -- to enter. The search team included one FBI agent, one police
detective and four crime-scene technicians -- three officers and one sergeant
-- from the department's mobile crime lab.
Around 2:15 a.m. yesterday, officials turned off the overhead lights in
the congressman's apartment and began using ultraviolet-light technology that
picks up the natural fluorescence of bodily fluids like semen and blood.
The forensic experts, dressed in polo shirts and T-shirts, looked sweaty
and tired as they emerged from the building. They returned with only a few
things. They unloaded three medium-sized metal briefcases, three plastic
cases that looked like oversize tackle boxes, a one-gallon water jug, a small
plastic grocery bag, a small paper bag, a box of plastic gloves, and a stack
of flat items wrapped in brown paper into one of the car's trunks.
* Jim Keary, M. Douglas O'Malley and Jerry Seper contributed to this
report.
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