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Do you guys remember the Chandra Levy story in which she was an intern having an affiar with a married U.S. Legislator? I heard something that she got pregnant from him and was hoping to start of life with him, but I am not sure it that was true.

Anyway, she turned up dead in a park and her case went on for years without any arrests. Well, supposedly they find someone, only 8 years later, they are going to arrest for her murder. Craziest news story!

FOXNews.com - Police Close to Charging California Prisoner in Chandra Levy Case - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News

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Sad. I figured Condit had something to do with it.

I had thought that too. Just odd timing thath the affair occured and then her murder, which really made me question is his role.

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Why did it take so long to make an arrest???

I am wonderinf the same thing??? They state there is new DNA evidence that links the killer to this case, but her body was found 1-year after she went missing and it was in a park, so I am not sure what type of evidence they found that would not have been compromised by the weather (snow and rain).

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Why did it take so long to make an arrest???

The new evidence was that the cellmate of the accused illegal immigrant told authorities that the illegal immigrant confessed to him to doing the crime. Based on that, I think they're able to legally get a DNA sample to compare to whatever was left at the scene.

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The new evidence was that the cellmate of the accused illegal immigrant told authorities that the illegal immigrant confessed to him to doing the crime. Based on that, I think they're able to legally get a DNA sample to compare to whatever was left at the scene.

Yep, his cell-buddy ratted on him. Plus, in Cali, where this guy is currently locked up at, you have to submit a DNA sample, so I bet that's how the got the link. But still, how long can DNA last at a crime scene that is outside for a year? That is what is confusing me.

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They'll test the DNA when they find it, but then they have to have a sample to compare it too. Without a suspect, they couldn't do that until now.

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But still, how long can DNA last at a crime scene that is outside for a year? That is what is confusing me.

All that stuff would have been in evidence, where it'll be preserved. The technology of DNA recognition is changing so fast that law enforcement tries to preserve EVERYTHING, not knowing what could possibly be used in the future.

*total thread hijack, but I saw on TV awhile ago that Dr. Baden (the famous forensic pathologist) was talking about how the police screwed up the Nicole Brown Simpson / Ronald Goldman crime scene. Baden said that if the police had cordoned off / closed the crime scene then they probably would have been able to get more usable DNA, and the trial might have ended quite differently....

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