the first one suggests that ingmar guandique murdered chandra levy in the course of kidnapping chandra levy there in rock creek park. there's another first-degree felony murder charge that suggests that ingmar guandique murdered chandra levy in the course of an attempted robbery. so why this complexity, why are these charges associated with kidnapping and attempted robbery? well, that is because it becomes a felony even if it was an accident. so even if ingmar guandique didn't mean to kill chandra levy, but he did it in the course of an attempted kidnapping or an attempted robbery, it still is first-degree felony murder here in d.c. so we're keeping an eye on this. so those are the first two counts that chandra levy -- that ingmar guandique faces. if the jury does not consider it first-degree felony murder, they have a fallback position they can go down to second-degree murder of chandra levy which it requires a little bit less proof, a little bit less evidence. on friday, the jury came back, they had a question that they needed resolved at the very end of the day and we suspect that m

. >> justice for chandra levy, finally. good morning, washington. thanks for joining us. i am alison starling. >> i am scott thuman. we begin with traffic and weather this tuesday. meteorologist adam caskey. much nicer this morning and yesterday. >> much more pleasant than monday. it's not going to last long this morning. thet, let's look at temperatures. it is modeled. -- mild. 54 degrees in the district, 49 at dulles. 50 at martinsburg. 37 in cumberland. 55 in annapolis. clear skies this morning by sunrise. increasing clouds coming from the west. areas of rain will occur across the region. this afternoon and we will cleared the ballot again. high temperatures well into the 60s and upper 60's in some spots. now to lisa baden. >>> looks good on the beltway in montgomery county. the bridge between new hampshire and university boulevard, let's take you to the geico camera. but traffic barrels are alums of the lakes -- are out of the way. traffic is getting through. on 95, 395, looks good. near 123eltway tysons, you need to stay to the right. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a

that is what juries will have to decide in the chandra levy murder case. the jury will begin deliberations this morning. >> it was an active night with damaging storms that moved through. damaging storms that moved through. >>> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> straight ahead on this wednesday, a fast-moving storm could mean a slow start to the work day. we are tracking the damage reports and colleges this morning. good morning, washington. glad you are joining us on this wednesday, november 17. i'm alison starling. >> i'm scott thuman. adam caskey is in the weather center for the forecast. it was an active night. >> there was a lot of strong thunderstorms. there was damaging winds. --thereo high wind- will be high wind today. it's 56 degrees currently. it's 54 at dulles. 55 in martinsburg. the wind advisory for the vast majority of the viewing area from 9:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m.. wind gusts up to 45 miles an hour or in the metro area, 50 in outlying areas. there are some trees down. has been quite a night with the storm

. >> plus, the jury deliberation in the case of chandra levy. later, prince william pops the question. the crown has a new reason to celebrate. "good morning washington" continues. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning, washington. it is 6:00 on this wednesday, november 17. i'm scott thuman. >> i am alison starling. the storm over night has anne arundel mills school closed because of storm damage. let's go to adam caskey. it was an unusual thunderstorm for november. >> temperatures rose last night. it was 64 degrees for the high temperature yesterday. there was atmospheric conditions conducive to the line of thunderstorms and a potential tornado here and there, they're going to conduct an official storm survey. temperatures are in the mid 50's right now. 56 at reagan national, 57 in la plata. if there's a wind advisories from 9:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m. fee in the county stated in light brown. there could be wind gusts from 30-50 miles an hour. 50 on the ridge tops. 30-45 locally. otherwise, sunshine

. >>> justice borate chandra levy. a jury convicted accused killer in my guandique on monday. >> it took the jury three days to reach the decision, but it ended an nine-year-case that gripped the nation. courtney robinson has more. >> many emotions run high yesterday as the verdict came down. we saw chandra levy's mother staring yet ingmar guandique with a look of vengeance and a slight smile. ingmar guandique seemed stunned and almost frightened. this cannot bring back her daughter. >> but they could bring justice to the family nearly 10 years after the murder in rock creek park. >> we thought we had a lot of evidence, actually. >> i am not adult full. >> after three and a half days of deliberating, all 12 he killed the woman or left her to die. the verdict brings some satisfaction to the family. >> i have a lifetime sentence of my daughter missing from our family tree. >> it began in 2001 with the disappearance and she had a relationship with american congressman, gary condit. mother, thisevy's will always be around.

guilty of the murder of her daughter, chandra levy. she used the moment to send a message. >> what difference does it make? you, all of us, in america need to wake up and stop the violence and make a difference. >> reporter: it is a big win for prosecutors and police who never gave up on the cold case. levy was killed nine years ago. >> our hearts go out to the levy family. while today's verdict will never give them back their daughter, we are hopeful it gives them some level of comfort and aids them in moving forward. >> reporter: one of the detectives who closed the case was in the courtroom for the verdict. he along with other detectives made the arrest. >> today's verdict does send the message it is never too late for a murderer to be held accountable for his crimes. >> ingmar guandique got a spanish translation through headsets and then threw them down and stormed out of the courtroom. defense lawyers have maintained all along he was a scapegoat for a abotched investigation. despite the problematic investigation, prosecutors say i

they had chandra levy's jogging outfit. but they had no dna, no forensic evidence, putting guandique on the scene of the crime. no fingerprints, no eyewitnesses and no official finding of a cause of death from medical examiner. stl, this jury felt that they had plenty to evaluate in reaching this guilty verdict. >> all kinds of evidence. we were in a ver small room and we were with all of that evidence every day. and we went through it in a very deliberate manner and we also went through the laws very deliberately. >> reporter: as a group t jury agreed not to discuss the specifics of their deliberations that led to finding ingmar guandique guilty of killing chdra levy. guandique is serving a ten-year sentence for attacks on two other women in rock creek park back in 2001. the jury was moved by the testimony of those two victims, calling their stories powerful. one juror was brought to tears when the jury was polled individuly to give their verdicts. she later explained why she got emotional. >> you're dealing with somebody'

we begin with breaking news in the chandra levy murder trial. the jury had reached a verdict for ingmar guandique. we are standing by d.c. superior court. >> just a few moments ago we learned that jurors had reached a verdict but we do not know what it is. they are willing to assemble the defense attorneys, members of the media, others involved in the case. ingmar guandique faces two counts of first-degree murder for the death of jauntily be in 2001. -- chandra levy in 2001. prosecutors base their case on circumstantial evidence, saying that guandique had murdered levy. they had jailhouse confession from one of his cell -- cellmates, but the defense says that is all overstated and there is no reason that he should be here. the jury has been deliberating since wednesday on this. on friday, they asked the judge to clarify the definition of assault as it relates to kidnapping, one of the underlying reasons for first- degree murder charges that guandique faces. we have a reporter in the courtroom, and as soon as we learn of the verdict, we will brin

. >> during deliberations in the chandra levy taze in its third day. >> what to expect >>> welcome back. 10 minutes after 5 on this friday morning. a techcrunch traffic and weather. -- it's time. >> the scattered clouds the deck is beginning to fall apart. we expect mostly sunny skies. temperatures dropped a little bit. 36 in gaithersburg and frederick. 38 at reagan national. 43 yet culpeper. 34 at dulles airport on this friday dominca. mostly sunny today, highs in the mid 50's around the beltway, low 50's everywhere else. cooler than normal for this time of year. a lot of sense in this weekend, partly cloudy on sunday. highs in the low 50's on sunday. let's look at the road is with lisa baden. >>> looks good in virginia. no problems out of frederick. the greenway and the dulles toll road are quiet. there was a fatal crash last night on the bw parkway. pamela brown said it was a pedestrian that was followed of the disabled vehicle struck by another car. live pictures of the documentation process. southbound between 198 and 197 will be closed until further notice. back to you. >> thank y

prosecutors hung chandra levy's stained clothes right in front of the jury. the tights knotted as though used to bind someone. the sports bra, the usc t-shirt all found with her skeletal remains eight years ago in rock creek park. ingmar guandique, they say, was stalking young women in the park. he pleaded guilty to attacking holly schilling and christie wiegand on remote trails that match the chandra levy scene precisely. dense woods, a steep ridge, a creek to drown the noise of anyone screaming. prosecutors also pointed to a prison pen pal, a woman guandique was obsessed with. maria mendez, in a taped phone call, talked to him about how scared she was that he had written her about a murdered girl. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> reporter: and they pointed to the corroborating testimony from a former land lady who said guandique had scratches on his face the night chandra levy disappeared. >> there were scratches on him? >> yes there were. >> reporter: fiction said the defense. all fiction. they said the government has not brought any evidence of how c

levy -- >> i'm not sure if it is a sense of peace, but it is closure. >> chandra levy's disappearance made headlines when revelations surfaced of her relationship with gary condit. he became one of the prime suspects. >> it never worked for me he was the right guy because i did not see any motive. >> the case was handed over to this man in 2001. he quickly dismissed condit as a suspect and turned to a man police have closed the whole time, ingmar guandique. he and his involvement in the attacks of two other women. >> they are similar to what we believed happened to chandra levy. >> ingmar guandique told a cellmate he had murdered a third woman in a park. the key piece of evidence the jury heard and believe. >> nobody here can do anything to bring back her daughter. we did the best we could with the evidence we were given to come to the conclusion of this taste -- of this case. >> for ingmar guandique, sentenced -- sentencing is set for february 11. >>> we are also hearing from people close to congressman gary condit who was romantically involved with chandra levy. his lawyer says his

. >> and the journey to justice for chandra levy. the jury deliberations dragging into day three. >> a sneak peek at the weekend forecast first. >> a sneak peek at the weekend forecast first. we will be right back. when my husband got sick and couldn't work anymore, it was up to me to support our family. karri danner went back to school, to become a nurse. my education made all the difference but now some in washington want regulations restricting access to career colleges and universities, denying opportunity to millions of people like karri, letting government decide who can go to college. it's my education, and my job,. don't let washington get in the way. >> we are from potomac, maryland. >> good morning, washington. >> are you ready? >> you know what i do every day at this time. i have little attack/ what is the latest for the weekend? i came out to the studio and took a glance at alison starling and said i know what time it is, it is cheese time. >> i am a creature of habit. >> it is a healthy snacks. we do have scattered cloud

. >>> the defense is preparing to present its case in the chandra levy murder trial before resting yesterday, they dropped charges yesterday of attempted sexual assault against ingmar guandique. they heard from a forensic expert who testified that gary condit's dna was found on chandra levy's underwear but not at the crime scene. gary condit was the prime suspect in 2003. this is country up emotions from his family including his son chad. >> we hope people will understand that in this country, you are entitled to a certain

. >> prosecutors in the chandra levy murder trial have dropped rape charges against ingmar guandique, the accused. bruce leshan has been in the courtroom all day and joins us now live from dc superior court. bruce? >> reporter: yes, lesli. ingmar guandique still faces charges that could send him to prison for the rest of his life but for some reason that really remains a mystery, prosecutors did not put on the jailhouse informant who was expected to testify that ingmar guandique confess to raping levy. prosecutors were left with no evidence that he raped levy so they dropped the sexual assault charge and murder count connected to it but the gang member still faces charges of robbing, kidnapping and murdering levy. with the prosecution done it was time for the defense case. ingmar guandique's former landlord was one of the first witnesses his lawyers called back to the stand. >> were there scratches on ingmar guandique back then on may 1st? >> there were. >> there were scratches on him. >> yes, there were. >> do you think that he killed chandra levy? >> i don't believe that. >> reporte

still no verdict -- chandra levy murder trial. we have the latest from courtney robinson. >>> still no decision on the fate of ingmar guandique from the jury. we'll see all jurist here at d.c. superior court to continue their deliberations. they are having to talk about two different size. is impossible to know what is happening in that room. we did see jurors when they came in yesterday and they seemed in good spirit. the prosecution's argument says that ingmar guandique told a former cellmate he killed chandra levy. there is no positive evidence that he killed chandra levy. we will be out here all day long and we will bring you the latest as soon as we hear it. >> thank you. >>> there was a heated discussion over the metro escalator problem. one person suggested replacing the escalators. the agency cannot lose focus on a day-to-day maintenance. breaks on 40 escalators have been replaced. metro said it will take weeks to repair ceiling damage and ferric north station. it was caused by jack cameron -- jackhammering above the stati

the jury in the chandra levy murder trial spent all day yesterday deliberate. they will get back to work this morning. >> both sides are still arguing although these jurors in deliberation. they will meet here this morning to get back underway. they spent about six hours yesterday trying to come to a consensus trying to determine the guilt or innocence of ingmar guandique. ingmar guandique faces two countsor first-degree murder in the death of chandra levy and if convicted he faces life without parole or the injury could bring back a second-degree murder with 20-life. they asked the judge to see a picture of ingmar guandique taken in rock creek park around the same time of levy's disappearance. that photo shows no visible cuts or scratches. yesterday the prosecution and defense requested to allow the jurors to review additional evidence. the judge denied those requests. we will be awaiting this verdict. it is anyone's guess as to when it comes down. you can follow the latest on tbd.com. >> new details in the prince george's county corruption probe. in court yes

chandra levy's mother gasped and then smiled. it has been nearly a decade, but for chandra levy's mother, the guilty verdict for ingmar gaundique is justice at long last. >> i have a feeling that my daughter is with me and i can speak her voice. >> reporter: but ingmar gaundique very nearly got away with murder. for months after the young intern, chandra levy, disappeared, police and the press focused almost blindly on former congressman gary condit. convinced he was lying, convinced he was involved in the murder of the young woman with whom he had been having an affair. years after chandra levy's body was found, investigative reporters wrote a series that helped refocus the case on gaundique. >> the police had tunnel vision on this case, and the press rushed to judgment. >> if you can have a congressman who is suspected of murder and then actually nail him for murder? i mean, that's a hell of a case. that you will be remembered forever as the detective who broke that case, or the reporter who put it together. >> reporter: but ju

in the ourtro susan levy, chandra's mother. for more than nine years she has conducted a one-woman crusade to find her daughter's killer. she was here for the trial. she was here for the verdict. >>his verdict go today. >> i don't know. there is always going to be a feing of sadness. i like the word that you used a sense of peace. i've never heard too many people say that. i planned to be here and follow up on what happened to my daughter no matter how hard it has been for me personally. i'm not sure if it is a sense of peace but i canertainly tell you, it ain't closure. >> reporter: may 1st 2001. chandra levy went missing from her apartment near dupont circle. the story goes national when it is reveal that the 24-year-old intern was romaically involved with married california congressman gary condit. condit denied having anything to do with chandra's disappearance. in time the focus of the investigation shifted to this man, ingmar guandique. an illegal immigrant doing time for assaulting two women in rock creek park. now, in t

chandra levy went missing from her apartment near dupont circle. the story goes national when it is revealed the 24-year-old intern was romantically involved with marriedcalifornia congressman gary condit. condit denied having anything to do with chandra's disappearance. in time, the focus of t investigation shifted to this man. ingmar guandique. an illegal immigrant doing time for assaulting two women in rock creek park. now in this case, there was very little concrete evidence. no official cause of death. no murder weapon. no dna. nofingerprints, no eyewitnesses. but the was circumstantial evidence. testimony from the women he assaulted in the park. stimony from his land lady about scratches head on his face the day chandra disappeared. testimony from his penpal who said he talked about a dead woman. and then enter this man. armando he mouse" morales. guandique's sell mate. morales said guandique confessed to theurder. i killed her, morales said guandique told him. i killed her but i did not rape her. guandique is 29 years old. heaces a minimum s

levy during that cellmates said that he never ordered ingmar guandique admitted to killing chandra levy. that was from a closed circuit camera from prison. coming up in the 5:00 hour, we will give you a look at evidence that the court has released, including a voicemail message left by former congressman gary condit on chandra levy's voicemail just days after her disappearance. live from northwest, courtney robinson. >>> this morning, authorities are still looking for the mother who left a newborn outside springfield church. the infant girl was found outside st. raymond's catholic church early sunday morning. the baby will be just fine, but they are concerned about the mother's well-being. to make sure that she -- because she did not have medical assistance when she gave birth. >>> the man charged in the fourth good mass shooting, the trial has come to an end. the attorney called no witnesses. they complained they have not received key government reports about the case. nidal hasan is accused of murders of 13 people and the shootings of 32 orders of durable. >>> american soldier is amon

. >>> the chandra levy case is almost over. today both sides will begin closing arguments and this comes as more charges against the chief suspects have been dismissed. courtney robinson is live in northwest with what some are saying is the beginning of the end. >> good morning. ingmar guandique initially faced nine charges. now he faces two counts of first-degree murder. this will be a big day at d.c. superior court as this could go to the jury by day's end. it is one cellmates word against another's. that will determine the fate of ingmar guandique, the man accused of murdering federal intern chandra levy in may of 2001. yesterday the defense rested its case if, pointing to the lack of physical evidence and they put another cellmate of ingmar guandique on the stand by closed circuit television from prison. misty was a fellow gang member of ingmar guandique and that he was in the same cell. another inmate testified that guandique intended to rob a woman and tackled her and she stopped breathing and stopped screaming. after thr

ingmar guandique is accused of killing chandra levy. the judge will instruct the jury again and begin deliberations once again. the question came in the middle of friday. jury had hoping vacavithe reached a verdict. we will be here all day long with several crews following this, awaiting the verdict. if convicted, ingmar guandique faces life in prison without parole. live in northwest, courtney robinson, abc 7 news. >>> 48 degrees outside. >> still ahead, beeper fever takes over the american music awards -- justin bieber fever. >> the redskins had a tough and victory. >> looking ahead to a holiday for test. it is the monday before thanksgiving. you are watching "good morning washington." you can [ female announcer ] joe here likes saving money. that's why joe likes aetna's payment estimator. he gets to compare out-of-pocket health care costs before they come out of his pocket. that's awesome. [ female announcer ] now let's say every joe in america uses it. looks like everyone likes saving money. ah, the potential of putting people first

we'll have the latest on the chandra levy case straight ahead. >>> talk of a possible tornado in maryland. thousands of people without power this morning. we'll tell you what to expect as you head out the door as fox 5 morning news continues now at 6:00. >>> good morning to you. this is a live look on this wednesday morning, november 17th in arlington, virginia where a huge tree came down across power lines. thousands of people in our area still do want have power today because of the storms that rolled through late last night. we'll be talking about that throughout the morning. good more -- morning, everybody. thank you for being here. i'm gurvir dhindsa. >> i'm steve chenevey. arundel middle school is closed today due to a power outage. the national weather service will anybody baltimore neighborhood trying to figure out if a tornado came through overnight. talking about fleetwood avenue in northeast baltimore where fire sills say gusts after of at least 80 miles per hour were clocked around 1:30 this morning. >> haven't we done this already a couple of times in the past. >> one more ti

the jury found audika guilty of killing chandra levy in 2001. he was already convicted of attacking two other women. -- the jury found ingmar guandique guilty. >>> the transportation security administration says only 700 passengers have filed complaints about the >>> >. following breaking news this morning. olin has broken up to find a naked intruder in the house. police are searching for the suspect. brianne carter is live in northwest washington with the breaking news. >> good morning. a number of residents from disks home -- from this home or outside. it happened on ontario in northwest. police were called and quickly arrived. police brought the k-9 unit. they searched the multilevel a house and went into each unit and did not find anything or anyone inside. they did not find any forced entry, but they will continue to investigate this. they have not given any solid description as to the man they believe was inside. they will continue to search for the man and to investigate. most residents are back inside, but visibly shaken but what happens

. >>> there has been a verdict in the chandra levy murder case. ingmar guandique was found guilty on two murder counts. prosecutors won a conviction even though they lacked the physical evidence to link guandique for chandra levy's murder. >>> the transportation security administration is trying to reassure passengers who are outraged about the so-called intrusive security screenings at airports. an estimated 24 million people will fly this week for the thanksgiving holiday. those would refuse to go through the full body scanner can expect a patdown. administration officials say travelers headed out of town this week won't be mistreated by tsa agents. president obama is also defending the policy. >>> and police in cambodia are searching for bodies in a river where almost 350 people died in a stampede. panic broke out on a narrow bridge as thousands of people rushed to get off of that bridge. the bridge was the only way to get to the capital, phnom penh. >>> the holiday shopping stampede is just around the corner. sticking to a solid budget always

and now one man guilty of killing chandra levy. >> good evening. i'm jim vance. >> and i'm doreen gentzler. this day isong coming for the family of chandra levy. the 21-year-old disappeared in 2001. her body was found a year later by a man walking in rock creek, but it wouldn't be seven years until charges were filed, and now nine years after she disappeared, a guilty verdict. pat collins and jackie bensen have bn reporting on this case from the beginning. jackie tells us live from district court. jackie? >> reporter: the verdict is a major victory for police and prosecutors. nine a a half years after chandra levy disappeared a murder conviction. >> i'm glad to be here and to have followed up on what happened to my daughter no maer how hard it has been for me personally. i'm not sure it's a sense of peace, but i can fairly tl you it ain't closure. >> 24-year-old chandra levy, a federal intern, was last seen alive on may 21st, 2001. her disappearance became international news when she was linked ro mantically with former california congressman gary

it was taken around the same time of chandra levy's disappearance. the deliberations are getting under way around 9:30. prosecutor has little to say outside of the superior court. in closing remarks, she told the jury that there is no adult -- no doubt this man killed chandra levy's and circumstantial evidence links into the murder. others say otherwise. >> they are basing it fun one thing which is a deadly combination. it is going to be hard to find beyond reasonable doubt. >> they asked the jurors to hear grand jury testimony from a former congressman who had an alleged affair with her. he pleads the fifth in the testimony. the judge denied the benches request. they have to review testimony and evidence are ready before them as they determine the fate of the suspect. as they try to come to a consensus, which it is anyone's guess as to when this verdict will come down. we are watching and waiting for the ruling. we will bring you the very latest. you can find out that information on our web site at wjla.com. >> thanks. a senior military official rec

that testimony saying he confessed to killing chandra levy. defense saying much of the prosecution's argument s fiction. there was no evidence to really point to ingmar guandique or anyone as having caused the death of chandra le, saying there was no reasonable doubt that had been established by the prosecution in this case. at this point the jury of nine women,hree men, looking at the evidence that the prosecution presented, that the defense presented, saying that ingmar guandique killed chandra levy this rock creek park. expected to come back with a verdict of guilty or innocent. at this point there's no incation how long that jury might deliberate. of crse, we'll stay on top of this story for the duration, until they come back with a verdict. i'll go back inside the courtrm with pat collins. if a verdict or any significant movement happens through the course of the day today, whenever it might happen, if it does, we will bring tt to you. >> we will await your return. thanks very much, aaron. >>> the punishment phase of representative charle

. >> guilty in the murder of washington intern chandra levy. man kicked and how the jury found him guilty without any physical evidence. >> i am seeing a long, long line of traffic heading up the toll. >> traffic troubles, the stretch of traffic that could have a 20-mile backup on thanksgiving. >> things cool down, rain moves in near the holiday. chance for wet weather on thursday in tte sky watch forecast. >> experiments from the cold war now causing cancer. >> that stuff would come down all over us. >> the maryland military base at the center of a cluster. and the challenge facing families looking for answers. live in high definition, from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news at then clock. >> hello, i am jeff barnd. >> and i am jennifer gilbert. a college student who is also award veteran, is barred from campus. after his essay is published in the school paper. red flag. >> crime and justice reporter joy lepola explains the demands now being made before the student is allowed back to the community college of baltimore county. >> it is a

a big day in the chandra levy murder trial. the prosecutors wrapped up their case, dropping rape charges against ingmar guandique. apparently there was a hangup with the jail house informant who was expected to testify that guandique confessed to him to raping chandra levy. but even without the sexual assault counts, guandique is still facing charge that could send him to prison for life. robbery, kidnapping and murder. also in the courtroom today we heard again the name gary condit, the former congressman. an fbi technician testified that gary condit's dna was found under a stain on underwear found in chandra levy's apartment. but the trouble for prosecutors is that neither gary condit's dna nor ingmar guandique's dna was found with chandra levy's skeletal remains in rock creek park. >>> i'm delia gonsalves at the israel metropolitan cme church in northwest washington where nearly 100 people are being fed. >> we have two different produce for you today. >> reporter: volunteers are serving up food for the soul. >> you treat as

. >>> nearly a decade since chandra levy died and nearly a month since the murder trial began. this morning the case is almost over. closing arguments are expected to begin today in the trial of ingmar guandique. courtney robinson is live in a request with what is the beginning of the end. good morning. >> good morning. ingmar guandique faces two counts of first-degree murder. prosecutors dropped seven charges yesterday. he initially faced nine. we expect closing arguments to begin today. then possibly it would be in the hands of jurors by the day's end. -- onene thelma's felons' word against another's. yesterday the defense rested its case, pointing to the lack of physical evidence and putting another cell mate of the suspect's on the stand from closed-circuit televisions from prison. he admitted that he was in the same jail cell as the defendant. another inmate testified that guandique violated the woman, robbed her, dragged her off the path, and then she stopped screaming and breathing. the witness pointed out that his spanish is not good. 10 years after the murder, the cour

. >>> we are following significant developments today in the chandra levy murder trial. the prosecution dropped two of the charges against ingmar guandique without any explanation. he is still facing two counts of murder along with kidnapping and attempted robbery, but the real bombshell came from a witness with the fbi today. fox 5's paul wagner has the details. >> reporter: when chandra levy first vanished in may of 2001, d.c. police seized several items from her apartment in hopes to solve the mystery of her disappearance. some of those items including underwear were degreed for dna. when the items -- tested for dna. when the items arrived in quantico to the fbi, the case was assigned to alan juicy. in testimony juicy told the court he found semen in chandra levy's panties that matched the profile of gary condit. on the witness stand last week condit refused to answer questions about his relationship with levy telling defense attorneys it was a private matter. he has never publicly acknowledged having an intimate relationship with levy instead saying they were friends

bruce leshan and at the chandra levy murder trial at d.c. superior court, closing arguments today. prosecutors asked jurors to think about this face. this face was the last face that chandra levy saw as she lay bound and naked, either dead already or left to die in rock creek park. prosecutors hung chandra levy's stained clothes right in front of the jury. the tights knotted as though used to bind someone. the sports bra, the t-shirt, all found with her skeletal remains eight years ago in rock correct park. he was talking young women -- stalking young women in the park. fiction, said the defense, all defense. they said the state hadn't brought evidence of where she died or when she died. they directed jurors attention back to former congressman who's dna was found on her underwear in her apartment. >> reporter: we learn today the ongoing corruption scandal today turned up another $400,000 in cash that was stashed in a closet. the money was confiscated from the howard county home of liquor store owner and his wife. both are accused of conspir

we don't know if it was before or after chandra levy disappeared. the jury again yet to reach a verdict. >>> new revelations in the widening corruption scandal in prince george's county. prosecutors claiming they have a police officer caught on videotape. >> the drug and gun case a spin- off of the corruption case at the liquor store in langley park. prosecutors say a boss any indian incident was using his police powers to run what he called his business, loading truckload of contraband headed into new jersey and new york. wiretaps revealed symbolic going a step behind. later he was twice caught on video ceiling deals while wearing a badge and gun investigator found a handgun after he was arrested, a gun they claim he purchased for a coconspirator. >> a powerful storm snapped large trees like this one, bringing down poles and power lines. >> i was asleep. i heard a big bang and flash of light. >> the large tree snapped poles, left hanging and power lines. the busy thoroughfare blocked off for most of the day. the powerful storms caused trees to come

. >>> up next, the jury deliberations in the chandra levy trial. stay with us. lots of lotions promised healing. this one actually does it. [ female announcer ] gold bond ultimate healing lotion. nothing feels like it, smells like it, heals like it. gold bond. this stuff really works. >>> bristol shan is live at the court where jurors spent the first full day delivering the fate of inmar juandika. >> won't be tonight, because the jury went home for the night. went home to restart deliberations. before they went home for the night, ah they asked for a picture of ingmar juandika. we don't know if it was this one in particular. they wanted the picture taken by irish portia, his then girlfriend in rock creek park. one of the key questions in this case has been weather inning march juandike had scratches on his face the night that chandra levy disappeared. the image we're looking at doesn't seem to be taken before or after she disappeared. in the courtroom was susan levy, who has suffered through the trial, and the argument against the prosecution that chandra levy m

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. >>> the face of a killer, ingmar guandique convicted of the murder of chandra levy, the end of nine years of doubts for so many people, but those who loved her most say their agony lives on. >> the result of the verdict may be guilty, but i have a lifetime sentence of a lost limb missing from our family tree. >> good evening. i'm brian bolter. >> and i'm laura evans in tonight for shawn. guilty of murder, that is the verdict that could mean life in prison for ingmar guandique. the fox 5 news team is covering every angle tonight. lead prosecutors and police speak out. the emotional words from her mother following today's verdict, the jurors with their take on the case and our experts will weigh in live. we begin tonight with fox 5's roby chavez who has been covering this trial since it started. >> it was a purely circumstantial case and today a big victory for the prosecution. there was no eyewitness and no dna evidence, but by 11:45 this morning a verdict was reached. you could feel the tension inside the courtroom. levy's mother let out a sigh. ingmar guandique stormed out and juro

. >>> a verdict in the chandra levy murder case. inning march guandique guilty on two -- ingmar gobbed guilty on two murder -- guandique guilty on two murder counts. the high murder policy case has lasted nearly a decade. fox 5 roby chavez working this one tonight. >> a big major victory for the prosecution and another cold case solved. so how did they do it? well, with circumstantial evidence and not a single strand of dna. prosecutors struck a chord it seems with jurors saying levy's death hit a pattern -- fit a pattern of other crimes for ingmar guandique. tonight he faces life in prison. >> very emotional here. >> reporter: a nervous susan levy reacting moments after ingmar guandique was found guilty of the murder of her daughter, chandra levy. she used the moment to send a message. >> what difference does it make? you, all of us in america need to wake up and stop the violence and make a difference. >> reporter: it's a big win for prosecutors and police who never gave up on the cold case. levy was killed nine years ago, her rem

>>>ed murder of chandra levy now in the -- murder chandra levy now in the hands of the jury. both side closed up their case today. deliberations begin monday morning, the defense pushing the point all evidence is circumstantial, the prosecution reminding the jurors chandra was attacked in a way very similar of two attacks on other women in rock week park. ingmar guandique was convicted in those two attacks. nine years after chandra levy disappeared will the case finely be closed? let's bring in bernie grimm. you've been skeptical over the last couple weeks of the prosecution's case i think it's safe to say. were any loose ends tied together today that may have changed your mind? >> the prosecutor in the case certainly knows her way around the courtroom and from what i understand and my discussions with paul wagner today, she did a dependable job with the facts she has, although for me i just don't think it's enough. they can't even put guandique in the park. the best connection they have is through a jailhouse penitentiary informant who said guandique admitted to killing the

susan levy, chandra's mother, glade at guandique looking for his reaction. >> i watched when the verdict was being read. you were looking at guandique. >> yes, yes. >> and tell me what you were thinking? >> reporter: don't know. i'm sorry. >> reporter: late this afternoon with the investigating and prosecuting teams behind him, the u.s. attorney made a statement from the -- in front of the courthouse. >> it's been nearly 10 years since the life was lost in rock creek park. and while today's verdict does not restore that promise, today's verdict sends a message that it's never too late for a murder to be held accountable for his crime and it's never too late for justice to be served. >> in my opinion and time, there is no better team. no better detectives, no more carrying a prosecutor and no more dynamic of a team that has put tremendous amount of effort into the case and so, i really want to, again, offer my sep seerest condolences to the family. >> reporter: guandique was serving a 10-year sentence for attacking two other women in rock creek park when d.c. police came crawling again an

intern chandra levy is in the hands of a jury. the defense and prosecution finished their closing arguments in the case of ingmar guandique yesterday. both sides are waiting for the verdict anxiously. courtney robinson is live outside d.c. superior court with the latest. >> good afternoon. many are waiting on this verdict. the jury began deliberating at 9:30. they are still deliberating. according to the prosecution, once the verdict comes down, that is the moment that the chandra levy family have been waiting for, nearly 10 years. innocent or guilty? 12 people will decide whether in my guandique murdered federal intern chandra levy in may of 2001, three weeks of testimony and evidence comes down to two days of arguments. for the prosecution is a case based on circumstantial evidence. they say that ingmar guandique is guilty left the woman to die in a remote area of rock creek park. there is overwhelming reasonable doubt according to the defense, and no physical evidence. they say it a guilty verdict would convict an innocent man.

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. >>> nine years after her death, the mystery surrounding chandra levy's murder is over. >> a jury of 12 convicted ingmar guandique of murder. steven is live at the courthouse with the reaction. >> chandra's mother susan leaned forward in her seat and glared at ingmar guandique with a look of angry satisfaction. the guilty verdict comes more than nine years after chandra levy's murder and it brings little in the way of comfort to her mother, susan. >> i can surely tell you that this is closure. >> the jury took 3.5 days. they maintain it was not because of this agreement but rather that they were perot. one juror cried at the reading of the verdict. she said the mac -- the magnitude of rendering judgment proved hard. >> you are judging these people's lives. i do not take that lightly -- lightly. i take that seriously. i'm confidence in the decision we made. >> she disappeared in may 2001. her relationship with gary condit was met with salacious speculation. prosecutors never produced any solid evidence linking ingmar guandique to the killings such as dna, fingerprints, or any of her p

could the man accused of killing chandra levy beat the rap? >>> this is 9news now. >>> one of the american's longest running crime mysteries could end tomorrow, it is, of course, the chandra levy trial. it became a national obsession because of her affair. did they give the jury enough to convict. it's a good question. here is gary nurenberg. >> reporter: a lot of evidence was destroyed by nature between the time chandra levy disappeared and her body was discovered in rock creek park a year later. evidence that could not be used against the defendant whom prosecutors charged with her murd he. >> they said it was a week case primarily because it was circumstantial. >> reporter: juries want to see more. >> they don't like these types of cases. they want to have hard, physical evidence. they want to see pictures. they want to have dna. they want fingerprints. >> reporter: they want to know absolutely that he was there. and the prosecutors can't prove that. and so they have to depend on kind of circumstances. >> reporter: that he admitted attackin

he's charged in the murder of chandra levy. the skeletal remains of the 24-yeaold intern found i rock creek park back in may 2002. she had been missing for about a year pointing to guandique, prosecutor haynes said his face is what chandra levy saw as she was dragged off that trai his face is what she saw as she begged for mercy. she sawis face as she laid there naked and disabled after he left her in that park to die. fiction. that was all fiction. those words from defense attorn atrney. he said the government has no evidence to prove when, where, how or who caused the death of chandra levy. he told the jry abo a number of possibletheorys. she even went on to talk about gary condit, the married california congressman romantically linked to chandra when she went missing in may 2001. condit has repeatedly denied having anything to do with chandra's disappearance. but sonnenberg said when condit was under investigation, he got special treatment. he does things like a glty man, she says. he doesn't cooperate. when he's called in f

the man who discovered chandra levy's body. >> my name i phil palmer. i'm at 4630 broad branch road. i was walk my dog in the woods this morning and i came across a human skull. >> are you sure? >> absolutely. i don't know anything else that look like it and that has fillings. >> that's true. >> yeah. i'll wait for somebody at the foot of the steps at 4630 at broad branch road. >> reporter: a little more about that cell mate who testified for the defense today. he is in the same gang as guandique and he doesn't speak spish which is pretty much all that guandique speaks. this case should go to the case tomoow. back to you. >> all right. a big day then. >>> fairfax county police are looking for the mother of a newborn baby foundoutside a church this weekend. someone left this baby girl outside st. raymond's before early mass yet. she was wrapped in towel and lying inside a gym bag. doctors say she was healthy and born full term. the baby's mother may need some medical attention shelf probably did not see a doctor before giving birth. >>> more on our top s

. >>> the murder of chandra levy a mystery that captivated the country. tonight the fate of the man charged with her death into the hands of a jury. good evening, everyone. i'm brian bolter. >> and i'm shawn yancy. just hours from now that jury will begin deliberating to decide if ingmar guandique murdered chandra levy in rock creek park nine years ago. today both sides got one last chance to make their face. fox 5's matt ackland was there. >> the judge told the jurors to be back in court at 9:30 monday morning. keep in mind there is no dna connecting the suspects, no eyewitnesses, so jurors will have to rely on other evidence presented. in closing arguments prosecutors reminded the jury of the two a knack rock creek park ingmar guandique has already been -- attacks in rock creek park ingmar guandique has already been convicted of. there was an inmate who said he heard guandique confess to chandra levy's murder. prosecutor amanda haines told the jury if prison has worked for one person, it's worked for armando morales, a good samaritan justo do something

intern chandra levy. after four days of deliberation, prosecutors relied on testimony from a former inmate who says he confessed to the killing. chandra's mother and jurors spoke outside the courtroom. >> we had many, many, many exhibits of every conceivable kind, and we went through all of them. that takes a long time. >> a sentence here, the result of the verdict, may be guilty but i have a lifetime sentence of a lost limb missing from our family tree. it's painful. i live with it every day. >> police initially focused their investigation on former representative gary condit of california. >>> you can read and hear more about the background of chandra levy's homicide case by going to our website. >>> that the hour, the search is on for a man who believed to attack a teenage girl in her bedroom. tara joins us live. >> reporter: good afternoon. we've been trying to get some information about this rape suspect. according to court documents, omar sofa has had some run-ins with the law before. we put a call

in the chandra levy murder trial of. -- of ingmar guandique. courtney robinson is live at this is beer court -- at the superior court. >> we do not know when we'll get the verdict brought up. there is quite a bit of evidence and testimony to go through. i can tell you that deliberations started a little bit late this morning, likely because of the very long line we saw out here in front of the d.c. superior court. at this hour, nine women and three men are once again sequestered inside of d.c. superior court, trying to determine the guilt or innocence of ingmar guandique. ingmar guandique is standing trial for two counts of first- degree murder of chandra levy in 2001. if convicted, he faces life in prison without parole. the jury could also handed down a second degree murder verdict, meaning 20 years to life. we saw last-minute attempts by the prosecution and the defense to put more evidence in front of the jury. those requests were denied by the judge. again, this is very much a waiting game here at d.c. superior court, awaiting the verdict w