The man charged with murdering CHANDRA LEVY has a tattoo on his chest that bears a chilling resemblance to the tragic Washington intern.
That’s one of the bombshell disclosures in the blockbuster new book Finding Chandra, A True Washington Murder Mystery, written by journalists Scott Higham and Sari Horwitz.
The book – which is scheduled for a May 11 release – reveals startling new details about 28-year-old Salvadoran immigrant Ingmar Guandique, who now awaits trial for Chandra’s murder.
Chandra was just 24 when she disappeared on May 1, 2001. Her body was found a year later in D.C.’s Rock Creek Park.
The hunt for her killer gripped America – fueled by the revelation that she’d been having a secret affair with former California Congressman Gary Condit. But it wasn’t until nearly eight years after the murder that illegal alien Guandique was indicted in the pretty young woman’s slaying. He is already serving a 10-year sentence for brutal knife attacks on two women in the same park.
“Detectives are confident Guandique is the guy – there is new forensic evidence that directly links him to Chandra’s murder,” said former Washington, D.C., homicide detective Rod Wheeler, who consulted on the case.
The book also provides new details aboutthe married ex-congressman caught up in the case. While Gary Condit was never named a suspect by police, he came under intense media scrutiny and the revelation of the affair led to his loss in his bid for re-election in 2002.
The authors claim that the FBI did tests on Chandra’s underwear and found Condit’s DNA.
But when the focus of the investigation switched to Guandique, already jailed for the two other vicious knife attacks, detectives found a photo of Chandra – ripped from a magazine – in his cell and the chilling tattoo on his chest.
The detectives “noted the large tattoo of a naked woman with long black hair – and the similarities to Chandra,” says a source.
“They asked if that was ‘some sort of souvenir’ that reminded him of the murder. He smirked, and giggled, but didn’t answer.”
