Defense attorneys presented in court Wednesday morning photos and personal items recovered from the apartment of slain intern Chandra Levy. Among them: the business card of former Rep. Gary Condit, D-Calif., with whom she was having an affair.
Defense attorney Santha Sonenberg questioned D.C. police Officer Charles Egan about the items, which were found on May 10, 2001, after Levy’s disappearance while jogging in Rock Creek Park earlier that month.
Her remains were discovered in the park a year later. A 29-year-old illegal immigrant from El Salvador, Ingmar Guandique, is on trial in D.C. Superior Court for murder.
In addition to Condit’s business card, items Egan was asked about included a handwritten note mentioning cerebral hemorrhage and cardiac death that was found on Levy’s kitchen countertop.
Sonenberg then asked about a black bag found in Rock Creek Park on July 25,2001, a day Egan was collecting evidence in the park. He said he could not recall whether the bag was placed in the Levy evidence, but later said when questioned by Assistant U.S. attorney Amanda Haines that he was not instructed to submit the bag for fingerprinting or lab work.
