Oct. 23, 2000: Chandra Levy arrives in Washington for an internship at the Federal Bureau of Prisons. She is 24. Dec. 23: Levy sends an e-mail to a friend: “My man will be coming back here when Congress starts up again.” It later emerges that she had an affair with Rep. Gary Condit, D-Calif.
April 23, 2001: The Prisons Bureau internship ends.
April 28: Levy tells her landlord in an e-mail that she’s moving back to California “for good.”
April 30: Levy cancels her membership at Washington Sports Club.
May 1: Levy’s parents receive an e-mail from their daughter, talking generally about her travel plans. It’s the last known contact with Levy.
May 5: Levy’s parents report her missing after three days of desperate calls.
May-July: Condit is interviewed by D.C. police. Published reports link him romantically to Levy, and he’s publicly accused of trying to cover up the affair.
July 14-18: D.C. police search Rock Creek Park, where Levy was known to jog. Police Chief Charles Ramsey says he doubts Levy will be found.
March 5, 2002: Condit loses his re-election bid in the Democratic primary.
May 22: A man is out walking his dog in Rock Creek Park and finds a skull and some human bones. Dental records match Levy.
May 28: The D.C. medical examiner declares Levy’s death a homicide.
Sept. 28: Police focus on Ingmar Guandique, a Salvadoran immigrant who was imprisoned shortly after Levy’s disappearance on charges that he attacked two other women who were jogging in Rock Creek Park.
Feb. 21, 2009: Media reports state that D.C. police are seeking an arrest warrant for Guandique in the case.
March 3: A judge signs an arrest warrant for Guandique, charging him with first-degree murder.
Oct. 25, 2010: Guandique’s trial starts in D.C. Superior Court.
Nov. 22: The jury finds Guandique guilty of first-degree murder.
— Freeman Klopott
