The news that local authorities may have solved the Chandra Levy killing triggered complex emotions among survivors of some of the hundreds of other homicide victims in the city that received much less public — or police — attention.

“It is a source of pain for a lot of victims,” said Jeff Dion of the National Center for Victims of Crime, a Washington-based nonprofit group that advocates for victims’ rights. “There’s a real frustration among victims if they feel that their case isn’t given the respect or importance that it deserved.”

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