The parents of Chandra Levy, the intern whose murder case remains unresolved, have broken their silence 25 years after her passing, suggesting that their daughter might have stumbled upon sensitive information.
During an interview on NewsNation’s Jesse Weber Live, Susan and Robert Levy shared their thoughts as the anniversary of Chandra’s disappearance on May 1, 2001, approached.
Chandra, a 24-year-old intern with the Federal Bureau of Prisons, vanished from Washington DC, a mystery that captured national attention. Her remains were discovered in a park a year later, but the circumstances of her demise continue to baffle investigators.
According to her parents, Chandra’s interest in UFOs might have played a part in the tragedy.
Robert Levy hinted that significant events occurring in Washington at the time, such as a conference involving UFO whistleblowers and members of the Central Higher Intelligence Committee, could be connected.
“Chandra mentioned something she knew about UFOs, and that Congressman Gary Condit was part of the House Intelligence Committee investigating them,” Robert explained.
Susan added: ‘She says, “Oh, he believes in UFOs like I do,” and that he deals with this stuff. So then it left me thinking, knowing Chandra, she’s very inquisitive.
‘Could she have known something that she wasn’t supposed to know? And could she have been wiped out because she knew too much?’
Chandra Levy was 24 and about to graduate college was she disappeared while in Washington DC where she worked as an intern
Her parents, Susan and Robert Levy, spoke out about their daughter’s disappearance and death, suggesting it was due to her knowledge of UFOs
Susan told NewsNation that about three years ago, at the ‘Contact in the Desert’ UFO conference, she experienced what she described as a ‘strong, intuitive’ feeling that her daughter’s death could be connected to CIA activity.
‘We don’t know what really goes [on] in the government. So many of us don’t know the truth about many things,’ she said. ‘And as you know, the fuel situation and people who are controlling the politics in the world, they’re not always given the truth.’
Speaking to host Jesse Weber, Robert recalled how his daughter’s time in Washington coincided with a conference organized by ufologist Dr Stephen Greer that featured whistleblowers discussing unidentified aerial phenomena.
‘Around the same time Chandra was in Washington, Dr Stephen Greer had his UFO conference in the first couple of weeks of May,’ Robert said.
‘He presented a lot of witnesses, a lot of whistleblowers on the UFO subject. And at that time, Chandra mentioned something that she knew about the UFOs that Congressman [Gary] Condit was on the committee to learn about UFOs,’ he added.
Susan said the idea that her daughter might have known sensitive information has lingered in her mind for years.
‘Knowing Chandra, she’s very inquisitive,’ she said. ‘Could she have known something that she wasn’t supposed to know? … And could she have been wiped out because she knew too much?’
Despite their suspicions, the Levys emphasized that they cannot definitively link their daughter’s death to any specific theory.
The 24-year-old Federal Bureau of Prisons intern vanished while living in Washington DC , in a case that quickly became one of the capital’s most infamous unsolved mysteries
Levy’s body was discovered in a park a year after she disappeared
Susan and Robert were believed to be the last people to hear from Levy after she emailed them the morning of May 1 to inform them about her travel plans.
She had ended her lease and cancelled her gym membership in the area, saying she was moving back home to California.
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Her parents called for three days before contacting the police on May 5 to report that they had not heard from their daughter.
Levy’s disappearance led to the dredging up of reports linking her romantically to Condit, who represented her hometown of Modesto at the time.
Condit then hired a criminal defense team while still denying he had anything to do with her disappearance.
A search of the park where the young woman often jogged turned up no evidence suggesting Levy had been in the area when she went missing.
Robert acknowledged that a suspect, Ingmar Guandique, had been charged in connection with the case in 2010, though legal proceedings later complicated the outcome.
‘Yes, quite possibly, although, you know, he’s still a suspect,’ Robert said when asked whether Guandique could have been responsible.
Guandique spent six years in jail for the killing, until the charges were dropped in 2016 due to an ‘unforeseen development’.
It was reported that vital testimony from Guandique’s former cellmate, Armando Morales, was found to be fabricated.
Morales told jurors at Guandique’s trial that he had confessed to killing Levy while the pair shared a jail cell.
However, after his release, Morales confessed to a neighbor that he had invented the story to gain credibility with prison officials, the Washington Post reported.
Over the years, the Levys said they have struggled with the emotional toll of living without clear answers about what happened to their daughter.
Robert acknowledged that a suspect, Ingmar Guandique (pictured), had been charged in connection with the case in 2010, though legal proceedings later complicated the outcome
The Levys have been searching for answers about their daughter’s dispparance and death for 25 years
Susan described coping with the loss one day at a time, particularly as the anniversary approaches each year. ‘Day by day, one step at a time, one breath at a time,’ she said.
Robert added that the pain of losing their daughter never truly fades.
‘I’m still working, but, you know, it’s always on my mind,’ he said. ‘You just can’t keep it in your mind all the time. You have to go on living. It’s tough to think about.’
The couple also expressed frustration over what they believe were failures during the investigation and trial.
Robert said they do not believe the case is currently being actively pursued.
‘No. Not as far as we know,’ he said when asked whether investigators were still working on the case.
Susan added that mistakes during legal proceedings left them without confidence in the official outcome.
‘So, we don’t know the real truth,’ she said. ‘But so many things have happened since then that we have other ideas.’
The Levys also said they believe their daughter’s curiosity and interest in public service may have placed her in situations where she encountered sensitive information.
Susan described her daughter as deeply committed to her beliefs and public duty, saying: ‘She had high moral standings. She really did believe in the government and believed in the Constitution.’
Even decades later, the Levys said they remain hopeful that new information could eventually shed light on what happened.
Susan said she continues to call for transparency and accountability surrounding unresolved cases like her daughter’s.
‘I’m stepping on a limb,’ she said. ‘I’m asking for disclosure. Someone knows the truth of what happened to my daughter, our daughter, Chandra.’
She added that she believes answers may exist not only for daughter’s case, but for other disappearances that remain unexplained.
‘And what has happened to a lot of other people that have disappeared, gone missing, that have demised in some mysterious ways,’ Susan said.
Twenty-five years after their daughter vanished, the Levys said their search for answers continues, driven by the belief that someone, somewhere, still knows the truth.
