Chandra Levy\u2019s mother isn\u2019 t rock-solid sure who killed the vivacious intern from Modesto 16 years ago in Washington, D. C. But Susan Levy is satisfied that Salvadoran native Ingmar Guandique, whose murder conviction was overturned, has been deported.<\/b>
\nChandra Levy\u2019s mother isn\u2019 t rock-solid sure who killed the vivacious intern from Modesto 16 years ago in Washington, D. C. But Susan Levy is satisfied that Salvadoran native Ingmar Guandique, whose murder conviction was overturned, has been deported.
\u201cYes, he should go back, \u201d Susan Levy said Monday, taking a break from preparing for an art show opening next week in Modesto that was inspired by her daughter\u2019s death. \u201cI\u2019 m glad he\u2019s not walking the streets of America attempting to hurt other women.\u201d
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said Monday that Guandique, 35, was flown Friday to El Salvador and transferred to authorities there.
A jury convicted Guandique in 2010 for the death of Chandra Levy, whose 2001 disappearance became a national obsession after she was romantically linked to former congressman Gary Condit. Police in Washington at one point considered Condit a suspect, but later said they had cleared him.
Guandique\u2019s conviction was overturned after a jailhouse informant\u2019s testimony came under scrutiny.
Officials said Guandique has been in ICE custody since June. The news release issued Monday described Guandique as \u201ca documented MS-13 gang member\u201d \u2013 an ICE video of his deportation shows the letters MS tattooed on the back of Guandique\u2019s hand. President Donald Trump has frequently offered the MS-13 street gang as a rationale for his efforts to crack down on illegal immigration.
When Guandique was charged in 2009 with Levy\u2019s murder, he was already in prison for attacks on other women in Rock Creek Park in the nation\u2019s capital, where Levy\u2019s remains were eventually found.
Although Susan Levy said \u201che should go back\u201d to El Salvador, she is troubled that authorities did not have solid proof that Guandique killed her daughter.
\u201cAs we get older, things change, \u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019 re all going to the same place \u2013 where Chandra is. But you want to know that (the guilty) person is brought to justice, or there is no justice.\u201d
At his 2010 trial, another inmate, Armando Morales, testified that Guandique confessed to him that he had killed Levy. But evidence emerged casting doubt on the truthfulness of Morales\u2019 testimony. A judge in 2015 granted Guandique a new trial. In 2016, prosecutors announced that they would no longer seek to retry Guandique, clearing the way for his deportation to his Central American homeland.
Check back for a full story on Susan Levy\u2019s art show, \u201cA Mother\u2019s Tears, \u201d hosted at Modesto Junior College May 15 through June 1.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/p>\n

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