Here's my question: Did she have jogging clothes on?? If so wouldn't that prove she was jogging?!
Here's what she was wearing as reported.
WJLA Washington DC May 24:
"Clothing including tennis shoes, a jogging bra and a sweat shirt also were found."
Washington Post May 23:
"A neighbor in the Newport said she lived in the apartment just above Levy's and had often seen her in the mailroom or leaving the building, wearing jogging clothes and her Walkman."
(Walkman was found with her remains)
Washington Post May 24:
"a sweat shirt from the University of Southern California; leotards"
Washington Post May 25 (Sari Horwitz and Allan Lengel):
"stretch leggings knotted in a way that suggests they might have been used to restrain her"
Washington Post May 26 (Steve Twomey and Sari Horwitz):
"jogging bra, Reebok tennis shoes, running tights tied in a knot, University of Southern California sweat shirt"
Washington Post May 5, 2003: (Allan Lengel"
"leggings knotted at the bottom of both ends, leading some authorities to suspect that she may have been restrained and sexually assaulted."
Cox Washington Bureau May 25:
"a University of Southern California sweatshirt, a sports bra, and tennis shoes"
Washington Times May 25:
"a University of Southern California T-shirt, shorts, running tights, a red sports bra and running shoes."
Washington Times May 28:
"tied up with her own clothing, her hands bound by her tights"
Washington Times May 30:
"a University of Southern California T-shirt that police initially said was a sweatshirt, a pair of running shoes, running tights, underwear, a red sports bra"
Note the repeated description of University of Southern California T-shirt, running tights, and running shoes which you will see compared to other descriptions is a very deliberate depiction of her as a jogger. Given the initial police statements farther down, this has the appearance of a deliberate attempt to influence the investigation.
Daily Telegraph UK May 26:
Knotted leotard clue to death of Chandra Levy
"torn leotard twisted into a rope"
NY Post May 26:
"knotted leotard"
NY Post May 26:
"spandex legging, found inside out and knotted on both ends, indicating the possibility that she was restrained and sexually assaulted, police say."
CNN May 29:
"sweatshirt, sneakers"
Los Angeles Times May 29:
"friend Mike Vanden Bosch (both newsroom assistants at the Modesto Bee newspaper) recalled her smoky voice, her loud laugh, and her ever-present sweat shirt from the University of Southern California"
San Jose Mercury News May 29:
"Of all the things Mike Vanden Bosch remembers about his friend Chandra Levy, the one that made him laugh Tuesday was that USC sweatshirt.
She wore it everywhere, he told more than 1,000 people at her public memorial. Even in the oppressive heat of Central Valley summers, Levy insisted on wearing that sweatshirt, he said, laughing."
Personal note: Not only do people not run in a sweat shirt on a warm day, they certainly don't in a sweat shirt they wear constantly. For those that would say she took her sweatshirt off to run, and there were some of those back in the day, the thought of Chandra running in a sports bra should be enough for any woman to know that well endowed Chandra was not bouncing down highways and byways and horse trails in a bra. Women will understand that is why she wore the sweatshirt everywhere to start with.
This is basic behavioral knowledge that is overrriden by a government agenda to have Chandra place herself in Rock Creek Park where her remains were found for reasons that find the alternative of someone hiding her body there not something DC Justice wanted to pursue. Far from it.
Modesto BEE WASHINGTON BUREAU May 29:
"University of Southern California shirt, a sports bra, and shoes not made for serious running."
Modesto BEE WASHINGTON BUREAU July 16:
"a University of Southern California shirt and her leggings"
Daily News Washington Bureau May 30:
"her leggings were knotted into what police believe were restraints.
And there are questions about whether Levy was out jogging at all. The site is 5 miles from her apartment; she usually avoided running in the park. And according to the Farmers' Almanac, it was 82 degrees on the afternoon of May 1, 2001 - hot for jogging."
ABC News June 4:
"spandex leggings that were found with knots tied in them, suggesting she may have been sexually assaulted."
Post from libra1009 (on the original ChandraLevy.com site):
"I just want to respond about the spandex leggings being casual wear. I seem to remember in one of the home videos that was shown on the news, the one where Chandra is discussing some classes and a paper she had written, she was wearing a sweatshirt over black leggings. I'm sure you've seen the home video. I believe it is the one released where we all heard her voice for the first time. She was sitting in her parents' house in an ulphostered chair, talking about a paper she had written. She then got out of the chair, apparently to retrieve the paper to show her parents. It was then you could definitely see her dressed in the sweatshirt and leggings. I'm sure this video has been played over and over on all the news channels. Hope that helps."
My response:
"I think that background should be kept in mind when it is said she was dressed for jogging. She was dressed casually as she always did. That is a very important point, and pointing that out in the video really helps to prove it. Thanks."
summary of Tom Squitieri from USA Today interview on Fox from poster Rita on cl.com:
"Squitieri reiterated that Chandra was not a jogger, she obviously was going to the park to meet someone and was waiting for someone to call. When they did, she got up and left.
Out of all that he said, a theory he had about the tights were interesting, he said they could have been used to restrain her but also, to get her where she was, the tights could have been used as a carrying device. He said she was in a ravine, so the tights could have been used to help carry her there.
Squitieri believes this was a hastily planned affair because of the shallow grave, his point being that had it been planned longer, it would have been better planned.
He was asked about the fact Ann Marie Smith saw evidence of tying up under his bed, and Squitieri said that several women had reported this to him independent of AMS, they didn't even know AMS existed at that time, so it was not a copy cat type of thing. So he was sure that bondage was a part of Condit's MO."
Note: Rita was disabled from MS and was painful for her to type. This was a real effort for her to post, and showed how dedicated she was as I'm sure most here understand.
In addition to her normal casual clothes she wore, how did the DC Justice people change her to jogging from this?:
Washington Post July 14:
"Her friends and relatives say she was not a jogger, was not familiar with the park and had expressed safety concerns about being in Rock Creek Park by herself."
USA Today May 23:
"That suggests to some that she was accosted and killed while jogging, probably shortly after e-mailing her family in California on May 1, 2001.
But police cautioned against that conclusion, noting that the remains were found far from known jogging trails."
O'Reilly Factor with guest Rita Cosby May 23:
"O'REILLY: Now, you don' t believe she was jogging, do you?
COSBY: No, I don't, and police do not believe she was jogging. That area was so thickly wooded, so many rocks in that area, it's not a common place to jog. So they're saying she must have been brought there, or that could be a secondary site, even.
At the top of the, it's interesting, there's a grove area, as they're describing, a place where even a car could park. So it is possible that either she was lured to that area or that part was just the location where maybe they dropped the body off."
On the Record with Greta with guest Ted Williams May 31:
"TED WILLIAMS, FORMER D.C. HOMICIDE DETECTIVE: But, you know, Greta, I'm very concerned.
VAN SUSTEREN: And that is because, Ted, because the body -- at least in your view, your hypothesis -- and this is a hypothesis at this point -- had to be moved from some distance?
WILLIAMS: Yes. I would think that it would have, even if you were at the top of the hill and you threw the body down.
Listen, Greta, let's be very realistic. When you're talking about rapists who murder, people who rob, who kill, those individuals will rob, kill, and get out of there. They will rape, kill, and move out in a hurry. They don't take time to try to get rid of a body. Somebody methodically attempted to get rid of the body of Chandra Levy, as far as I'm concerned."
Modesto BEE WASHINGTON BUREAU May 29:
"The nearest footpath is the rugged Western Ridge Trail, about 100 feet higher than where Levy's remains were found."
Los Angeles Times May 29:
"Police already have rummaged through a picnic area overlooking the site and reportedly are studying the possibility that Levy's body was dumped from above."
NY Post May 26:
"Evidence collected at the spot where her remains were found points away from her being killed in a random attack while she was jogging, the sources said.
Cops found a knotted leotard next to the remains, leading them to believe she was tied up before she died.
In addition, the spot where she was found is four miles from her apartment building and there are no real jogging paths there. It is not easily accessible by car."
Note: The "not easily accessible by car" is a bit literal. As her remains were halfway down a forested slope of the tallest hill in DC hidden in a depression, her remains were obviously not accessible by car, but climbing back up to the top of the hill you are about 75 yards into the forest from Glover Road and picnic table 18.
It is actually ideal for driving up to at dusk and toting a body (one man who spends a lot of a time in the gym could haul her 110 pound corpse, the majority was sliding down a gravelly slope) out the "No Horses" path which actually doesn't go anywhere, just circles around the peak and back to Glover Road at picnic table 16. Then drop straight down the hill through the trees with extremely poor footing and deposit the body in a depression under leaves.
Toss her sunglasses on out the No Horses path a few yards and her Walkman downhill a little and you've set up a staged sexual assault in the middle of nowhere coming from nowhere. But don't expect anyone who hasn't been there to understand that, the jury especially had no idea.
Oh and take her CL engraved ring, bracelet given to her by her Congressman boyfriend, and her keys to stage a robbery with the assault, and you're good to go.
Works for what passes as justice in DC.
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