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WASHINGTON (AP) On foot and horseback, police went through a
Washington park on Monday looking for the remains of Chandra Levy
in a place she liked to visit. They came away empty-handed,
frustrated anew in the 2-month search for the former federal
intern.
Police cadets joined officers in the area around Klingle Mansion
in spacious Rock Creek Park, about two miles from Levy's apartment.
Police say Levy, 24, looked up a map site for the house on May 1,
the last time she is believed to have used her laptop computer and
a day after she was last seen in public.
Police have searched the area before in their hunt for Levy,
Executive Assistant Police Chief Terrance Gainer said. They plan to
search at least three other Washington parks this week.
Officers also continued to search abandoned buildings in the
neighborhoods near Levy's apartment. They have looked through 243
buildings with no sign of Levy's body, Gainer said.
"The good news is we didn't find what we didn't want to find,"
he said.
The case has generated national attention because of the
involvement of Rep. Gary Condit, a Democrat whose district includes
Levy's hometown of Modesto, Calif. He has said he and Levy were
friends, and, according to a police source, he has told
investigators he was having an affair with her.
Condit, 53 and married, is not a suspect in Levy's
disappearance, according to police, who classify the case as that
of a missing person rather than a crime. Condit has kept a public
silence but has talked with authorities three times.
Levy's mother, Susan Levy, has said she believes Condit may have
more information he can share with investigators, and she has
strongly urged him to cooperate with authorities.
"I just want my daughter home. I want her home soon, alive,"
she said Monday outside her home in Modesto.
Meanwhile, Condit critics plan a rally Tuesday outside his office
in Modesto. They plan to call for Condit's resignation.
"We're going to keep on him until he's gone," said Saundra
Duffy, the Fresno/Central Valley coordinator for the conservative
group that runs the freerepublic.com Internet site. "There's no
excuse for his behavior."
Police have four theories about Levy's disappearance: She left
of her own accord, committed suicide, has amnesia or is the victim
of foul play. Police have reported finding no signs of foul play in
her apartment.
Police say the suicide theory becomes more unlikely as time
passes because a body has not been found. Last week, police
released computer-generated pictures of Levy showing how she might
look if she changed her hairstyle.
Levy was last seen when she canceled her membership at a health
club April 30. She was making preparations to return home to attend
her graduation ceremony at the University of Southern California.
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