Illegal immigrant suspected in Chandra Levy murder may have escaped justice after botched probe: detective

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Twenty-five years after Washington intern Chandra Levy vanished, the high-profile case remains unsolved — and still haunted by questions about whether early missteps allowed a suspected killer to slip away. The case drew national attention in 2001, fueled by intense media coverage and scrutiny of Levy’s relationship with a sitting congressman. The prime suspect, however, turned out to be an illegal immigrant twice convicted of assaults on other women around the time of Levy's suspected murder and in the same park, according to federal prosecutors. Ted Williams, a former Washington, D.C. homicide detective and Fox News contributor who has been following the case for decades, said authorities failed to thoroughly search Rock Creek Park early on, delaying the discovery of Levy’s remains — and potentially weakening the case built largely on circumstantia