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FILE -- In this April 22, 2009 file photo, Ingmar Guandique, 27, who is accused of killing Chandra Levy, is escorted from the Violent Crimes Unit by police in Washington. is scheduled to appear in court Friday, May 14, 2010. D.C. Guandique has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and other counts in Levy's death. His attorneys have asked to move his trial from Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) |
Trial for Chandra Levy slaying suspect stays in DC
WASHINGTON—A judge has decided to keep the trial of a man charged in the killing of federal intern Chandra Levy in the District of Columbia.
Attorneys for 28-year-old Ingmar Guandique (gwan-DEE'-kay) had argued he would not get a fair trial in Washington because of the extensive publicity. But Judge Gerald Fisher denied a motion Friday to change the venue of Guandique's trial in October.
Levy disappeared in May 2001 and her remains were found a year later in Rock Creek Park. Guandique faces a first-degree murder charge in her death.
The judge still has to rule on another defense request to suppress statements Guandique made to authorities in 2008.
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