Condit Will Agree to New Interview
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Gary Condit signaled his willingness Monday to be interviewed a fourth time by police who are investigating the disappearance of missing former federal intern Chandra Levy. A sixth day of searching in Washington parks yielded nothing.
``If the police or FBI have anything new they want to discuss, we're happy to cooperate,'' said Marina Ein, a spokeswoman for the California Democrat.
Ein declined comment on a possible time or place for a fourth meeting, which a police officials have said could happen this week.
Condit was last questioned by police July 6, and investigators now want to enlist his help in developing a profile of Levy as a possible crime victim, a police official said.
An FBI profiler probably would sit in on the interview and attempt to elicit from Condit some information about where Levy may have gone or who may have targeted her, assuming she was harmed, the official said.
Executive Assistant Police Chief Terrance Gainer said Condit may also be asked about a watch box he apparently discarded in a trash can in an Alexandria, Va., park, hours before police began searching his apartment late in the evening on July 10.
``I think he certainly owes us an explanation,'' Gainer told The Washington Post in Monday editions.
But police do not believe the watch box has any relation to Levy's disappearance, officials said.
In the July 6 interview with police, Condit, 53 and married, admitted to an affair with Levy, 24, a police source has said.
Police have said they do not consider Condit a suspect in Levy's disappearance, which they are treating as a missing person case, not a crime.
She was last seen April 30 at a Washington gym, a week after her internship ended at the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. Police believe she used her computer until about 1 p.m. the following day.
When police searched her apartment, they found her packed bags and most of her possessions. Levy's keys were missing.
Levy had told her parents and others that she would be back in California in time for May 11 graduation ceremonies at the University of Southern California. She was intending to pick up her master's degree in public administration.
Police cadets looked for Levy in two Washington parks without success, police spokesman Sgt. Joe Gentile said. They plan to resume the search Tuesday.
In Florida, an attorney for Condit's younger brother said Sunday his client doesn't know anything about Levy's disappearance and hasn't left Florida or spoken to the congressman for a year.
Darrell Wayne Condit doesn't understand the media attention surrounding his arrest Saturday for violating probation for a drunken driving conviction in the Florida Keys, attorney Jon Sale said.
Originally published July 23, 2001.
