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D.C. Lawyer Helped Nab Suspect in Jogger Attacks; Cop Didn’t Pursue Levy Lead

Posted Jul 18, 2008, 08:35 am CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss

An antitrust lawyer for Arnold & Porter who was attacked by a man as she was jogging in a Washington, D.C., park in 2001 fought off her attacker and helped police find a suspect.

But police investigating the disappearance of intern Chandra Levy were slow to recognize a possible lead involving the suspect, the Washington Post reports.

The lawyer who helped nab her own alleged attacker was Christy Wiegand, a recent graduate of Cornell law school. Her attacker had a knife, but Wiegand fought and screamed. The attacker finally ran and Wiegand went to police. She described the man, resulting in the arrest of Ingmar Guandique.

A U.S. Parks police officer who questioned Guandique asked if he… Continue reading...

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