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Moving across the country in your early 20s can be exciting and scary at the same time. Taking the time to grow and live in a city completely different than where you're from can feel liberating. 24-year-old Chandra Levy was working towards her Master's Degree, finishing up her last requirement for graduation at a Washington D.C. internship. Right before she was set to return home to attend her graduation, she failed to call her parents to make her flight arrangements. After not hearing from her for days, her parents make the trip all the way from California to find their daughter. For a minute, there were no leads. That was, until, Chandra's parents discovered she was having a secret relationship with a well-known politician. Soon, police get ahold of Chandra's laptop history and are led to search a huge park in Washington D.C. What they failed to find in the weeks following Chandra's disappearance would be found a year later along with other clues. After the conviction and eventual release of who police thought was responsible for her death, there are still no answers as to what happened to her. Take a DEEP DIVE into crime to find out how a young graduate student's murder has gone unsolved for over 20 years. For business inquiries email: [email protected] Support CrimeDive using the links below! https://anchor.fm/crimedive-podcast/support TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@crimedivewithlexi Instagram https://www.instagram.com/crimedivepodcast_/
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