Good evening again, im david muir. And im elizabeth vargas. Thank you for joining us on this saturday night. It was the explosive scandal. Justice delayed for so many years, as chandra levis parents waited for an arrest. And a conviction that would stick. But as we come on the air tonight, they are still waiting for justice. Just last week, the prime suspect was deported to his native el sad have a door for entering the u. S. Illegally. Heres deborah roberts. Reporter its not fords theater, or the watergate hotel. But this Simple Storage unit may soon claim its own place in the criminal history of washington, d. C. This is the place. Where did you put the recorder . I had the recorder right here behind that plastic bin. Reporter it was right here that this woman set up a bizarre amateur sting operation which would upend one of d. C. s most famous murder cases and, she says, endanger her own life. I honestly thought, hes going to kill me. Reporter were talking about the notorious chandra levy case. This case had everything. It had power. It had sex. It had the nations capital. It had a young woman on the rise. Reporter and now, because of this woman, the man once convicted of the murder, will walk free. Do you regret making those recordings . I had that recorder because my gut instinct told me something was really wrong, and something terrible could happen. Reporter tonight, youll hear her story. Hear from that suspected killer himself. Were on our way to meet the man many are convinced attacked and killed chandra levy. And Something Else youve never heard. I havent heard from you. Reporter actual voicemail recordings from the congressman at the center of chandras story. Its 11 45. Im sorry ive been tied up for the last few days, but you already know that. Reporter in fact, well begin right there, with what condit left on 24yearold levys home answering machine on a night in early may 2001. Maybe youre out of the country or something. Anyway, give me a call if you get this message. Bye. Reporter the democrat of Central California is wondering where chandra is. And hes not the only one. I called up and called up and then she didnt answer. Reporter bob levy, an oncologist, and wife susan are expecting their 24yearold daughter back home in modesto, california. She was shy. She really liked being at home. Reporter yet her daughter was ambitious, dreaming of a career in Law Enforcement. You sound like youre very content with the program and everything. Oh, yeah. Reporter shed even volunteered at her local Police Department before heading to the nations capital. She got the internship, the department of prisons there. And i think she was interested in going to the fbi. Reporter the fbi would be in chandras future, but not in the way she imagined. After nine months in d. C. , the internship is over. Chandra cancels her gym membership and emails her landlord that shes heading back to california. Then i called again, then on the weekend she didnt answer. Reporter five days pass with no word. Chandras anxious parents call police, who head to her apartment and make some noteworthy discoveries. It appeared to the police she was packed up, ready to go home. Reporter fbi special agent brad garrett, now an abc news consultant, worked the levy case for years. Her drivers license, her credit cards reporter her cell phone . And her cell phone were still in the apartment. Thats baffling to me and others because the whole idea is when youre going to leave, youre at least going to take an i. D. There were only two things missing, her keys and a ring. Reporter a gold ring with her initials, c. L. In diamonds, a College Graduation gift from her parents. What are you hearing from the police . They were sort of nonchalant, because what could they do . Reporter police do canvas the area, including nearby Rock Creek Park. And susan levy begins her own search, looking through her daughters cell phone bill. I saw this number that was being called many, many, many times, and i decided to call that number, and it turned out to be gary condit, and he answered the phone. Reporter what did you say . I was kind of surprised, and i said, do you know where my daughter is . I thought to myself, this is wrong. Come on in, make yourself comfortable. Give me ten minutes. Reporter but why, exactly, was the congressman, a ministers son and married father of two, calling a young intern to get together . Give me a call. Give me the rundown on kind of what your schedule is. Things are looking pretty good for me today anyway. Bye. Reporter condits always maintained he cooperated with police, and voluntarily came in for questioning. But former d. C. Chief of detectives, jack barrett, believes condit was being coy. He admitted to the detectives that first night that they were dating. We didnt know whether it was a friendly relationship, we didnt know if it was a sexual relationship. Reporter he didnt admit that he had a sexual relationship with her . He did not. Reporter word soon leaks that condit and levy did have something going on. Shed even dropped hints to her family. Listen to this home video. Chandra told us about her adventures in d. C. , the bureau of prisons and her congressman friend. Reporter and chandra had vaguely described a romance to her coworker sven jones. When she spoke of her relationship, she never offered a name. She just said powerful person, someone who she was in love with, someone who she could see making a life with. Reporter talk of a congressional sex scandal sets off a media firestorm. Police have questioned congressman gary condit, whos reportedly said levy spends some time in his washington, d. C. , area condo. In front of gary condits office, the whole street was blocked off with tv trucks, every day, out in front of the levys house, the same thing, with tv trucks, camera crews. Reporter were you wondering, or worrying, for a second, whether your father was somehow implicated in this . No, i knew he wasnt. I knew he had done nothing wrong, illegally wrong. When folks start calling my dad a murderer, its wrong. Reporter chad is condits eldest child, a top aide to the governor of california when the levy case broke. He hadnt hurt her, hadnt obstructed justice, told the Law Enforcement people from the start what the deal was. Reporter the levys arent buying it. And take their suspicions public. We would ask congressman condit and anybody else with information to please come forward. Please cooperate with the police. Do you know anything about where chandra levy is . From the very beginning, he was trying to protect his professional reputation. He was the one that created this problem for himself. We had no place to turn other than to try and focus on him. Congressman, why wont you take a polygraph . Reporter it becomes the summer of condit. American tvs saturated with daily images of the gaunt congressman, grinning through clenched teeth as he tries to maintain a facade of normalcy. I wish i would have gave him better advice. I mean, i wish somebody would have. You have a relationship, a friendship, that is hard to explain. Reporter yet, his dad will have some more explaining to do. Congressman, did you urge Anne Marie Smith to lie . Reporter people come forward, alleging condit had relationships with other women. He declines to discuss those allegations. We identified a number of women that were dating him while he was here in d. C. , and his family was back in california. Reporter the floodgates are open. Where is chandra . Reporter protests call for condits resignation. 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Her parents determined to keep their missing daughter in the public eye. Where is chandra . Reporter they make the rounds on television. We just want her back. Reporter but its not easy to maintain a brave face. Please help us. Help us find her reporter thats dr. Levy breaking down on abc sacramento affiliate kxtv. Police continue grilling the congressman, trying to tamp down the speculation. The congressman was not a suspect before the meeting. He was not a suspect during the meeting, and he is not a suspect since the meeting. Reporter yet the levys are convinced that condit not only committed adultery, but perhaps something much worse. I urge him if he does have any information please be man enough to step forward. Reporter hoping to change the narrative, condit agrees to a National Television interview with abcs connie chung. He felt as if i was interrogating him under a hot light. In many ways, i was. Reporter 24 Million People watch the interview. It went a lot like this. Congressman condit, do you know what happened to chandra levy . No, i do not. Did you have anything to do with her disappearance . No, i didnt. Did you kill chandra levy . I did not. We had a close relationship, i liked her very much. May i ask you, was it a sexual relationship . Well, connie, i have been married for 34 years and i have not been a perfect man, and ive made my share of mistakes. But out of respect for my family and out of a specific request from the levy family, i think its best that i not get into those details about chandra levy. Reporter was that respect for you . I laughed about it. Because i thought it was so false. Phony. Its just his way of weaseling out of it. It was preposterous. You just have to shake your head and say, why would he even agree to do the interview if hes not going to be forthcoming . Allnew dr. Phil. Reporter in november, condit gave an interview to dr. Phil, his first interview in 14 years. Came by your condo once . Well, maybe twice. Reporter he may have looked somewhat different, but he sounded pretty much the same. Why is it you will not answer publicly whether or not you had a sexual relationship with chandra levy . I havent, you know, answered that question publicly for 15 years and im not going to change my position or my view on that today. Reporter but if condit is reluctant to speak frankly, the forensic evidence speaks for itself. Chandra levys panties taken from her apartment shortly after her disappearance contained bodily fluids. Dna tests determined the fluid came from gary condit. Reporter think what you will of gary condit, theres no evidence he was involved in Chandra Levys disappearance. Most of us in the Police Department and the fbi agreed that he was not our suspect and that we needed to be looking elsewhere. The case of the missing washington intern. Reporter as the case continues to dominate the news, it seems nothing can trump the story of the missing intern and her friendly congressman. Until, of course, something does. And then september 11th happens. What happened to you and your investigation and your detectives . The Media Attention went away. We lost a big helping hand with the fbi, because they devotion of resources to terrorism, things changed dramatically. Reporter with the worlds attention diverted, the levys are left with little to go on. Because theres no body, you still hope shes alive somewhere, like with any missing person. Thats all you got is hope. Reporter as the case loses momentum gary condit lost his congressional seat. Reporter condit loses his bid for reelection, to nobodys surprise. Very difficult to win a race when youre being accused of murder. Its been a great opportunity to be in public service. Reporter weeks later, a striking coincidence. Awardwinning Washington Post reporter sari horwitz is revisiting the now cold case of the missing intern. I arranged a breakfast with a Police Official and during the breakfast, his pager just started going off. Reporter then, a timely break that a reporter can only dream of. And when he came back, he had this stunned look on his face. And he said, youre not going to believe this, but i just got a call, and they think they found Chandra Levys remains in Rock Creek Park. Reporter the remains lay in a remote section of washingtons largest park, five miles from chandras apartment. Finally, they discover her body in Rock Creek Park. Huge park. Huge park. Twice as big as central park in new york city. Reporter the gruesome discovery made by a park regular. U. S. Park. I was walking my dog and i came across a human skull. Reporter this is actual crime scene video. Those are chandras reebok sneakers, sony walkman and her jogging pants tied in knots, which will lead investigators to believe this was no accident. But no sighting of her gold ring. We cried. Yeah. Cried a lot. We screamed and cried. Yeah. You cant imagine, to have your child laying out there. It seemed so unfair. Reporter for detectives, the discovery brings relief. But also embarrassment. This is something that we all have to live with. There may have been dna evidence, all that was lost because of the fact that we were unable to locate her remains during the time that we were searching the park. Reporter the remains found 79 yards off a dirt path, down a sharply steep embankment. Police had searched 100 yards off all paved roads. Had they searched 100 yards off all foot trails, too, they may have found chandras body, dna intact, months earlier. Some people see that as evidence of ineptitude on the part of the police. Is that fair . Everybodys entitled to their opinion. Reporter critics say it wasnt to be the only police blunder. Days after levys disappearance, an untrained officer tried going through her computer, and accidentally corrupted the data. Which wouldve shown levy had researched Rock Creek Park. And on top of that, another oversight at her Apartment Building. What about the surveillance camera of her building . So many times people look to see who came and went in a building. Things like surveillance cameras unless you go and initially grab them or tell the management to hold them, they erase or disappear. And unfortunately thats what happened in this case. Reporter at least now the levys can have a memorial and lay their beloved daughter to rest. She was a quiet but very powerful force. Very smart and funny. I felt like she was going somewhere. It was just really disheartening. Reporter when we come back, police find more secrets in the park and set sights on a new man. Will there be justice for chandra . When we get two attacks on women by a guy with a knife in a short distance to where levys body was found, that stands out like a neon sign. Reporter and the voice of the witness who could both make and break the case. He told me he didnt know he killed her. 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Then we are going to have the point where he first attacks her. Then we have the actual murder scene itself. Then finally, we have where the body gets disposed of. Reporter rossmo was brought into the chandra levy case by the d. C. Metro police, and the fbi, after focus shifted away from congressman gary condit. We made it pretty clear to the prosecutors that we didnt think condit had anything to do with it. Reporter instead, police gradually retrain their focus on this man, whod been arrested for attacking two female joggers in the park just two months after chandras disappearance. Not enough attention was being paid to a suspect who was hiding in plain sight. Reporter both attacks occurred in similar park locations. Same sort of path, same sort of slope although this is probably a bit steeper, same sort of isolation. Reporter both women fought off their assailant and survived. The first female jogger, the one who was attacked about 700 yards from where levys body was found, said she saw guandique in the pierce mill parking lot. And if you look at where chandra levy lived, the logical route would have taken her right through the pierce mill parking lot. Reporter so who is the predator in the park . His name, Ingmar Guandique, a 19yearold undocumented construction worker from el salvador. He had alcohol problems, he had cocaine problems. Reporter Sari Horowitz and her Washington Post colleague scott higham published an explosive series of articles questioning why the metro pd hadnt pursued guandique harder in the levy case, given his disturbing m. O. He would sit at a park bench and he saw a certain type of we mall, that something inside of him would compel him to give chase. He would sprint up behind them, grab them around the neck and pull them off the trail. I had seen an article in the Washington Post that talked about this guy called guandique, who attacked two women in the park. The microgeography was identical. So, i was curious, how how had they just missed him . Reporter why would somebody who attacked a woman and possibly even killed her, come back to the same area and attack two more women right after that . Because it worked for him. Reporter guandique is hit with a tenyear sentence for the attacks. But now, after those scathing Washington Post articles, police look at the levy case with fresh eyes. Zeroing in on guandiques activity around the time chandra vanished. We know he didnt go to work on may the 1st. We know that he had marks on his face, following the disappearance of levy that he gave inconsistent explanations for. But you can only solve a crime through a confession, physical evidence, or a witness. Reporter theres nothing to actually tie him to chandra levy. Unfortunately, one of the best means of finding physical evidence from the body had been lost because of its decomposition. Reporter but all is not lost. Coming up, police find something, make that someone, who they say will finally connect guandique to chandra levy. The arrestee is Ingmar Guandique. Reporter and still to come, what role does this woman, an extra from house of cards and her secret sevenhour recording, have to do with the case . I feel like im in the house i feel like im in the house of cards. Everyday, millions of you walk through our front doors. And you inspired our new flavors. Introducing mcdonalds signature crafted recipes. Sweet barbecue bacon made with crispy onions. Pico guacamole made with real hass avocados. Maple bacon dijon with thickcut applewood smoked bacon. Purchase any signature crafted recipe sandwich and use the mcdonalds app to get a free medium fries and soft drink. You bring your flavor to the world. We bring ours to you. 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Reporter what was it like for you, being at that trial . It wasnt easy. Reporter cameras arent allowed in the courtroom, but the emotional testimony from the two female joggers who survived guandiques attacks take the gallerys breath away. Its almost like chandra is testifying through these women on the witness stand. Reporter gary condit has been diligently avoiding the spotlight. But now finds himself right back in the middle of it. Mr. Condit, anything you want to say . Reporter called to testify, he heads to court with a media circus in tow. I think he was kind of the elephant in the room and they needed to demystify him. Reporter former u. S. Attorney tim heaphy prosecuted cases in the d. C. Office. It would be too easy if he were a silent presence for the defense to suggest directly or subtly that he was the real culprit. Reporter a condit sighting always makes headlines, but now prosecutors are hanging their case on a secret weapon. One of the prosecutions star witnesses. Reporter meet Armando Morales, a california gangster with the record and the tattoo to prove it. That paw print marks him as a member of the fresno bulldogs, a gang notorious enough to merit a documentary on the history channel. Heres morales cameo. A bulldog named armando mousey morales. Reporter back in 2006, morales and guandique were sharing a federal prison cell for separate crimes. Now on the stand, morales makes a stunning allegation guandique made a detailed confession to the levy murder. Juror sharee baker. His testimony was convincing. He knew certain things. Reporter after morales testimony, guandique is found guilty and sentenced to 60 years in prison. A jury convicted him on two counts of first degree murder. The result of this verdict may be guilty, but i have a life time sentence of a lost limb missing from our family tree. Reporter one of the countrys longest ongoing murder mysteries is finally over. Or is it . The conviction starts to wobble two years later when the defense discovers that the snitch morales concealed a crucial fact from the jury. Hed had a history of working with Law Enforcement. Knowing those prosecutors, my guess is they had no idea until after the fact about mr. Morales prior cooperation, maybe they should have. Reporter honest mistake or not, its a big enough deal to make some very big news. The accused killer is getting a new trial. Reporter what happened for you when you heard that guandique was going to get a new trial . There was a part of me that says, well, maybe mr. Condits going to be asked to come back and talk a little bit more indepth. Reporter susans instincts are spot on. A Major Development in one of the biggest murder cases of the last two decades. The defense is pointing the finger at california congressman. Reporter guandiques attorneys allude to a defense straight from fifty shades of grey. They wanted to develop information about other relationships he had that may have involved rough sex play. Reporter it looks like condits sex life could be on trial. But wait. Okay. Reporter out of nowhere, this woman is about to crash into the case. Things will never be the same. A 15yearold murder case is turned on its head because of you. Did you ever expect that . No, absolutely not. Reporter shes reluctant to talk to us. Saying shes in danger. And keeps her whereabouts secret. You dont want us to say where you are. I feel unsafe. Reporter her name, babs proller, a smalltime actress originally from germany. An extra, coincidentally, in the smash political drama, house of cards. We overcame those tensions. Reporter so how exactly did she land a role in a famous d. C. Murder case . I mean, sometimes real life, i think, can be reporter stranger than fiction. Stranger than fiction, absolutely. Reporter her strange tale begins this past july in annapolis, maryland. Babs is going through rough times and is staying for a while at this country inn and suites. During her stay, she crosses paths with a mysterious middleaged man who calls himself phoenix. He was very kind. He was very friendly. He seemed like a very personal, nice guy. Reporter was there a spark going on here . No, no. There was no spark. Reporter but they grow do closer and a friendship ensues. Phoenix even babysits babs golden retriever, buddy, while she is out of town. Thats him with buddy and buddy actually has a paw up there on him. Reporter but dont let those sweet selfies fool you. Phoenix has a paw of his own. That tattoo, marking him as a former gangster from the fresno bulldogs. He is in fact the same snitch who testified so convincingly at the chandra levy trial, Armando Morales. His face changed completely. It went from this gentle, kind, caring guy, into a look that almost scared me a little. Reporter trusting his new friend, morales reveals hes just done 20 years in prison. I said, 20 years . You mustve almost killed someone to be in for 20 years. And his answer was, i wish it wouldve only been one person. Reporter so whats he doing here . Morales explains hes the key witness in the upcoming retrial of Ingmar Guandique. While preparing to testify, the government has put him up in the hotel with a cell phone, a room key and some cash, and strict orders not to blow his cover. What did you think . I was intrigued of his involvement, what he knew. Reporter shes intrigued enough to continue the odd friendship, but also scared that the criminal could hurt her or those close to her. So she makes a fateful decision. Babs says that, for her own protection, she begins recording her conversations with morales in the hotel, in the car, even in this storage locker where hes helping her organize her things. This is where you recorded it all, mostly. I did. Reporter next, the secret recordings that will rock the levy case, and get a convicted killer out of prison. All righty, lets go in there. He told me he didnt know he killed her. What started as a circus ended as a circus. Whats the husbands name again . David. David please, humans first. Behold the future. Ill. Come back. The veil intelligent toilet, by kohler. Are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool . Try zyrtec® its starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. Stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®. You get to do the dishes. Ed. Bring em on. Dawn ultra has 3 times more greasecleaning power. A drop of dawn and grease is gone. Luis waited his whole life being crowned champions. So our Wellness Coaches developed a plan, to keep him fit and healthy. And when his moment finally arrived, his knees were up to the job. Aetna. You dont join us, we join you. Reporter a row of Storage Units near annapolis, maryland. Isolated. A little spooky. Maybe not the first place youd pick to secretly record a career criminal. But then again, youre not babs proller. So this is the storage facility. And this is the unit that i worked with armando. Reporter and you had your recorder on you when you were in here . I did. I put it, actually, right here on the shelf. Reporter do you see yourself as some kind of an investigator . Is that what youre out to do . Are you out to get the attention . No. I didnt want to have my name really involved. It wasnt supposed to be exposed at all. I only started taping because i truly was afraid. Reporter 20 20 has obtained seven hours of conversations between babs and her new friend Armando Morales. I got 22year sentence for gang racketeering. Reporter the prison snitch so crucial to the chandra levy investigation. I feel like im back on tv like an episode of house of cards, you know, its funny. Reporter the tape seems to reveal that the excon Armando Morales hasnt forgotten his gangster past. I brought a hoodie, i bought dark clothes. Oh, my god. I was ready to confront that [ bleep ]. Hes not going to get away with that. Reporter and listen to how he brags about cooperating with Law Enforcement to put Ingmar Guandique away for the levy murder. Im under the protection of the u. S. Government. I think he was trying to impress an attractive woman. He had been in prison for 20 years. Hes about to testify in one of the biggest trials in the united states. And to be talking to a stranger, it was a rookie move for a lifelong criminal. Reporter when conversation turns to the levy case, morales tells babs what he told the court, that guanidque told him the crime was a robbery gone wrong. It was an accident. He didnt know he killed her. He went back, that was his area to steal and rob. Reporter curious, babs starts probing, telling morales shes not convinced the right guy is behind bars. Wait a minute, the dude that i testified, he committed the homicide. Are you sure . Why wouldnt i be sure . People talk. They just brag about stuff to make sure that they look good. I dont know. I cant answer that. Anytime i ask a really detailed question, he would go into, dont go there. Hes got other victims. That he killed . Dont go there. It was only skeleton . Dont go there. You said he didnt mean to kill her, he robbed her and well, no. Hes in the cell with me. You think hes going to tell me i meant to do that . Come on. Hello . Duh. Reporter she says all those evasions make the whole account seem fishy. To me, it didnt make sense. I ended up feeling like, you made this up. Reporter why would he lie . What was in it for him . He said, i wanted protective custody. I no longer wanted to be afraid, because i was always afraid. Reporter which is exactly what guandiques Defense Attorneys argued in a 114page filing. Morales had a powerful motive to fabricatate testimony. A desire for safety from enemies who wanted him dead. Plus, patrroller says, morales have hoped the feds might help him to dodge a murder rap of his own back in california. He said in fresno he was involved in a gangrelated murder that theyre trying to pin on him but thats being handled. Reporter arent you terrified hearing somebody describe how they killed people . Absolutely. Scared out of mind. Reporter morales might be protected by the government, and proller might be in danger. But for whatever reason, she keeps pressing record and keeps pressing morales. Finally, she claims, her persistence pays off. Morales cracks and admits he fabricated guandiques confession. And then he says, you know what . The prosecutors wanted me to lie. They knew they had the right guy. They just needed somebody to say it. Reporter he said that to you. Yes. Reporter and you had that on a recording. Mmhmm. Reporter of course, we wanted to hear that part of the recording. But get this. After repeatedly assuring us it exists, proller has not produced it. The prosecutors have categorically denied what they call baseless allegations. Some people would say you have credibility issues. Make that legal issues, too. Weve discovered proller has a checkered past. The suggestion is that youve had aliases. That youve had sort of a sketchy past, yourself. No. I was married twice. And ive had my name officially changed after the divorce. Reporter theres also an accusation of theft. What about the theft . Were you charged . I was charged. Reporter enough to earn her three years probation. Some would say youre a scam artist. True . I have never taken anything from anybody. I have not taken money. What am i trying to scam out of this . Reporter okay, maybe it is just a passion for justice that drives her to reach out to Chandra Levys mother susan. What does she say . Morales lied about guandiques confession. Reporter what are you making of this . I thought, oh, my god, this is so weird. Why dont you send a tape for both the prosecutor and the defense team . Send it to them the prosecutors met with me first. Reporter they couldnt have liked this. No. No. Reporter but if the prosecutors listened to the same recordings we did, they didnt hear morales confessing. They heard him sticking to his original story. He told me he didnt know he killed her. It was an accident. He didnt recant his testimony. In fact, he doubled down on his testimony. Reporter morales attorney tells 20 20 he never told babs he made up the confession. Despite all that, this past july, the bombshell detonates. There is a toning turn tonight. Prosecutors suddenly dropping murder charges. Reporter the u. S. Attorneys office drops the case, releasing a tersely worded statement. The office has concluded that it can no longer prove the murder case against mr. Guandique beyond a reasonable doubt. Why would they drop the chandra levy case . Clearly something occurred which probably eliminated morales as a witness. On those tapes, he brags a lot about his thug life and his life as a criminal. I sent some people to shoot up all the car dealer businesses. Pow its a Defense Attorneys dream come true. It would be a subject of crossexamination and the calculus could have been, theres just too much baggage for this witness, too many things that he has said and done. Reporter whatever prollers true intentions, the chandra levy case is now in shambles. It fell apart because this woman tampered with the witness. Why did she do that . What was her motive . I felt guilty. I felt really bad about what happened. Reporter why . I thought, well, maybe i should not have called this number. Reporter the levys now have the rest of their lives to ponder the whatifs. And proller says shes worried that morales will come after her for revenge. His current whereabouts, unknown. My life has been affected negatively. Im moving from hotel to hotel right now. Im afraid. Reporter whyd you decide to talk with us . I believe that the truth needs to come out. I think somebody out there knows something. Ive tried to be brave for all of that. Reporter still to come, weve heard from everyone else. Now hear from the man once convicted of killing chandra levy himself. We are on our way to meet Ingmar Guandique. Ugh, no bars. Oh no, looks like somebody needs a new network. When i got this unlimited plan they told me they were all the same. Theyre not. Verizon has the largest, mostreliable 4g lte network in america. Its basically made for places like this. Honey, what if it was just us out here . Right. So, i ordered you a car. Thank you. You dont want to be out here at night cause of the, uh, coyotes. Ok, thanks, bud. Bye. Be nice to have your car for some shelter. Bye. 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Reporter he sounds a bit rehearsed, so we decide to fly down to the highly secured detention facility in farmville, virginia, to look guandique in the eye. Were about to sit down with guandique. Im going to show him a picture of levy and ask him, face to face, if he killed her. Inside, he continues to maintain his innocence, saying hes found salvation for his previous crimes. Guandique seemed anxious to talk to us. He was filled with lots of details about why hes innocent, and of course, he denied that he ever touched or killed chandra levy. Heres where things stand today. The prime suspect has been deported to his native el salvador for entering the u. S. Illegally. Hes clearly got aggravated felonies, which is grounds for deportation. Reporter disgraced congressman gary condit is out of politics and, for the most part, out of the public eye. But there he was in november plugging his new book on dr. Phil. Im not the victim in this. The real victim is chandra and her family. Reporter the reporters sari horwitz and scott higham wrote a book about the tangled Investigation Called finding chandra. Both insist the misguided focus on condit is the reason levys killer is not behind bars. From the beginning to the end, terrible mistakes by police and prosecutors. And in the end, no justice. Reporter the investigation is described to 20 20 as open but not active. The last hope could hang on that precious golden clue. Her ring is still missing. Guandique may have sold it or gave it to somebody. Hopefully theyll watch this program and let the police know. Whoever has that ring knows something about her disappearance and murder. Reporter finally, chandras parents, deprived of their daughter, deprived of justice, find some comfort in spiritual hopes. Are you preparing for the possibility that you may never know what happened to your daughter . One day i will be with my daughter, and whether well get the answer from god or not, i dont know. Well find out then. And then maybe what chandra would have said is, what difference does it all make . And despite our requests, gary condit declined to speak to 20 20. His attorney reiterating that he was completely exonerated. Authoritying tell us that the leyv case is still considered open, but not active. And that is our program for tonight. Im elizabeth vargas. Im david muir. From all of us here at 20 20 and abc news, thanks for watching. Have a great rest of your weekend. Up next, we have breaking news, a deck filled with people collapses in the andorra section. And the search for a teen who disappeared in the delaware river. Action news is next. Action news, delaware valleys leading news program with melissa magee, jeff scaversky, and walter perez. Saturday night. Im walter perez. The big story is developing news