Bob Franken on the Levy disappearance probe

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CNN National Correspondent Bob Franken and Producer Paul Courson elaborate on what CNN knows about the case of missing intern Chandra Levy.

Q: What did police find when they first searched Chandra's apartment?

A: The landlord and building manager have said that their first entries into the apartment found a duffel bag type of luggage near the bed still untied and not completely filled as well as the canceled paperwork from her sports club contract and a laptop computer in a small, open alcove -- a former broom closet converted with a desk surface and higher shelving. They also said there was the activated answering machine, with messages, and an unpacked bathroom set, including towels, toiletries and cosmetics that were not yet packed. Nothing was disheveled, according to these two eyewitnesses.

Q: What is the FBI's role in the investigation?

A: Washington, D.C., is peculiar in being kind of a city-state. The Metropolitan Police Department, its formal name, often relies on FBI resources for investigations, as well as the federal court system for what elsewhere would be municipal law enforcement. Ramsey and others in MPD have said they rely on the FBI to more quickly hit out-of-town venues, and for the type of advanced DNA and other investigative technology used at Condit's place.

Q: Who were the last people who police know saw her?

A: Police have told us the last people they've identified who saw her are thought to be eyewitnesses and an employee at the Washington Sports Clubs outlet where she had a membership. Chief Charles Ramsey has told us that "most" of the 100 or so interviews authorities have conducted came from those who were at the club.

Q: Why can you tell us about the e-mail sent from her apartment on May 1 to her family?

A: Authorities have told us they have no reason to suspect the e-mail was sent by anyone other than Chandra herself, without elaborating.

Q: Did Levy have a car in Washington, or take the subway and taxi everywhere? What happened to the car if she did have one?

A: Chandra did not have a car in Washington, and authorities are asking the D.C. Taxicab Commission to collect copies of the "logbooks" of all 1,600 licensed hacks in the city for the time frame a few days to either side of her disappearance.

Q: What was the time span on her internship with the public affairs office at the Bureau of Prisons? We know she was in Washington possibly as early as September.

A: Her supervisor has said that the internship was intended to run through December, when her transcripts listed her as having accumulated enough credits for graduation. Chandra told co-workers that she intended to take part in a May commencement, even though she had technically graduated in December.

The agency's rules limit internships to a maximum of 90 days past graduation, which is where the April cutoff came from. It's not clear whether Chandra intended to try to extend her work up to or beyond commencement, but the landlord told me he got the impression someone had told on her, revealing she had already graduated, causing an unexpected end to her employment in April.