Search of D.C. park again yields no Levy clues

Police say Chandra Levy was last seen April 30 but was logged onto her computer at home on May 1.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- With no hard leads to guide them, about 50 police recruits searched a city park Monday for Chandra Levy, the former government intern who disappeared without a trace almost three months ago.

The recruits ended their search of Rock Creek Park -- the city's largest green space, with an entrance near Levy's apartment -- by mid-afternoon without turning up anything to point them to Levy's whereabouts.

There was no immediate word on whether the recruits would be searching any parks again Tuesday, but police have said the searches could continue for days.

The case has generated widespread publicity because of Levy's connection to Rep. Gary Condit, D-California. According to law enforcement sources, Condit, 53, admitted during his third interview to an extramarital relationship with the 24-year-old Levy; her family also has described an affair between the two.

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Condit is one of roughly 100 people police have investigated in connection with Levy's disappearance, which authorities are treating as a missing person case. Law enforcement sources said there is a growing interest in interviewing Condit for a fourth time.

Speaking of a possible fourth interview, Chandra's father Dr. Robert Levy urged Condit to "just tell the truth." Standing with his wife Susan outside their home in Modesto, California, Levy said Condit should "tell everything he knows ... if his lawyers permit him to do that."

Several legal experts said over the weekend that Condit has hurt his credibility because of his actions related to the case. The California congressman has not taken an FBI polygraph, although his lawyer arranged for one that was privately administered. Police have questioned its value.

Lanny Davis, former special counsel to President Clinton, said on CNN's "Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer" that Condit has harmed his reputation, regardless of how the Levy case turns out.

"Let me make it clear, I presume he's completely innocent of any involvement with Chandra Levy. And if it turns out to be the case, he will claim vindication. I will claim exactly the opposite. You did injury to yourself and to the investigation by not telling the truth upfront," Davis said.

Former U.S. Attorney Joe DiGenova said Condit's actions amounted to obstruction of justice. Condit's attorney has maintained his client has fully cooperated with police, noting his willingness to let authorities search his apartment and give a DNA sample.

DiGenova, however, cited Condit's initial failure to acknowledge a romantic relationship with Levy to police, the accusation from a flight attendant that he had asked her to mislead authorities about their relationship and Condit's disposal of a watch case hours before police searched his apartment.

Police sources said Friday that four hours before police began a July 10 search of Condit's apartment, the lawmaker was spotted dumping something into a trashcan in a nearby Virginia suburb. Officers found a watchcase, which was traced to a California store and a woman who said she bought the watch for Condit as a gift.

"It may seem at first glance it doesn't have anything to do with this case, but in fact has everything to do with this case because, again, it involves conduct certainly unbecoming a member of Congress ... and perhaps is part of a pattern of obstructive behavior," DiGenova said.

Police combed through several city parks last week, including Rock Creek Park near Levy's apartment, but reported finding no clues. The search resumed Monday.

Levy, a former intern with the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, was last reported seen April 30 at her Washington gym. Records in her computer in her apartment show she was there the next day.

A spokeswoman for Vice President Dick Cheney said Saturday that Cheney met with Condit around the same time Levy was logging off her computer in her apartment May 1.

Juleanna Glover Weiss said the meeting took place between 12:30 p.m. and 12:50 p.m. in Cheney's office in the House of Representatives. The meeting was "at Condit's request," she said, and included Cheney and some of Cheney's staff discussing the California energy crisis. Glover Weiss described it as a typical meeting.

CNN has also learned Condit voted on the House floor the evening of May 1, at 6:25 p.m. and 6:35 p.m.

Meanwhile, the National Enquirer, a weekly tabloid, announced it is offering a reward of $100,000 for information that leads to the location of Levy.

Her parents previously announced their own fund-raising campaign to generate a reward fund. And Condit has offered $10,000 for information that helps authorities find Levy.

In a related matter, Susan Levy said she believes a Pentecostal minister who told the FBI his daughter had an affair with Condit when she was 18, several years ago. Law enforcement sources told CNN last week they have evidence the minister lied to FBI investigators when he told them about the affair.

The minister, Otis Thomas, worked as a landscaper at the Levy home.

"I believe him because I could see it in his eyes," Susan Levy said. "I could see the pain. I've talked to him twice, actually three times ... and I feel that from his heart, he was talking the truth."