A judge ordered the release of sealed documents and transcripts on Monday relating to the court proceedings of the murder case of Chandra Levy, CNN reports.
Levy, a 24-year-old California native, worked as an intern at the Bureau of Prisons in Washington when she was last seen on May 1, 2001. Dental records were used to identify Levy's skull found a year later in Washington's Rock Creek Park, according to CNN.
"D.C. Superior Court Judge Gerald Fisher ruled that the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia should release the transcripts of secret conversations between the lawyers and the judge at the judge's bench in hearings from earlier this year," CNN reports. "The case of Levy, whose body was found in a Washington park in 2002, is back in court because defense attorneys for the man convicted of her murder have called into question the testimony of a key prosecution witness."
The Washington intern's disappearance in 2001 caught the attention of national news organizations and damaged a U.S. congressman's political career.
Levy's disappearance revealed a connection to Gary Condit, a congressman for Levy's California district. Condit was never considered a suspect, but was interrogated about Levy's last known whereabouts.
The congressmen denied having an affair with Levy, but "FBI forensic expert later confirmed his semen was found in Levy's underwear that was retrieved from her apartment after she went missing," according to CNN.
Ingmar Guandique, 31, was sentenced in 2011 for the murder and kidnapping od Levy. He is serving two back-to-back 60-year sentences for murder with kidnapping and murder with attempted robbery in Levy's death.
Guandique was in court Monday to hear the judge's ruling.
"Armando Morales, a convicted felon and former gang member, testified at Guandique's trial that Guandique confessed to him that he killed Levy," according to CNN. "Guandique repeatedly said at his trial he had nothing to do with Levy's death."
Jonathan Anderson, Guandique's defense attorney, in the hearing on Monday attempted to poke holes in the credibility of Morales. Anderson told the court Morales had given information the police before on three other murder cases.
There will be a status hearing on the case on Sept. 26.
