Editing Killing of Chandra Levy (section)

== Impact ==
Levy's death has had a lasting impact, due in part to the efforts of her family and friends. Levy's disappearance came after a number of other high-profile cases that led to the creation of resources for missing young adults. For example, Levy's parents quickly requested help from the Carole Sund/Carrington Memorial Reward Foundation,<ref name="WP04-Levys"/> a nonprofit group that was established in Modesto after [[Cary Stayner|three female tourists disappeared]] from a 1999 trip to [[Yosemite National Park]] and were later found slain.<ref name="Carole-Sund-Carrington-Foundation">{{cite web|title=About Us {{!}} Carole Sund/Carrington Memorial Reward Foundation|url=http://www.carolesundfoundation.com/sections/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826022709/http://www.carolesundfoundation.com/sections/about |access-date=February 8, 2011|archive-date=August 26, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> That foundation, which offered the Levys staff support and contributed towards a cash reward for information about Chandra's disappearance, was merged into the [[Murder of Laci Peterson|Laci and Conner Search and Rescue Fund]] in 2009;<ref name="ModBee-20090627">{{cite news|last=Jardine|first=Jeff |url=http://www.modbee.com/2009/06/26/761010/reward-group-will-dissolve-shift.html|title=Reward group will dissolve, shift its assets|newspaper=The Modesto Bee|date=June 27, 2009|access-date=December 1, 2010 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616203941/http://www.modbee.com/2009/06/26/761010/reward-group-will-dissolve-shift.html|archive-date=June 16, 2011}}</ref> Susan Levy had previously participated in the efforts to find [[Murder of Laci Peterson|Laci Peterson]], another missing woman from Modesto.<ref name="WP-20030501-remains">{{cite news|last=Lengel|first=Allan|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061801908.html|title=After Two Years, Levy Case Remains Open|newspaper=The Washington Post|pages=1–2|date=May 1, 2003|access-date=November 5, 2010|archive-date=November 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111144355/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061801908.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1997, when [[Disappearance of Kristen Modafferi|Kristen Modafferi]] mysteriously disappeared from the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] just three weeks after her 18th birthday, her parents turned to their congresswoman for help, because they were ineligible to receive help from the [[National Center for Missing and Exploited Children]]. As a result, Congress enacted "Kristen's Law" in October 2000, which established the [[National Center for Missing Adults]] (NCMA) within the [[United States Department of Justice|U.S. Department of Justice]] in order to coordinate such missing persons cases.<ref name="NCMA-Kristens-Law">{{cite web|url=http://www.theyaremissed.org/ncma/content.php?webid=kristens_law|title=Kristen's Law|publisher=National Center for Missing Adults|access-date=November 29, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202200943/http://www.theyaremissed.org/ncma/content.php?webid=kristens_law|archive-date=December 2, 2010|url-status=usurped}}</ref> By the time Levy disappeared, institutions were in place in order to provide her family with support and assist in a nationwide search to locate her. Although the Levy family quickly moved to mobilize all such available resources, including offering a cash reward for information, hiring its own investigators,<ref name="WP05-Secret">{{cite news|last=Horwitz|first=Sari|author2=Higham, Scott|author3=Moreno, Sylvia|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/specials/chandra/ch5_1.html|title=Who Killed Chandra Levy?, Chapter Five: A Secret Meeting|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=July 17, 2008|access-date=November 29, 2010|archive-date=November 26, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126083213/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/specials/chandra/ch5_1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and seeking media attention, those efforts to locate Chandra Levy or find her killer were overshadowed by the speculation which surrounded her possible relationship with Condit. Susan Levy later joined forces with Donna Raley, the mother of another young woman who disappeared from Modesto in 1999, to form "Wings of Protection", a support group for people with missing loved ones.<ref name="ModBee-20071102">{{cite news |url=http://www.modbee.com/2003/02/18/110218_p2/under-their-wings.html|title=Under Their 'Wings'|newspaper=The Modesto Bee|date=November 2, 2007|access-date=December 1, 2010|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616204300/http://www.modbee.com/2003/02/18/110218_p2/under-their-wings.html|archive-date=June 16, 2011}}</ref><ref name="NYDailyNews-20030101">{{cite news |last=Kennedy|first=Helen|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/2003/01/01/2003-01-01_chandra_s_mom_offers_her_sym.html|title=Chandra's Mom Offers Her Sympathy|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=January 1, 2003|access-date=December 3, 2010}} {{Dead link|date=April 2012|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> The [[Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.|Mary Ann Liebert]] company, the publisher of the ''Journal of Women's Health and Gender-Based Medicine'', presented its annual Criterion Award to Susan Levy for her work with "Wings of Protection" in May 2002.<ref name="BusinessWire-20020515">{{cite web|url=http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-1673457/Susan-Levy-Mother-of-the.html|title=Susan Levy, Mother of the Missing Chandra Levy, to Receive Award From the Publisher of Journal of Women''s Health and Gender Based Medicine at 10th Annual Congress on Women''s Health|publisher=[[Business Wire]]|date=May 15, 2002|access-date=December 3, 2010|archive-date=June 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615064655/http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-1673457/Susan-Levy-Mother-of-the.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

''[[Newsweek]]'' magazine stated that the media may have become more skeptical of "[[herd mentality]]" and open to alternative suspects after the Levy case.<ref name="Newsweek-20100518">{{cite news|last=Smalley|first=Suzanne|url=http://www.newsweek.com/2010/05/18/no-headline.html|title=Would Bloggers Have Cracked Chandra's Case?|journal=[[Newsweek]]|pages=1–2|date=May 18, 2010|access-date=November 29, 2010|archive-date=November 26, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126140118/http://www.newsweek.com/2010/05/18/no-headline.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The D.C. police claimed that it would have discovered Levy's body earlier if not for a miscommunication regarding the scope of the search. Commanders had ordered that a search be conducted within {{cvt|100|yards|m}} of each road and trail in Rock Creek Park, but searches were only made within 100 yards of each road, causing the body to remain undiscovered for a longer period of time.<ref name="WP01-Disappears"/>

Both the chief of detectives, Jack Barrett, and the chief of police, Charles H. Ramsey, have since left the force in [[Washington, D.C.]] Ramsey became head of the [[Philadelphia Police Department]]; Barrett, who became an analyst for an intelligence support firm in [[Arlington County, Virginia]], stated in hindsight that the media had imposed "enormous amounts of pressure" on the Washington, D.C. police.<ref name="WPep-Epilogue">{{cite news|last=Horwitz|first=Sari|author2=Higham, Scott|author3=Moreno, Sylvia|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/specials/chandra/epilogue_1.html|title=Who Killed Chandra Levy?, Epilogue|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=July 27, 2008|access-date=November 29, 2010|archive-date=November 26, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126082957/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/specials/chandra/epilogue_1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Morales, who is serving time for conspiracy to distribute [[methamphetamine]] and [[crack cocaine]], was scheduled to be released on August 5, 2016.<ref name="McClatchy-20101123-beginning">{{cite news|last=Doyle|first=Michael|url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/11/23/104206/for-chandra-levy-murder-trial.html|title=For Chandra Levy murder trial witness, a new beginning?|publisher=The McClatchy Company|date=November 23, 2010|access-date=November 29, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128043532/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/11/23/104206/for-chandra-levy-murder-trial.html|archive-date=November 28, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{update inline |date=September 2016|reason=August 2016 is now in the past.}} Condit retired from politics and moved to [[Phoenix, Arizona]] with his wife to manage real estate and open two [[Baskin-Robbins]] franchises, which have since closed.<ref name="People-20090309-after">{{cite news|last=Clark|first=Champ|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20264057,00.html|title=Inside Story: Gary Condit After Chandra Levy Case|journal=[[People (American magazine)|People]]|date=March 9, 2009|access-date=December 2, 2010|archive-date=January 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108170819/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20264057,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="NYDailyNews-20090223">{{cite news|last=Kennedy|first=Helen |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2009/02/22/2009-02-22_no_longer_a_target_in_chandra_levy_case_.html|title=No longer a target in Chandra Levy case, Gary Condit set to tell all|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=February 23, 2009|access-date=February 7, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101023123935/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2009/02/22/2009-02-22_no_longer_a_target_in_chandra_levy_case_.html|archive-date=October 23, 2010}}</ref>