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Federal prosecutors plan to file additional charges against Chandra Levy's accused killer, Ingmar Guandique, the Post is reporting. The move will push the trial, originally scheduled to begin in January, all the way back to October, 2010. There's still no word on exactly what these new charges might be, but the change in trial date could end up coinciding with the end of Guandique's current 10-year prison term, which he's been serving for attacking two other women in Rock Creek Park. As the Post notes, prosecutors have said they will seek to have Guandique held in the D.C. jail for his trial in the event he ends up being released before it concludes.

And now, yet another dissapointing twist in the Chandra Levy murder case: during the hearing for Ingmar Guandique, who was arrested on murder charges back in April, it was revealed that a since-fired FBI analyst mixed some of her own DNA on to evidence collected from the crime scene. The Post reported that the damaged evidence included clothing which Levy was wearing when she was discovered. Guandique's attorneys, already playing the "incompetent law enforcement" card, have asked that the trial -- currently set to begin on January 27 -- be postponed in light of the findings. It's a sad scenario that, in this case, these kind of fumbles fail to surprise. For his part, Guandique -- who was already behind bars for two seperate assaults on women in Rock Creek Park -- remains as creepy as ever: when admitting to investigators that he had contact Levy in the park, he added, "[s]o what if I touched her?"

Looks like Ingmar Guandique, the man suspected of killing Chandra Levy, has finally arrived in D.C. today to face murder charges in Levy's death. Guandique, you'll recall, has been serving a 10-year sentence in a federal prison in California for attacking two other women in the park around the same time of Levy's disappearance. He's expected to appear before a D.C. Superior Court judge as early as tomorrow, reports the Post.

D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty, MPD Chief Cathy Lanier and U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Taylor have scheduled a news conference for 1:15 p.m. to announce further developments in the Chandra Levy case. The Associated Press has just reported that an arrest warrant has been issued for Ingmar Guandique, the suspect named in news reports late last month. Guandique is currently in federal prison in Adelanto, Calif., for attacking two other women in Rock Creek Park. We'll be sure to update after the press conference.

WTOP reports that D.C. Police are getting closer to an arrest in the murder case of former Congressional intern Chandra Levy, who disappeared in May 2001. Reports indicate that a potential warrant centers around Ingmar Guandique, a Salvadoran man who was arrested in 2001 for two separate attacks on women in Rock Creek Park -- where Levy's remains were found almost a year after her disappearance. Guandique, who admitted to seeing Levy in the park, is currently serving time for those two attacks. NBC4 is also reporting that Guandique admitted killing Levy to another inmate. Police are not commenting on when the warrant could be executed.

The Modesto Bee, the hometown newspaper of Chandra Levy, has reported that criminal justice students at Bauder College in Atlanta will be opening their own investigation into the 2001 murder of Levy, which remains unsolved.

Heck yeah, Washington! It's the Friday before Memorial Day Weekend, and we sure hope you're leaving early today. Whether you're staying in town to enjoy a little extra breathing room or escaping via bus, train, car or plane, we'd like to wish you a wonderful and safe weekend. If you're like me, you're driving out to the beach despite surging gas prices -- but according to the WaPo, we're not alone. According to AAA Mid-Atlantic, a record number of Washington area drivers will take to the highways this Memorial Day weekend, gas prices be damned. Apparently we all really like getting sunburned. And now for some headlines:

It's hard to believe it's been six years since congressional intern Chandra Levy disappeared. This week marks five years since her body was finally discovered in Rock Creek Park, almost 13 months after she vanished without a trace. No one has ever been charged with her murder.

If businesses seem a little slower than usual today, there's a good explanation -- today is the day that millions of immigrants across the United States will boycott work, part of a protest the demonstrate their economic weight and push for sensible immigration reform. The boycott has sparked divisions within the immigrant rights movement, though, with some groups and advocates in the area arguing that the action could turn public opinion against them. Locally,...

Back in the summer of 2001, news stations were broadcasting saturation coverage of the disappearance of Chandra Levy, the Federal Bureau of Prisons intern who was allegedly having an affair with California Representative Gary Condit.