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Where in the World Is Chandra Levy?

A detective puzzles through the possibilities.

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If the Chandra Levy case is never solved, it probably won't ever be closed: With homicides and missing persons, cases are never closed without a resolution. This month in New York City, the father of Etan Patz, who disappeared in 1979 when he was 6 years old, asked a judge to declare his son legally dead in order to allow a wrongful death suit against the leading suspect. The judge agreed, but the case will still remain open for the NYPD.

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Lucas Miller is an NYPD detective.

Photograph of poster of Chandra Levy by Rich Pedroncelli/AP/Wide World Photos.