Seal Levy photos, mom asks judge

WASHINGTON — Chandra Levy’s mother wants to lock up some of the trial evidence used to convict killer Ingmar Guandique.

In a post-verdict fight, Susan Levy has asked the judge who presided over Guandique’s recently concluded trial to keep sealed certain evidence sought by media organizations.

“Specifically, Mrs. Levy objects to the release of photographs that contain Chandra Levy’s skeletal remains and trial exhibit photographs of Chandra Levy’s clothes and shoes,” attorney Jani Tillery stated in a court filing. “For Mrs. Levy, these photographs only stir up emotional anguish and retraumatization.”

Tillery and Levy are not objecting to the release of other exhibits.

Tillery is an attorney with the Maryland Crime Victims Resource Center. She accompanied Susan Levy from the time Guandique’s trial began Oct. 25 until Monday’s return of a verdict.

The three male and nine female jurors convicted Guandique, an illegal alien from El Salvador, of two counts of firstdegree felony murder.

Led by The Washington Post, organizations including The Associated Press, Gannett and the Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press had asked Nov. 3 for “immediate and contemporaneous access” to all of the exhibits used in the high-profile trial.