Prosecutors Seek Life Term for Chandra Levy Killer

Prosecutors said the man who killed D.C. intern Chandra Levy nearly a decade ago should spend the rest of his life in prison.

Prosecutors are seeking a life sentence for Ingmar Guandique who is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday. He faces a minimum of 30 years in prison and a maximum sentence of life.

They said Tuesday in court papers that the illegal immigrant from El Salvador has a history of violence toward women that stretches to his years in that country.

In November, a jury convicted Guandique of first-degree murder in Levy's May 2001 disappearance and death, despite a lack of witnesses and no DNA evidence linking Guandique to the crime.

Levy's disappearance became a national sensation in 2001 after she was romantically linked to then Congressman Gary Condit of California. Police initially focused on Condit as a suspect.