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rd
Joined: 13 Sep 2002 Posts: 9275 Location: Jacksonville, FL
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Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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Rainbow, concerning the question (among many good questions) on lipstick, her mother had this to say:
Grief-Stricken Parents Still Awaiting Closure
Justice for Chandra Now Their Campaign
By Petula Dvorak
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, July 20, 2002
...When Susan Levy learned from a reporter last week that a tube of
lipstick was found with her daughter's remains -- a red shade of
Lancome, according to the FBI -- she began rummaging through the
bathroom drawers to see whether her daughter used that brand.
"Mom, she kept her makeup in here," Adam said, leading his mother into
his sister's bedroom.
Susan Levy opened a plastic storage box. "Cover Girl. Max Factor. No,
no Lancome," she said, after opening each tube and twirling it up to
see the dark, earthy colors her daughter preferred.
Chandra Levy, known by her friends as a thrifty, coupon-cutting
bargain hunter, used only drugstore brands of makeup.
Susan Levy took out a blush brush and stroked it over her fingers,
quiet for a full minute, thinking, smiling. "We should really throw
this stuff away," she said. "I don't know if we should keep it all."... |
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Rainbow
Joined: 29 Jun 2006 Posts: 866 Location: THE LEFT COAST
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Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:53 pm Post subject: French lipstick and leggings |
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Where would she have kept the lipstick while she was jogging in the park, wearing leggings and a sweatshirt (in extremely warm May weather)?
"Lancome" is a French brand, sold internationally.
Pre "9-11", was it necessary to carry a passport with you, if travelling by private jet?
What about "shopping" trips to France w/friends? Did Chandra show any interest in "designer" clothes and shoes (since she wanted to be a model at one time)? Did/do men and women wear "haute couture" to Washington social functions?
How about inquiries into French "language" schools, e.g. her application to government agencies? |
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rd
Joined: 13 Sep 2002 Posts: 9275 Location: Jacksonville, FL
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Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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Well, first of all, the lipstick wasn't with her. It was on the side of the hill with lots of other trash. The list of trash found is pretty extensive. If she had been found a few weeks later it would have included dyed stacks of money from a bank robbery, but that doesn't mean she was a bank robber because money is strewn around her grave.
And as can never be said enough I guess, Chandra was quite frugal.
rd _________________ ralph@ee.net |
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Rainbow
Joined: 29 Jun 2006 Posts: 866 Location: THE LEFT COAST
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 12:53 am Post subject: "Lip" Schtick |
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Was any DNA found on the "lipstick"? Would it have been possible to detect any, after such a long time?
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What if another woman had been present when the murder occurred. . . one who used "Lancome" lipstick?
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Rainbow
Joined: 29 Jun 2006 Posts: 866 Location: THE LEFT COAST
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Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 2:24 pm Post subject: Whose "Eye-Wear"? |
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More "lost and found"
. . . And the hard contact lense. . . Too late to find any DNA on that? What color and what prescription? Hard-lenses work very well with people who have astigmatism. I believe they aren't very commonly prescribed any more, though, since the advent of soft-lenses. |
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jane
Joined: 22 Sep 2002 Posts: 3227
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Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 7:16 am Post subject: |
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Apparently there is a new (actually introduced in 1978) kind of lens called RGP (Rigid Gas Permeable) that has the advantages of both hard and soft lenses.
http://www.contactlenses.org/whatare.htm |
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jane
Joined: 22 Sep 2002 Posts: 3227
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Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 7:25 am Post subject: |
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I guess RGP lenses would be less likely than soft lenses to yield DNA...
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Rainbow
Joined: 29 Jun 2006 Posts: 866 Location: THE LEFT COAST
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Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 1:40 pm Post subject: "Whose Eye-wear?" |
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Thank you for the link to that article, Jane. Good initial thoughts as to the likelihood of DNA being found on the various types of lenses available!!!
There is another type of "hard-lense" material that was used prior to "RCP's". It was more like a very light-weight plexiglass material. I would imagine that those kinds of lenses are seldom prescribed any more. They are more durable, but wouldn't likely absorb eye-fluids, as well as "RCP's" or "soft lenses". |
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Rainbow
Joined: 29 Jun 2006 Posts: 866 Location: THE LEFT COAST
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Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 5:11 pm Post subject: "Whose Eye-wear?' |
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Re: Jane's "contact-lense link"
This article also points to another prospective group of "persons-of-interest". . . Someone who would be wearing a "bi-focal' correction. |
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jane
Joined: 22 Sep 2002 Posts: 3227
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Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, RB:
GP contacts have superior optics. Since they're firm...they are superb for astigmatism or bifocal needs. |
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Rainbow
Joined: 29 Jun 2006 Posts: 866 Location: THE LEFT COAST
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Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 2:11 am Post subject: "Rose Tatoo" |
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Does anyone have information about the design of Chandra's "rose tatoo"? Who was the tatoo artist? I remember reading something that was originally posted about it on the FBI website. If I recall correctly, the posting had her tatoo listed as being on the left, not the right, leg. May be that was done on purpose, in order to confirm identification of her, if she had been found earlier on. |
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