Two years after disappearance, Chandra Levy laid to rest

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MODESTO, California (CNN) -- Relatives and close friends of Chandra Levy held a private burial Tuesday, just days after Washington police turned her remains over to her family, said George Arata, an attorney for the Levys.

Between 75 and 100 people attended the traditional Jewish service, Arata said. The Levys also were having a service at their home Tuesday night, which Arata said was part of the family's tradition.

"It's still a very tough situation on the parents, very emotional," Arata said.

Levy, 24, a former federal Bureau of Prisons intern from the district of U.S. Rep. Gary Condit, D-California, was last seen in Washington on April 30, 2001. The case received national attention because of speculation that she and Condit were having an affair.

Condit publicly has acknowledged only a friendship with Levy. Police sources said he told them the two had a romantic relationship.

In an interview with Connie Chung on ABC in August 2001, Condit said: "I've been married 34 years. I have not been a perfect man. I have made mistakes in my life. But out of respect for my family, out of a specific request by the Levy family, it is best that I not get into the details of the relationship."

Levy's remains were found May 22, 2002, by a man walking his dog in a remote, wooded area of a large D.C.-area park. Her death was ruled a homicide.

The remains arrived in California over the weekend, Arata said, after a week of paperwork and procedural wrangling needed to transport them cross-country. Washington police kept a couple of Levy's bones as evidence, he said.

The burial was held at Lakewood Memorial Park, just east of Modesto.

"Condit did not attend, which is a good thing," Arata said. "I don't think that would have went over too well at all."

No one has ever been named a suspect in Levy's slaying.

That police returned Levy's remains doesn't indicate anything about the status of the case, Arata said.

"The investigation is still ongoing. That's exactly what they keep telling us," he said. However, he said, authorities in Washington have told the family that "they feel they are close to doing something with the case. I can't tell you what."

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