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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRobert Chambers, the "preppie killer": where is he now?
For some reason, recent events triggered my memory of a story that was tabloid fodder many years ago. I googled and found an update:
https://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-preppy-killer-robert-chambers/cat-mcauliffe
"While there are scary stories of murders in universities, Jennifer Levin's horror story occurs between high school and college. In the summer of 1986, Jennifer Levin was happily college-bound when she was killed by Robert Chambers. Both of the teenagers lived in Manhattan and attended elite preparatory schools, causing the media to dub Chambers the "Preppy Killer."
Chambers strangled Levin to death in Central Park, later claiming he accidentally killed the teenager during an early morning session of kinky sex gone awry. Throughout his trial, Chambers's defense attorney attempted to paint Levin as a wanton young woman who was somehow to blame for her own death. As a result of this strategy, Chambers spent less time behind bars for killing Levin than he would for selling drugs after he was released from prison for manslaughter. Read on to discover the chilling and disquieting facts about the man who brutally asphyxiated a young, 18-year-old woman.
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When they arrived at the apartment, the officers noticed Chambers had scratches on his neck and face, so they brought him in for questioning. When investigators asked Chambers how he got the deep scratches on his body, he told the officers his cat - who detectives later learned had been declawed - had caused the injuries. Eventually, Chambers confessed to killing Levin, but he denied strangling her, instead telling officers it was a case of rough sex gone wrong." (more at link; Chambers was convicted paroled but later re-imprisoned on drug charges).
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)He is back in prison.
ETA:
Chambers and Kovell were charged with running a cocaine operation out of the apartment. The two had previously been given notices for not paying the rent on the apartment, and the phone had been disconnected.[17][18] Chambers appeared in court on December 18; according to the New York Post, his lawyer filed "new papers elaborating on his psychiatric defense".[19] The filing claimed that Chambers had become an addict at the age of 14 and was, by 2007, using 10 to 12 bags of heroin a day. It was also reported that he also used cocaine, was smoking marijuana and taking prescription drugs. Chambers planned to plead insanity. Prosecutors countered that Chambers was a drug dealer and had sold as much as $2,800 in heroin at a time to undercover police. Chambers faced life in prison on the drug charges.[20]
On August 11, 2008, the Manhattan DA's office announced that Chambers had pleaded guilty to selling drugs. On September 2, 2008, he was sentenced to 19 years on the drug charge.[21] As of 2018 he is at Sullivan Correctional Facility. His earliest release date from prison is January 25, 2024.[22]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Chambers_(criminal)
Tanuki
(14,920 posts)lunamagica
(9,967 posts)Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He is a liar and a murderer.
live2011
(101 posts)THERE IS ALMOST NEVER ONLY ONE VICTIM. Most convicted rapists and sexual abusers are SERIAL OFFENDERS.