Wolfgang,

As I said, he knew that he didn't murder her, and he had to decide how to act to protect his family. By all accounts, she didn't sound suicidal, and her affair with Condit was known about and open for discussion in her family, unusual as that seems. And again, if she didn't seem suicidal to him, and since he would be in a position to know if this was the case, why stick his neck out?

This said, I don't think he handled himself or the situation well. He made himself a target, like Gary Hart did, in how he handled the press. Despite being an elected official, he didn't belong in that peculiarly American "public figure" status that meant he had to reveal all to the highly speculative press. The Levy family almost single-handedly propelled him there. With leaks the way they are, revealing what he knew to the police was tantamount to going straight to the press. It was a tough position to be in.

SRS