Robert Emmet Chambers Jr. (born September 25, 1966) is an

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criminal and convicted murderer. He was dubbed the Preppy Killer and the Central Park Strangler by the media after the August 26, 1986, strangulation death of 18-year-old Jennifer Levin in

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, for which he was originally charged with

second degree murder Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethought. ("The killing of another person without justification or excuse, especially the ...

. Chambers changed his story during the course of the ensuing investigation, ultimately claiming that Levin's death was the accidental result of him pushing her off of him when she caused him pain as she

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him, an account that was characterized by media accounts as one of "rough sex". Chambers later pleaded guilty to

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after a jury failed to reach a verdict after nine days of deliberation.

Early life

Robert Chambers was born in

on September 25, 1966, to Robert Chambers, Sr. and Phyllis Chambers. His father was a

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distributor and his mother worked as a private nurse, once treating a young

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for

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and arranging a play date for him and Robert. The family lived in a working-class section of

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before moving to the

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when Chambers' parents divorced. Though not affluent, Chambers' mother worked to pay for his childhood attendance at prestigious prep schools on the Upper East Side, though scholarships assisted in this luxury. The fact that his family had far less money than his classmates created social problems, including difficulty socializing with his peers. By the time he reached college age, Chambers had descended into a life of

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, and drug use. Chambers was accepted by

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, but was asked to leave after one semester for reasons including the use of a stolen credit card. He later committed other petty thefts and

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in connection with his drug and alcohol abuse. Unable to hold a job, Chambers was issued a

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for disorderly conduct one night after leaving Dorrian's Red Hand, a bar located at 300 East 84th Street in Manhattan. He destroyed the summons as the police were leaving the scene, yelling, "You fucking cowards, you should stick to niggers!"

Killing of Jennifer Levin

Background

Chambers’ girlfriend at the time of the murder was future television actress Alex Kapp. The couple broke up after Chambers stole Kapp's $50 allowance, and, according to Kapp, after Levin had started to pursue him. Levin and Chambers briefly dated. On the day of the murder, both were at Dorrian's Red Hand.

Finding of the body

A bicyclist found Levin's half-naked corpse on August 26, 1986, at about 6:15 a.m., in

near

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and 83rd Street, behind the

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. Her body was lying twisted by a tree, with her bra and top pulled up. Levin's body and face were covered in scratches and bite marks. Deep red marks were across her neck, her left eye was swollen, and her fingernails were bruised, suggesting that in her final moments she had tried to pull down whatever had been strangling her. Chambers hid and watched as police officers surveyed the scene. Investigators found Levin's underwear some away. Levin's autopsy was performed by associate medical examiner Dr. Maria Luz Alandy, who determined that Levin had been strangled. Levin was estimated to have died around 5:30 a.m.

Arrest and trial

After several of Dorrian's patrons told police that they had last seen Levin leaving the bar with Chambers, police went to his home. Upon arrival, they saw that Chambers had fresh and bloody scratches on both sides of his face, which he blamed on his

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before later admitting his cat was declawed. Chambers agreed to accompany police to the Central Park precinct for questioning. There he was asked if he left Dorrian's with Levin, which he denied. After police told him that bar patrons had witnessed him leaving with Levin, he admitted that he had. He said that she quickly went to buy cigarettes. Detectives pointed out that Levin did not smoke and Chambers admitted that she hadn’t gone for cigarettes. He then claimed that she cajoled him into going to Central Park to have sex and she died during an aggressive sexual encounter in the park. Before booking, Chambers was permitted to see his father, to whom he said, "That fucking bitch, why didn't she leave me alone?"

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, later

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, wrote a letter of support for Chambers'

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application. He had known Chambers and his mother because she had been employed as a nurse by

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. McCarrick was close to the Chambers family and had served as Robert's godfather at his baptism. In 2019, he was defrocked for

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s against adults and minors. Chambers had secured bail through his family and the owner of the bar, Jack Dorrian, who put up his townhouse as collateral for a

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. Chambers was charged with, and tried for, two counts of second-degree murder. His

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was that Levin's death had occurred during "rough sex". He was defended by Jack Litman, who had previously used the

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defense on behalf of Richard Herrin for the murder of

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student Bonnie Garland. Litman claimed Levin was

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, saying she had a sex diary and that her sexual history was admissible as evidence, prompting headlines such as "How Jennifer Courted Death" in New York's '' Daily News''. On remand, Chambers was filmed twisting off the head of a Barbie doll and saying, "Oops, I think I killed her." Prosecutor

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stated: "In more than 8,000 cases of reported assaults in the last ten years, this is the first in which a male reported being sexually assaulted by a female." Chambers' trial began on January 4, 1988, and lasted 13 weeks. Alandy testified on February 9 that pinpoint

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s observed in the soft tissue around Levin's eyes could be caused by a constriction of the blood vessels in the neck. She explained that this was evidence of compression of her neck, and an indication that she had been strangled. When Chambers' attorney, Jack Litman, suggested on

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that Chambers could have choked Levin in an

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that could cause death in seconds, and that the marks on her neck could have been made when she quickly moved her head from side to side in a struggle for air, Alandy stated that while such an occurrence was possible, this did not occur in Levin's case. She also stated that while some of the injuries on Levin's neck could have been caused by Chambers' wristwatch and shirt, rather than his hands, her injuries overall were not consistent with the scenario Litman described. When the jury failed to reach a verdict after nine days of deliberation, the prosecution and Chambers agreed to a

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. He pled guilty to first-degree

, which carried a sentence of between five and fifteen years. He was also required to admit that he intended to hurt Levin sufficiently to cause her death. During his sentencing that April, he stated in court, "It breaks my heart to have to say that. The Levin family has gone through hell because of my actions, and I am sorry." Chambers received a sentence of 15 years in prison.

Post-conviction

In 1997, Chambers sent an untitled essay he wrote to prison anthologist Jeff Evans. The piece, subsequently titled "Christmas: Present", appeared in the book ''Undoing Time: American Prisoners in Their Own Words''. Written while Chambers was incarcerated at

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in Stormville, New York, the essay is an entry from one of his journals, which he calls "a record of the meaningless hope and frightening losses of a person I don't even know." Chambers was released from

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on February 14, 2003, after having served the entirety of his prison term due to his numerous infractions. His release was a

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, with reporters staking out prime sections of the sidewalk opposite the prison as early as thirteen hours before his 7:30 a.m. release time. The same day, ''

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'' interviewed Chambers, who continued to claim that he strangled Levin accidentally in an attempt to stop her from hurting him during rough sex. He also falsely denied that he had been disciplined in prison. Jack Dorrian settled with Levin's parents on their claim that Dorrian's bar, where Levin and Chambers had been before they went to Central Park on the night of her death, had served too much alcohol to Chambers. A

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lawsuit, which Chambers did not contest, provides that he must pay all

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s he receives, including any income from book or movie deals, plus ten percent of his future income (up to $25 million), to the Levin family. The family has said all the money it gets from Chambers will go to victims' rights organizations.

Drug charges

In July 2005, Chambers pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor drug charge and on August 29 was given a reduced sentence of 90 days in jail and fined $200 for a license violation. The judge added 10 days to the time prosecutors and Chambers' lawyer had agreed on because he was an hour late for the hearing. He would have faced up to a year in jail if he had been convicted after trial. On October 22, 2007, Chambers was arrested again, this time in his own apartment, and charged with three counts of selling a

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in the first degree, three counts of selling a controlled substance in the second degree, and one count of

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. His longtime girlfriend, Shawn Kovell, was also arrested on one count of selling a controlled substance in the second degree. The '' Daily News'' reported:

Cops said Chambers, 41, struggled with officers who tried to handcuff him on the felony charges. One detective suffered a broken thumb in the fracas.

Commenting on his new arrest, former Assistant District Attorney Linda Fairstein, who had prosecuted Chambers for Levin's death, said:

Doesn't surprise me. I always believed his problem with drugs and alcohol would get him in trouble again. He's had the opportunity in prison to detox and take college courses, to straighten out his life, but that clearly is of no interest to him. He's learned nothing in the last 20 years.

Chambers and Kovell were charged with running a cocaine operation out of the apartment. The two had previously been given notices for not paying rent, and the phone had been disconnected. Chambers appeared in court on December 18; according to the ''

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'', his lawyer filed "new papers elaborating on his psychiatric defense". The filing claimed that Chambers had become an addict at the age of 14 and was, by 2007, using 10 to 12 bags of

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a day. It was also reported that he also used

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, was smoking

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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. 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. As of July 2021, he is at

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, New York State Department of Corrections DIN (Department Identification Number) #08A4763. His earliest release date from prison is January 25, 2024. His latest possible release date is October 15, 2026.

In popular culture

*The

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song "Eliminator Jr.", from their 1988 album ''

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'' (1988) is about the Chambers case. *The song "

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" in

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' album ''

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'' (2004) was inspired by Chambers' defense of the Jennifer Levin murder charges, in which Chambers claimed he had no motive for the murder, and that he and the victim were "friends". *In 1989, the Chambers case was the basis of a

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titled ''

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'', starring

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as Chambers and

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as Levin. *The 1990 ''

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'' episode "

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" was based on the case. *

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has stated that his character Adam Guenzel on '' Oz'' (1997–2003) was based on Chambers. *The 2003 ''

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'' episode "

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" was based on both the Chambers case and the

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case. *In the novel ''

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'', the protagonist Patrick Bateman, a wealthy, preppy

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, mentions trying to start a defense fund for Chambers. *In the collection ''Shock Treatment'' by Karen Finley, Chambers is mentioned twice. *

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aired a five-part miniseries ''The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park'' on November 13, 2019.

References

External links

''Crime Library'' article
(detailed coverage)
''A Current Affair'' video

on

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's ''

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Excerpt from ''Wasted: The Preppie Murder'' by Linda Wolfe
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