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Joyce Chiang (江宜玲 December 7, 1970–c. January 1999) was an attorney with the former Immigration and Naturalization Service, who disappeared on January 9, 1999, in Washington, D.C., and was later found dead. The story of her disappearance and the discovery of her remains in the Potomac River, which drew only local news coverage at the time, was rediscovered and received some national attention in the wake of the similar disappearance of Chandra Levy in May 2001. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) was a part of the United States Department of Justice and handled legal and illegal immigration and naturalization. ...
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Chandra Levy Chandra Ann Levy (April 14, 1977 – 2001) was an intern who worked at the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Washington, D.C., who disappeared in the summer of 2001 and was subsequently found murdered in Rock Creek Park. ...
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Early life
Joyce Chiang was one of four children and the only daughter of Taiwanese immigrants. She was born in Chicago and raised in Chicago and California. She graduated from the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools in 1988 and attended Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she served as president of the Student Government Association in her senior year and graduated in 1992. This article is about the history, geography, and people of the island known as Taiwan. ...
The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools (also Lab School and abbreviated UCLS; the upper classes are nicknamed U-High) is a private, co-educational day school in Chicago, Illinois. ...
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Originally a summer intern, after graduation Chiang worked as a legislative aide in the office of Congressman Howard Berman and attended evening classes at the Georgetown University Law Center. She completed a law degree in 1995. Howard Berman Howard Lawrence Berman (born April 15, 1941), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1983, representing the 28th District of California (map). ...
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Disappearance and death On the day of Chiang's disappearance, she had met with several friends for a movie and dinner, and one of those friends offered Joyce a ride home. Joyce asked her friend to make one quick stop at the Starbucks at the intersection of Connecticut Avenue NW and R Street NW. Joyce told her friend that she would walk the four blocks home from the coffee shop, but she never made it to her apartment. Because Joyce was a federal employee, the FBI took the lead in investigating the case. For other meanings of the name Starbuck, see Starbuck. ...
Connecticut Avenue is a major route in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., and suburban Montgomery County, Maryland. ...
A couple walking through Anacostia Park the next day found Chiang's billfold and turned it in to park police, who filed it in the park's lost and found. Four days later, the couple recognized Chiang's photo in media coverage and alerted the FBI, who arranged a search of the park and discovered her apartment keys, video and grocery cards, and gloves. The jacket in which Chiang was last seen was also found, torn down the back. Anacostia Park is operated by the United States National Park Service. ...
Three months later and eight miles away, a canoeist on the Potomac River found a badly decomposed body later identified through DNA analysis as Chiang's. The cause of death could not be determined, and the case is considered a cold case. The Potomac River flows into the Chesapeake Bay, located along the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States (USA). ...
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Chandra Levy connection In addition to the Congressional intern connection, Chiang had lived four blocks away from where murder victim Chandra Levy would live, in Dupont Circle. Both were young, brunette women of petite stature and somewhat "ethnic" appearance. The Starbucks where Chiang was last seen was later frequented by Levy. These similarities have led to various theories that both women were killed by the same person. Chandra Levy Chandra Ann Levy (April 14, 1977 – 2001) was an intern who worked at the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Washington, D.C., who disappeared in the summer of 2001 and was subsequently found murdered in Rock Creek Park. ...
Aerial photograph of Dupont Circle. ...
Much of the resurgence of interest in the Joyce Chiang case was spearheaded by her brother, former Democratic Party political operative Roger Chiang, who along with their brother John was instrumental in several televised and print appeals for more information on her case and disappearance. Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas Politics Portal Further information: Politics of the United States#Organization of American political parties The Democratic...
Roger Chiang (江俊立)was a Democratic Party operative, former Director of the Asian/Pacific Islander-American (API) outreach office of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), and later, Director of Constituency Outreach for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC). In November 2004, Chiang was investigated by the FBI and U.S. Attorney...
John Chiang (born July 31, 1962 in New York City) is a Democratic politician and has been California State Controller since January 8, 2007. ...
Remembrances The Joyce Chiang Memorial Scholarship was established with the help of her family, to support one student each year with an internship at the Asian American Justice Center (AAJC) in Washington, D.C.
The Joyce Chiang Memorial Award was established at Georgetown University by her friends and colleagues. It supports an evening student with a demonstrated commitment to public service.
Personal Life Joyce Chiang's brother, John Chiang, is Controller of the State of California. John Chiang (born July 31, 1962 in New York City) is a Democratic politician and has been California State Controller since January 8, 2007. ...
External links - Joe Harten, Georgetown Joins the Search For Missing Law School Alum, The Hoya, January 26, 1999
- Congressional Record, Farewell to Joyce Chiang, April 13, 1999
- Sam Chu Lin, Search for Chandra Levy Reopens Wounds for Family of Joyce Chiang, AsianWeek, July 27, 2001, page 11
- Unexplained Death: Joyce Chiang, Unsolved Mysteries, June 10, 2002
- Ralph Daugherty, Murder on a Horse Trail: The Disappearance of Chandra Levy, iUniverse, ISBN 0595318479, chapter 9
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