To Joyce's family and friends the similarities between the Chiang and Levy cases are alarming. Both were government interns who lived within four blocks of one another. And both were attractive, young, brunette women of petite stature. The police dismiss these connections as merely a coincidence. They have even suggested that Joyce may have committed suicide. But many adamantly disagree and believe a frightening question must be asked: Is a serial killer preying on the young female interns of our nation's capitol?

Joyce Chiang was the only daughter in a tightly knit Taiwanese-American family. While in college she served an internship for representative Howard Berman of California. Following her internship, Joyce took a job as a lawyer at the INS. She lived with her brother Roger in the Dupont Circle area of Washington D.C. Chandra Levy would later move to the same neighborhood. A favorite hangout for both was a nearby Starbuck's coffee shop. It was there on the night of January 9th, 1999 that Joyce was last seen. Earlier in the evening, Joyce had met up with several friends for a movie and dinner. Her friend offered Joyce a ride home. Joyce asked her friend to make one quick stop at the Starbucks. Joyce told her friend that she would walk the four blocks home from the coffee shop. She never made it to her apartment. Because Joyce was a federal employee, the FBI took the lead in the case, but their initial investigation turned up nothing.

Then, spurred by local media coverage, a couple came forward with the first clue in the case. The day after Joyce's disappearance on January 9th, a couple walking through Anacostia Park found a billfold with Joyce's government credit card. They turned it in to the park police that same day. But the credit card remained in the lost & found for four days until the couple recognized Joyce's picture in news broadcast and contacted the FBI. Fearing valuable time had been lost, a 57-member search and rescue team scoured the area where the card was found. Other personal items belonging to Joyce soon turned up on the banks of the Anacostia river including her apartment keys, a video rental and grocery store card, her gloves, and the jacket Joyce was last seen wearing. There was a clean rip running down the back.

Three months later a canoeist was paddling more than eight miles downstream from where Joyce's personal items were discovered. The spring rains had forced a body to the shore. Three months submerged in the water had taken its toll on the corpse. DNA tests were necessary to identify it as Joyce Chiang. Unfortunately, the massive decomposition made it impossible to find out how Joyce died. As a result, the cause of death was listed as undetermined. Without any evidence of foul play, investigators felt there was nothing more to be done. Despite being unresolved, the case was closed. It seemed no one would ever know what really happened to Joyce Chiang.

Then in May of 2001, Chandra Levy's disappearance drew renewed media interest in Joyce. To many, similarities between the two were chilling. They both worked for a congressman at one time. Joyce worked for Representative Berman, who's office was adjacent to Representative Condit's. The two women lived within a few blocks of each other. Just three days after Joyce was last seen at the coffee shop a bizarre statement appeared on a nearby wall. It read: "Good Day J.C. may I never miss the thrill of being near you." Was this a cryptic message from Joyce's killer? Perhaps he targeted her in the neighborhood - and later spotted Chandra Levy in the same area when she arrived in town.

There is one last disturbing revelation. There are those who believe that the serial killer has taken not two, but three lives. Five months before Joyce disappeared, 28-year-old Christine Mirzayan was raped and murdered while walking home from a barbeque. She shared a number of startling similarities with Joyce and Chandra. All three women lived in the same area, all three had dark hair and they were all about the same height. And they were interns at one point in their careers.

If you have any information concerning the cases of Joyce Chiang, Chandra Levy, or Christine Mirzayan please call the Unsolved Mysteries hotline, 1-800-876-5353.