An odd little twist colored the arraignment of Ingmar Guandique on Wednesday. Somehow, it seems in keeping with the bizarre series of events that started with the disappearance of former intern Chandra Levy in May 2001.

Guandique now faces six counts of murder, attempted sexual assault and kidnapping, among other things. The arraignment itself lasted about 15 minutes, and featured a tense-sounding exchange between Guandique's attorney Santha Sonenberg and Superior Court Judge Geoffrey Alprin. Sonenberg seems to be a very diligent and very aggressive  attorney, and Judge Alprin seems to be very stern.

But such clashes happen all the time, right? The odd thing was when Alprin announced he had been given a letter, by the Superior Court's chief judge. The letter, Alprin explained, came from a woman who says she has information -- apparently, important information -- about the case. He handed copies of the letter to defense attorneys and prosecutors, and then said he would have nothing more to do with it.

Suits & Sentences' reporting alter ego has covered the Levy case for the past eight years, and can testify that all kinds of weirdos, strange cats, conspiracy theories and generally bizarre behavior has shadowed the case from the start. Tinfoil hat theories abound. So is this letter just another example of how notorious cases are magnets for the weird? Or, can this be some real breakthrough?

Suits & Sentences will guess it's the former, not the latter.