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'Preppie killer' released from prison after serving entire 15-year sentence AUBURN, N.Y. (AP) — Robert Chambers, who became notorious in the 1980s as the 'Preppie killer' when he strangled a young woman during a tryst in Central Park, was released from prison Friday after serving his full 15-year sentence for manslaughter. Chambers confessed in 1988 to strangling 18-year-old Jennifer Levin two years earlier. He claimed it was an accident while they were allegedly having rough sex; prosecutors said he killed her in a rage. Wearing a red sweater and green pants, Chambers ignored a phalanx of reporters as he walked out of Auburn Correctional Facility at 7:15 a.m. A police van took him to the bus station in Syracuse, where he jumped into a sport utility vehicle and rode away. The driver and his destination were unknown. On the eve of his release, Chambers issued a statement of regret through his lawyer. 'There has not been a day since Jennifer Levin's death that I have not regretted my actions on that day,' the one-paragraph statement said. 'I know that the Levin family continues to suffer her loss, and I am deeply sorry for the grief I have caused them.' In the statement, Chambers also said he would like to pursue a college degree and begin paying the $25 million wrongful death settlement awarded the Levin family. He said he would not grant interviews after his release. Chambers, now 36, could have reduced his sentence by as much as six years but ruined any chance of early release by amassing 27 disciplinary violations during his incarceration, including heroin possession, assaulting a guard, and weapon possession. He spent a third of his time in solitary confinement and was rejected for parole five times. Levin's relatives have said they were dreading the prospect of Chambers' release. Ellen Levin said Chambers has never shown any remorse in her daughter's death, nor admitted any culpability. She remains bitter that Chambers was able to pl
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