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DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS … JESSE MATTHEW ARRESTED IN GALVESTON …
32 year old Jesse Matthew, the suspect in the disappearance of missing UVA student Hannah Graham, has been arrested Wednesday afternoon in Galveston County, Texas. Earlier this week, Jesse Matthew was officially named a suspect in Hannah Graham’s disappearance and charged him with the class 2 felony of abduction with intent to defile. Authorities found Jesse Matthew on a Texas beach some 1,300 miles from the Commonwealth of Virginia and took him into custody. Matthew is expected to make his first court appearance on Thursday. According to Charlottesville Police Chief Timothy Longo, the extradition process has already begun to bring Matthew back to Virginia.
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18 year old Hannah Graham, who has been missing since September 13 where she was last seen in the Downtown Mall area of Charlottesville, VA. Authorities are now offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to the safe return of Hannah Graham, a second-year student at the University of Virginia. Police Chief Timothy Longo stated at a press conference on Wednesday night, “We have a person in custody, but there’s a long road ahead of us, and that long road includes finding Hannah Graham.”
The man charged with abducting missing University of Virginia student Hannah Graham has been arrested in Texas, police said.
Jesse Matthew, 32, was arrested Wednesday afternoon in Galveston County, Texas, Charlottesville Police Chief Timothy Longo told reporters Wednesday evening. He did not provide any details about how Matthew was arrested, or how he got to Texas. Matthew was charged Tuesday with abduction with intent to defile in the disappearance of second-year student Hannah Graham, 18, who vanished after leaving an off-campus party on Sept. 13.
“This case is nowhere near over. We have a person in custody, but a long road ahead of us,” Longo said. “We’re asking every person within the sound of my voice to find Hannah.”
The Galveston County Sheriff’s Office said Matthew was arrested on a beach in Gilchrist, Texas, at around 3:30 p.m. but wouldn’t provide further details. FBI Special Agent Adam Lee called the arrest “a positive close to this chapter of this very important case.”
Jesse Matthew – mug shot posted by the Galveston County Sheriff’s Office
Man charged with abducting missing Virginia student in custody in Galveston.
The Galveston County Sheriff’s Office said Matthew was located on the beach in Gilcrest on the Bolivar Peninsula around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.
According to Galveston County Judge Mark Henry, deputies received a call about a suspicious person camping in a tent on the beach. A deputy responded and ran the license plate of the suspicious person’s vehicle.
The license plate came back as “hot,” or wanted, said Henry, who was briefed on the circumstances.
Henry told Local 2 investigative reporter Jace Larson that Matthew did not resist arrest. The light blue Nissan Sentra found nearby was impounded.
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Authorities are urging anyone with information to call the police tip line at 434-295-3851.
Posted September 25, 2014 by Scared Monkeys Arrest, Crime, Hannah Graham, Kidnapping/Abduction, Missing Persons, You Tube - VIDEO | 4 comments |
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UPDATE
VSP: Forensic Evidence Links Jesse Matthew to Harrington Case
Posted: Sep 29, 2014 9:09 AM PDT
Updated: Sep 29, 2014 11:56 AM PDT
According to Virginia State Police, Jesse Matthew, the man facing abduction with intent to defile charges in connection with the Hannah Graham case, has been linked to another high profile disappearance.
Police confirm that forensic evidence links Matthew to the Harrington case. Harrington, a Virginia Tech student at the time, was abducted and murdered in Charlottesville in 2009 after leaving a Metallica concert at John Paul Jones Arena.
DNA evidence was collected from the site where Harrington’s remains were found on Anchorage Farm in Albemarle County three months after her disappearance. State police have said there is a link between Harrington’s case and a 2005 Fairfax City sexual assault. Police have not released whether Matthew is connected to the Fairfax case. …
http://www.nbc29.com/story/26653942/vsp-forensic-evidence-links-jesse-matthew-to-harrington-case
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Unknown Offender Linked by DNA in Two Separate Cases
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On a Saturday night in October 2009, college student Morgan Harrington left a Metallica concert at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and disappeared. It would be several months before her body was discovered in a field about 10 miles away. ….
DNA recovered in the Harrington case was linked to an unknown offender in a September 2005 sexual assault in Fairfax City. A 26-year-old woman was attacked at night while walking home from a grocery store. The offender was scared away by a passerby—but the victim got a good look at him, enabling a Fairfax City Police artist to produce a sketch of the attacker.
“It was a remarkable break to get the DNA match,” said FBI Special Agent Jane Collins. The forensic evidence linked the two cases, so now we have a face to put with the suspect in the Harrington case. The suspect is described as an African-American male with black hair and facial hair (at the time of the 2005 attack). He is approximately 6 feet tall and was believed to be between the ages of 25 and 35 years old at the time of the Fairfax City assault.
http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2012/june/help-FBI-catch-morgan-harrington-killer/morgan-harrington_060412
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