This week a Grand Jury indicted Jesse Matthew, Jr., the suspect in the University of VA student Hannah Graham’s disappearance, on first degree murder and abduction charges. The penalty, if he is convicted, is life in prison. The Commonwealth is not seeking the death penalty. Pursuant to the ethics law in Virginia, the prosecutors will not discuss any of the merits of the case which might substantially affect the jury’s outcome. There will not be discussions on evidence, trial strategy and their reasons for not pursuing the death penalty. With the Grand Jury returning the charges, Albemarle County prosecutors assert that there is enough evidence for a conviction. That remains to be seen. Hannah Graham went missing on September 13, 2014. Her remains were found on October 8 which consisted of a skull and bones on abandoned property in a remote area south of Charlottesville. And when surveillance photos surfaced on Matthew and Graham outside a bar on the night of her … [Read more...] about U VA Hannah Graham Case Upgraded to Murder
Hannah Graham
Plot Thickens in Missing UVA Student Case
DC News FOX 5 DC WTTG A whirlwind of events happened recently in the missing University Of Virginia student Hannah Graham case following Jesse Matthew’s arrest on charges of abduction and intent to defile in Charlottesville. Unfortunately those events include finding skeletal human remains which may be those of Hannah Graham. The State Medical Examiner’s office in Richmond, VA has the remains and will determine the cause of death and the identity of the remains. Jesse Matthew now faces a new indictment handed down on Monday, October 20 in a 2005 attempted murder, abduction and sexual assault case for a then 26 year old woman in Fairfax County. And there still remains an unsolved 2009 case of Morgan Harrington who went missing and was found dead in 2010. Police have confirmed the forensics in the Harrington case match those of the 2005 and Hannah Graham case. No indictment has been issued in the Harrington case. Forensic evidence has now linked Jesse Matthew to … [Read more...] about Plot Thickens in Missing UVA Student Case
Is the Suspect in Missing U VA Student Case a Serial Abductor?
The case of Hannah Graham, the missing University of VA student, who went missing over two weeks ago, is now becoming like something straight out of a TV series, either Criminal Minds, Cold Case or 48 Hours or all combined. In some other ways, it is eerily similar to the case of Charles Severance, the man now charged in the three Alexandria, VA murders of Ruthanne Lodato, Ron Kirby and of realtor Nancy Dunning from over a decade ago. Police were looking into the murder of Ruthanne Lodato from a composite sketch made by a witness when forensics evidence from Severance’s home linked him to the two earlier murders. And now in the case of suspect Jesse Matthew, police leaked information that forensics evidence found at either his car or house may link him to another student who went missing over 2 years ago. And a composite sketch of a suspect wanted for another rape in 2005 appears in his likeness. But what does all of this mean in the case of Hannah Graham? Up to now, the police have … [Read more...] about Is the Suspect in Missing U VA Student Case a Serial Abductor?