Jesse Matthew to Be Charged with First Degree Murder in Hannah Graham Case: Report

The Albemarle County Police Department and the Commonwealth’s Attorney are expected to announce Tuesday that suspect Jesse Leroy Matthew Jr. has been charged with first degree murder in the death of UVA student Hannah Graham, according to a report Monday by NBC-29 in Charlottesville.

CBS-6 in Charlottesville also cites sources saying that Matthew has been charged.

The Albemarle County Police Department and the Commonwealth’s Attorney have scheduled a press conference for Tuesday at 11 a.m. The police department issued a statement Monday saying: “We will be providing an update in the Jesse Matthew case. Albemarle County Police Chief, Colonel Steve Sellers and Albemarle County Commonwealth’s Attorney, Denise Lunsford will be speaking at the press conference. We will not be answering any questions prior to the press conference.”

Graham, 18, disappeared Sept. 13 in Charlottesville, where she was a sophomore at the University of Virginia; the search for the missing teen gripped the nation and made worldwide news. Hearts sank when her remains were found in October at an abandoned property in southern Albemarle County about 12 miles from where she was last seen.

Graham graduated from West Potomac High School in the Alexandria area of Fairfax County.

Matthew is already charged with the abduction of Graham, 18, from Charlottesville’s downtown mall.

Graham’s life was celebrated by hundreds of friends and family members in November.

Matthew is also a suspect in two similar incidents.

Graham’s body was discovered about five miles from where student Morgan Harrington’s body was found in 2010 in Albemarle County. In November 2014, police forensically linked Matthew to Harrington when his DNA was found on a “Pantera” shirt she was seen in before disappearing.

A Fairfax Circuit Court judge has delayed Matthew’s trial in Fairfax, where he is accused of abducting, sexually assaulting and attempting to kill a Fairfax City woman in 2005, according to media reports.

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