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Hannah Graham was past seen connected video connected Saturday, September 12, 2014 extracurricular a state presumption successful Charlottesville, Virginia walking, past running. Minutes before, she was seen astir 12:45 a.m. talking to a antheral extracurricular McGrady's Pub, adjacent to her campus. It was reported that she was turned distant by the doorman astatine the Pub.
Ten minutes later, she is seen moving past a state station, and it was said that she was unsocial and nary 1 appeared to beryllium pursuing her. Five minutes aboriginal witnesses saw her astir 4 blocks from the state station, She was successful a edifice successful an country known arsenic 'Downtown Mall', per witnesses. There was video footage astatine an Italian café that shows her walking on the promenade astir 1:06 a.m. The camera astatine a jewelry store recorded her passing 2 minutes later. About this time, she sent a substance to a person stating she was lost.
Earlier that nighttime she was astatine an off-campus party. She was ne'er seen oregon heard from again.
Hannah was a 2nd twelvemonth pupil astatine the University of Virginia.
Hannah was described arsenic 5'11 with bluish eyes, airy brownish hairsbreadth with freckles, and was wearing achromatic pants and a harvest top.
The fishy was named arsenic Jesse Matthew, 32, reporting that helium was the past idiosyncratic who saw, and was the ma connected the video with Hannah. His car and his flat were searched. Shortly aft helium was astatine the Charlottesville Police Department for an interview, helium lawyered up, and near without speaking. Police judge that Matthew’s burnt orangish 1998 Chrysler coupe whitethorn person been someway a portion of Hannah's disappearance and/or death.
Another fishy constabulary initially reported they were looking for was a antheral who did not acceptable Matthew’s description. This antheral was described arsenic a achromatic antheral successful his twenties oregon thirties with a shaved caput and goatee. Matthew has dreadlocks.
Early connected successful the investigation, CBS News reported a somewhat antithetic mentation of events astatine the Pub anterior to Hanna's disappearance.
The proprietor of Tempo Restaurant, Brice Cunningham reported that Jesse Leroy Matthew Jr., 32, was successful his barroom connected September 13th aboriginal greeting and ordered 2 beers, which is confirmed with the recognition paper used, earlier re-joining Hannah outside. The proprietor insists that Hannah was not wrong the barroom and was not served astatine the bar.
One of the employees astatine the Tempo reported witnessing Matthew's limb astir Hanna. She could hardly locomotion without support. Investigators basal steadfast that they tin spot Hannah wrong the barroom with Matthew.
Video shows Hannah walking unsteadily, adjacent moving astatine times, past a pub and the work station, past to the Downtown Mall. There is nary grounds that Hannah and Matthew knew each different anterior to this incident.
September 24, 2014, Matthews was arrested for abduction with intent to defile, successful Hanna's disappearance, aft Investigators obtained capable grounds to marque the charge. While it seemed helium was wanted and connected the run, a pistillate called it in.. She was astatine the formation to locomotion her dog, she saw Matthew, knew helium was wanted, and called it in. He was picked up instantly successful Texas.
September 30, 2015, Jesse avoided the decease condemnation by pleading blameworthy to everything, portion prosecutors took the Capital Murder complaint disconnected the table, successful instrumentality for 4 consecutive beingness sentences.
CR15000052-00 Abduction
CR15000053-00 1st grade murder
CR15000516-00 Murder
CR15000517-00 Abduction with intent to defile
This comes successful the aftermath of further information, probe and grounds against different pistillate that disappeared, Morgan Dana Harrington (also posted connected our website).
Information accumulated by:
NBC News
CNN
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