Although Jesse “L.J.” Matthew has been in police custody since his arrest on Wednesday on a beach in Galveston, Texas, he hasn’t given police any new information to help them locate the woman he’s accused of abducting, said Charlottesville Police Chief Tim Longo at an afternoon press conference on Thursday. “He invoked his right to […]
Although Jesse “L.J.” Matthew has been in police custody since his arrest on Wednesday on a beach in Galveston, Texas, he hasn’t given police any new information to help them locate the woman he’s accused of abducting, said Charlottesville Police Chief Tim Longo at an afternoon press conference on Thursday. “He invoked his right to […]
Statement by Brice Cunningham, owner of Tempo Restaurant concerning the investigation into the disappearance of Hannah Graham The Tempo Restaurant family joins the entire Charlottesville community as it continues its search to find Hannah Graham and return her to her family. As longtime members of this unique city, we share the resolve to ensure that Charlottesville […]
The former Venable Elementary School teacher who pleaded guilty earlier this year to a single count of online coercion and enticement of a minor and was sentenced to serve 10 years in federal prison with no chance of parole was permitted to move home with his wife and two children after a judge agreed to […]
UPDATE, noon Thursday, September 25: An employee of the Galveston Sheriff’s Office confirmed this morning that Jesse Matthew was apprehended there after someone spotted him and called in a suspicious person report. Texas news website Click2Houston has reported that Matthew was camping on a beach on the Bolivar Peninsula when an observer reported him to authorities. A […]
Charlottesville Registrar Sheri Iachetta is back at work after her arrest last week on multiple felony charges related to misuse of public funds, and the majority of the electoral board that has the power to fire her say they want to see her keep her position—at least until after the November elections. Iachetta and local […]
By the time Hannah Graham’s parents, John and Sue Graham, first spoke about their daughter’s disappearance on Sunday, September 21, the 18-year-old UVA second-year had been missing for more than a week. It showed. Sue Graham, dressed in a long-sleeved T-shirt bearing Hannah’s ski team logo, wore a mask of pain while her husband offered an […]
In 2007, Charlottesville Police Chief Tim Longo wanted to put 30 security cameras on the Downtown Mall, raising concerns from civil libertarians about government surveillance and from City Council about cost. Seven years later, leads in the search for missing UVA student Hannah Graham have come from private surveillance cameras, and Longo had an I-told-you-so […]
Hannah Graham’s disappearance has dragged other local missing persons cases, abductions, and murders back into the public eye—particularly those of Nelson County teen Alexis Murphy, whose body is still missing even as her convicted murderer, Randy Allen Taylor, sits in jail, and Morgan Harrington, whose remains were found in Albemarle in 2010 three months after […]
Charlottesville police announced Tuesday evening that they have issued a warrant for the arrest of Jesse Matthew for abduction with intent to defile in the case of missing UVA student Hannah Graham. In a packed 7pm press conference called just an hour before, Charlottesville Police Chief Timothy Longo said Matthew, 32 and until now a […]
Elected officials, members of the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority (RWSA), and environmental leaders were among the crowd of locals that gathered atop the newly completed Ragged Mountain Dam last Thursday to celebrate the official opening of a controversial project that Charlottesville mayor Satyendra Huja called “the most significant infrastructure achievement in this community in […]