If Jesse L. Matthew Jr.’s DNA had been collected in 2010 when he was convicted of trespassing, Hannah Graham never would have crossed paths with her alleged abductor, said Albemarle Sheriff Chip Harding. Harding has long been an advocate of the power of DNA both to convict and to exonerate, and now he’s pushing legislation […]
If Jesse L. Matthew Jr.’s DNA had been collected in 2010 when he was convicted of trespassing, Hannah Graham never would have crossed paths with her alleged abductor, said Albemarle Sheriff Chip Harding. Harding has long been an advocate of the power of DNA both to convict and to exonerate, and now he’s pushing legislation […]
In September, days after 18-year-old UVA student Hannah Graham disappeared, the City of Charlottesville donated $10,000 to the reward fund for information in her case. This week, two years after 2011 Charlottesville High School graduate Sage Smith disappeared, city officials announced they would add $10,000 to the reward fund in her case as well. The […]
Police are investigating a report of a sexual assault near the UVA Corner over the weekend. According to an alert sent out by the University, Charlottesville police were dispatched to the 100 block of Chancellor Street—a one-way stretch of the residential street close to Elliewood Avenue, the fraternities along Rugby Road, and the offices of […]
On election night 2014, we here at Odd Dominion headquarters sensed early on that Democrats were in for a very bad night. On the national stage, the major TV networks called the supposedly contested Kentucky senate race (which pitted Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell against Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes) the second that polls […]
Accused Hannah Graham abductor Jesse Matthew has pleaded not guilty to sexual assault and attempted murder charges in a 2005 Fairfax attack, and will face an 8-day trial there March 9, according to news reports from the Daily Progress and Richmond’s NBC12. Matthew, 32, made the plea in Fairfax County Circuit Court Friday morning. He […]
The Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked former Albemarle supervisor Christopher Dumler’s license to practice law November 4, the latest fallout from the forcible sodomy charge lodged against him in 2012*, Katy Evans reported in The Daily Progress. Once a rising star in Albemarle’s Democratic party and the youngest to be elected supervisor, then-27-year-old Dumler […]
The Charlottesville Electoral Board asked for and received the resignation of Charlottesville registrar Sheri Iachetta today during a two-hour closed session. Iachetta was charged with six felonies in September for approving city-funded cell phones for her husband, a former employee of the registrar’s office who left in 2009, and local attorney Stephanie Commander, a former […]
A recent Virginia court appearance of accused Hannah Graham abductor Jesse L. Matthew Jr. is raising questions about who will represent him in what could be the most serious and complex set of prosecutions spanning multiple jurisdictions in recent memory. On Friday, October 31, Matthew appeared via video feed accompanied by his Charlottesville-based attorney Jim Camblos […]
Modern day slavery: It’s here When the 17-year-old girl left Honduras with her older boyfriend in 2010 and crossed the border into the United States, she was told a waitressing job and legal immigration papers awaited her in a place she’d never heard of: Harrisonburg, Virginia. But instead of finding the American dream, she was […]
Incumbent Mark Warner has claimed victory in a Virginia U.S. Senate race some say is still too close to call. His opponent, Republican Ed Gillespie, held the lead during much of the night’s tallying, but late-posted vote totals in Fairfax County and elsewhere helped Warner close the gap and pull ahead by a very slim margin. Late last […]