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Hannah Graham: Police charge Jesse Matthew with abduction | Hannah Graham: Police charge Jesse Matthew with abduction |
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A Virginia man sought for questioning about a missing British-born student has been charged with abduction. | A Virginia man sought for questioning about a missing British-born student has been charged with abduction. |
Jesse Matthew, 32, was seen walking with Hannah Graham, 18, on CCTV footage on the night she disappeared in Charlottesville, where she is a student at the University of Virginia. | Jesse Matthew, 32, was seen walking with Hannah Graham, 18, on CCTV footage on the night she disappeared in Charlottesville, where she is a student at the University of Virginia. |
Mr Matthew was last seen speeding off from a police station on Saturday. | Mr Matthew was last seen speeding off from a police station on Saturday. |
Police also said they were "absolutely" still searching for Ms Graham, who went missing on 13 September. | Police also said they were "absolutely" still searching for Ms Graham, who went missing on 13 September. |
On Saturday, after Mr Matthew came to the attention of the investigators who had seen him on the CCTV footage by Ms Graham's side, he visited a police station in Charlottesville accompanied by relatives, spoke briefly with officers, then asked for a lawyer. | |
He was allowed to leave, then drove away from the police station at high speed, prompting police to charge him with reckless driving. | He was allowed to leave, then drove away from the police station at high speed, prompting police to charge him with reckless driving. |
On Tuesday, Charlottesville Police Chief Timothy Longo told reporters that investigators had "reached that point where [Virginia] had sufficient probable cause" to charge Mr Matthew with abduction with intent to defile. | On Tuesday, Charlottesville Police Chief Timothy Longo told reporters that investigators had "reached that point where [Virginia] had sufficient probable cause" to charge Mr Matthew with abduction with intent to defile. |
Mr Longo said he could not offer further details. | Mr Longo said he could not offer further details. |
Earlier, police said they had evidence that a man matching Mr Matthew's description entered a bar with Ms Graham and purchased alcohol during the night. | Earlier, police said they had evidence that a man matching Mr Matthew's description entered a bar with Ms Graham and purchased alcohol during the night. |
British-born Ms Graham went missing after attending a party in Charlottesville on that Friday night. | British-born Ms Graham went missing after attending a party in Charlottesville on that Friday night. |
The second-year University of Virginia student, who appeared to be drunk, was seen on CCTV footage in several different locations throughout the town. | The second-year University of Virginia student, who appeared to be drunk, was seen on CCTV footage in several different locations throughout the town. |
She was seen walking, and at some points running, past a pub and a service station. | She was seen walking, and at some points running, past a pub and a service station. |
In the last few sightings, Ms Graham is seen walking through the main shopping street in Charlottesville. At two separate points, Mr Matthew is seen walking beside Ms Graham . | |
At 01:20 Ms Graham sent a text message to a friend saying she was lost. | |
There were no subsequent sightings of the teenager. | There were no subsequent sightings of the teenager. |
On Sunday her British parents, who moved from the UK to Washington DC when Ms Graham was five, made an appeal for help in the search for their daughter. | |
"All we want to do now is to bring Hannah home safely and I appeal to anybody who knows anything please, please help us," said her father John Graham. | "All we want to do now is to bring Hannah home safely and I appeal to anybody who knows anything please, please help us," said her father John Graham. |
"This is every parent's worst nightmare. We need to find out what happened to Hannah and make sure it happens to no-one else." | "This is every parent's worst nightmare. We need to find out what happened to Hannah and make sure it happens to no-one else." |
On Saturday, around 1,000 people, among them some of Ms Graham's schoolmates, joined in a police search of the town. |
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