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| CHARLOTTESVILLE — The suspect in the disappearance of University of Virginia student Hannah Graham has been moved from a Texas holding facility to travel back to Virginia, where he will face an abduction charge in the case, authorities said Friday. | |
| Jesse L. “LJ” Matthew Jr., 32, who was arrested this week on a beach outside of Galveston, Tex., could arrive in Charlottesville as soon as Saturday. Miriam Dickler, a spokeswoman for the City of Charlottesville, said Friday that the date and time of Matthew’s arrival there will not be released. | Jesse L. “LJ” Matthew Jr., 32, who was arrested this week on a beach outside of Galveston, Tex., could arrive in Charlottesville as soon as Saturday. Miriam Dickler, a spokeswoman for the City of Charlottesville, said Friday that the date and time of Matthew’s arrival there will not be released. |
| Matthew, who has been charged with one count of abduction with intent to sexually assault Graham, likely would not appear in a Virginia court before Thursday, as the courthouse is closed for a statewide judicial conference that runs Monday through Wednesday. Matthew was denied bond in Galveston County and, due to the severity of the charge, likely would not be eligible for bond in Virginia. | Matthew, who has been charged with one count of abduction with intent to sexually assault Graham, likely would not appear in a Virginia court before Thursday, as the courthouse is closed for a statewide judicial conference that runs Monday through Wednesday. Matthew was denied bond in Galveston County and, due to the severity of the charge, likely would not be eligible for bond in Virginia. |
| James L. Camblos III, a Charlottesville lawyer who is representing Matthew in the case, said that he advised his client to waive an extradition hearing and expedite his return to Virginia. Camblos said that he expects to meet with his client as soon as Monday. | |
| Graham, an 18-year-old sophomore, went missing on Sept. 13 after a night of drinking and socializing with friends. She apparently got lost while walking through Charlottesville, took a wrong turn, and ended up on the Downtown Mall, more than a mile away from the center of U-Va.’s campus. It was there, police allege, that Matthew intercepted Graham and ultimately made off with her. | |
| Matthew was seen on surveillance video walking with Graham on the Downtown Mall shortly after 1 a.m. on Sept. 13, and a local restaurant owner said the two were seen walking away from his establishment together sometime later. That was the last time anyone saw Graham, police said. | |
| Police believe that Graham was in Matthew’s car when it left the area. Police have searched Matthew’s car and apartment but have not released what, if any, evidence they have found linking him to her disappearance. | Police believe that Graham was in Matthew’s car when it left the area. Police have searched Matthew’s car and apartment but have not released what, if any, evidence they have found linking him to her disappearance. |
| Police and large numbers of volunteers have not been able to find Graham in a search that is nearly two weeks old. They continue to look in and around Charlottesville, but they have no clues as to her whereabouts. Police Chief Timothy J. Longo has urged area residents and landowners to comb their properties for anything that seems out of the ordinary. | |
| Much of the surrounding region of Charlottesville is rural farmland, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. At Monticello, President Thomas Jefferson’s estate four miles south of town, workers have fanned out across 2,600 acres looking for clues, said spokeswoman Ann Taylor. | |
| “They’ve been keeping their eyes open for anything which may be useful to the search,” said Taylor, who noted that staffers also have reviewed video surveillance tapes and pieces of the property abutting public roads. | |
| At nearby Ash Lawn-Highland, the 500-acre estate of president James Monroe, staffers Katie Falcone and Brittany Harton spent part of Friday trekking through brush in a wooded area close to the mansion. Wearing jeans and sneakers, the staffers walked a dirt road in the afternoon sun, searching for clues that could lead police closer to finding Graham. | |
| “These look like fresh tire marks,” said Falcone, 25. They looked for anything out of place — “the pink phone, the white shoes” — references to what Graham had with her the morning she was last seen. | |
| They kneeled in the grass to peer through the dense forest. Then Falcone spotted an object glinting in a sunbeam cutting through the treetops. | |
| “What’s that over there?” Falcone said. “Oh, that’s just a Bud Light can.” | |
| Harton, a University of Virginia graduate, said that the afternoon’s effort was about helping the community in a time of need. | |
| “If I was missing, or my loved ones were missing, I’d want anybody that was able out searching,” said Harton, 23. | |
| Falcone said that the goal was to help police narrow down a search area for Graham. | |
| “The more eyes you have looking the better,” Falcone said. “No news can be good news.” | |
| Maybe Graham is still out there, Falcone said. A second search was planned for Saturday, Falcone said, so that more staffers from Monroe’s former estate could take to the woods looking for a young woman who has missing for 14 days. |