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Suspect in Missing UVA Student Case Accused Twice of Sexual Assault

Aleksander Chan · 10/02/14 10:30AM

Jesse Leroy Matthew, Jr.'s history of sexual assault accusations continue to be pieced together as the search for missing University of Virginia student Hannah Graham extends into its third week. Matthew was accused of sexual assault during his time as a student and football player at Christopher Newport University in 2003—that's in addition to a sexual assault accusation filed against him when he was a student and football player at Liberty University in 2002.

Cops: Suspect in UVA Disappearance Is Linked to 2009 Va. Tech Murder

Aleksander Chan · 09/29/14 12:55PM

Jesse Leroy Matthew, Jr., the suspect arrested by police in connection to the abduction of still-missing University of Virginia student Hannah Graham, has now been forensically linked to another missing woman: 20-year-old Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington, who disappeared after attending a concert on the University of Virginia campus in 2009. Harrington's remains were found three months later on a farm. Virginia State Police have called the new forensic link a "significant break" in the ongoing search for Graham.