09-30-2014, 09:53 AM
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- A forensic clue uncovered in the investigation of a missing University of Virginia student has led investigators to believe they have "a significant break" in the unsolved death of another young woman who had vanished from the campus five years ago, police said Monday, and perhaps an unsolved rape from years before.
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A forensic clue could be Matthew's DNA or clothing/personal items from the previous victims. Especially in the case of the rape I would bet on DNA (unless he kept the rape victim's drivers license or something of that nature).
There have been two other disappearances in the area beside Harrington and Graham. 19 year old Samantha Clarke has been missing since September 2010, and 19 year old DaShad Laquinn Smith missing since November 2012.
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It may turn out that Jesse Matthew is a bonafide serial killer. The rape happened in 2005, Harrington was killed in 2009, Clarke disappeared in 2010, Smith in 2012, now Graham in 2014. The other coincidence is that all these females disappeared between September and November of their respective year (the rape occurred in September). If Matthew did it he could have cyclical triggers for homicide. Then again, he may have nothing to do with the other disappearances and I'm just blowing smoke.
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A forensic clue could be Matthew's DNA or clothing/personal items from the previous victims. Especially in the case of the rape I would bet on DNA (unless he kept the rape victim's drivers license or something of that nature).
There have been two other disappearances in the area beside Harrington and Graham. 19 year old Samantha Clarke has been missing since September 2010, and 19 year old DaShad Laquinn Smith missing since November 2012.
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It may turn out that Jesse Matthew is a bonafide serial killer. The rape happened in 2005, Harrington was killed in 2009, Clarke disappeared in 2010, Smith in 2012, now Graham in 2014. The other coincidence is that all these females disappeared between September and November of their respective year (the rape occurred in September). If Matthew did it he could have cyclical triggers for homicide. Then again, he may have nothing to do with the other disappearances and I'm just blowing smoke.