10-03-2014, 11:38 PM
ABOUT SUSPECT JESSE LEROY MATTHEW JR
More information about Matthew's history is being unearthed by reporters. Here's some background and bits that I've come across as being confirmed by identified sources this week in media reports.
HANNAH GRAHAM ABDUCTION:
Matthew was seen by witnesses waking away from Tempo Bar with his arm around a very unstable Hannah Graham after 1:30 am on September 13, 2014. Since then, she hasn't been seen or heard from by anyone who knows her. Matthew has been charged with Abduction with Intent to Defile in Hannah's case. LE has announced that there is a forensic link between the suspect in Hannah Graham's case and the rape/murder of Morgan Harrington in 2009. (Some media is citing 'DNA link', but I haven't seen that confirmed directly by an identified LEO thus far and LE hasn't provided details of anything recovered in searches of Matthew's property -- so I'm not running with 'DNA' as fact yet.)
MORGAN HARRINGTON RAPE/MURDER CONNECTION:
Matthew worked for Yellow Cab at the time of Morgan Harrington's disappearance. She was last seen walking away from UVA's John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville after being denied re-entry to the Metallica concert and texting her friends that she'd find a ride home; on the evening of October 17, 2009. Morgan was intoxicated and witnesses claim she was disoriented outside the arena. Morgan was raped and killed -- her body was found in a field on Anchorage Farm property on January 26, 2010. Anchorage Farm is about 11 miles south of the arena; both are in Albemarle County. Matthew lived within a few miles of Anchorage Farm growing up. He is familiar with the area.
Morgan Harrington's DNA is linked to brutal rape in 2005; the perp fled when a passerby approached the crime in progress. The sketch derived from the witness' description is posted upthread.
TWO CONFIRMED UNIVERSITY SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS:
Jesse Matthew was accused of sexually assaulting a female student at Liberty University on October 17, 2002. He played on the football team. He was not prosecuted as the victim did not press charges (reason unknown). Matthew claimed the sex was consensual. Consensual sex between students is against the code of conduct at Liberty University (founded by Jerry Falwell). He left the school.
Jesse Matthew was accused of sexually assaulting a female student at Christopher Newport University on September 7, 2003. He was a member of the football team. He was not prosecuted as the victim did not press charges (reason unknown). He left the school five days later.
HIGH SCHOOL:
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In his senior year, ^ Matthew was captain of the Monticello Mustangs football team at Abermarle High School. He was also on the wrestling team and was named athlete of the year. He is described by other students as popular, loyal, outgoing, a gentle giant, etc...
EMPLOYMENT / VOLUNTEER AT TIME OF ARREST:
Matthew was employed at the University of Virginia Hospital as an operating room patient tech from August 2012 until his arrest. He is described by co-workers as pleasant, friendly, reliable, etc...
Matthew was a volunteer coach at the Covenant Christian School prior to his arrest. He is described by the players, parents, and pastor as warm, easy-going, etc...
CRIMINAL RECORD:
Matthew has many traffic violations on his record. He also punched an attorney in the face and then apologized and took the attorney to get medical attention -- the attorney didn't pursue prosecution. He has a grand theft larceny charge apparently associated with dissatisfaction with an auto repair. (Note: Matthew's father has the same name and several intoxication related charges and an indecent exposure -- probably for urinating in public, IMO -- on his record).
Along with the Hannah Graham disappearance and the Morgan Harrington murder, Jesse Leroy Matthew Jr. is currently being investigated for possible involvement in the 2009 murder of Cassandra Morton and several missing persons cases in Virginia.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crim...story.html
http://www.roanoke.com/news/virginia/acq...121f1.html
http://hamptonroads.com/2014/10/suspect-...-while-cnu
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/cloth...t-25696011
http://wtvr.com/2014/10/01/sexual-assaul...y-in-2003/
More information about Matthew's history is being unearthed by reporters. Here's some background and bits that I've come across as being confirmed by identified sources this week in media reports.
HANNAH GRAHAM ABDUCTION:
Matthew was seen by witnesses waking away from Tempo Bar with his arm around a very unstable Hannah Graham after 1:30 am on September 13, 2014. Since then, she hasn't been seen or heard from by anyone who knows her. Matthew has been charged with Abduction with Intent to Defile in Hannah's case. LE has announced that there is a forensic link between the suspect in Hannah Graham's case and the rape/murder of Morgan Harrington in 2009. (Some media is citing 'DNA link', but I haven't seen that confirmed directly by an identified LEO thus far and LE hasn't provided details of anything recovered in searches of Matthew's property -- so I'm not running with 'DNA' as fact yet.)
MORGAN HARRINGTON RAPE/MURDER CONNECTION:
Matthew worked for Yellow Cab at the time of Morgan Harrington's disappearance. She was last seen walking away from UVA's John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville after being denied re-entry to the Metallica concert and texting her friends that she'd find a ride home; on the evening of October 17, 2009. Morgan was intoxicated and witnesses claim she was disoriented outside the arena. Morgan was raped and killed -- her body was found in a field on Anchorage Farm property on January 26, 2010. Anchorage Farm is about 11 miles south of the arena; both are in Albemarle County. Matthew lived within a few miles of Anchorage Farm growing up. He is familiar with the area.
Morgan Harrington's DNA is linked to brutal rape in 2005; the perp fled when a passerby approached the crime in progress. The sketch derived from the witness' description is posted upthread.
TWO CONFIRMED UNIVERSITY SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS:
Jesse Matthew was accused of sexually assaulting a female student at Liberty University on October 17, 2002. He played on the football team. He was not prosecuted as the victim did not press charges (reason unknown). Matthew claimed the sex was consensual. Consensual sex between students is against the code of conduct at Liberty University (founded by Jerry Falwell). He left the school.
Jesse Matthew was accused of sexually assaulting a female student at Christopher Newport University on September 7, 2003. He was a member of the football team. He was not prosecuted as the victim did not press charges (reason unknown). He left the school five days later.
HIGH SCHOOL:
In his senior year, ^ Matthew was captain of the Monticello Mustangs football team at Abermarle High School. He was also on the wrestling team and was named athlete of the year. He is described by other students as popular, loyal, outgoing, a gentle giant, etc...
EMPLOYMENT / VOLUNTEER AT TIME OF ARREST:
Matthew was employed at the University of Virginia Hospital as an operating room patient tech from August 2012 until his arrest. He is described by co-workers as pleasant, friendly, reliable, etc...
Matthew was a volunteer coach at the Covenant Christian School prior to his arrest. He is described by the players, parents, and pastor as warm, easy-going, etc...
CRIMINAL RECORD:
Matthew has many traffic violations on his record. He also punched an attorney in the face and then apologized and took the attorney to get medical attention -- the attorney didn't pursue prosecution. He has a grand theft larceny charge apparently associated with dissatisfaction with an auto repair. (Note: Matthew's father has the same name and several intoxication related charges and an indecent exposure -- probably for urinating in public, IMO -- on his record).
Along with the Hannah Graham disappearance and the Morgan Harrington murder, Jesse Leroy Matthew Jr. is currently being investigated for possible involvement in the 2009 murder of Cassandra Morton and several missing persons cases in Virginia.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crim...story.html
http://www.roanoke.com/news/virginia/acq...121f1.html
http://hamptonroads.com/2014/10/suspect-...-while-cnu
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/cloth...t-25696011
http://wtvr.com/2014/10/01/sexual-assaul...y-in-2003/