FAIRFAX, Va. — Jesse Matthew, the suspect in custody for the abduction of University of Virginia student Hannah Graham, has been indicted on charges related to a 2005 rape.Officials have said they have forensic evidence linking Matthew to a sexual assault in Fairfax on Sept. 24, 2005.
Matthew was arrested Sept. 24, 2014, as he camped on a beach near Galveston, Texas. He is now in Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail, charged with abduction with intent to defile, a felony that under Virginia law compels suspects to submit to DNA testing.
Matthew also has been linked to the 2009 death of a 20-year-old Virginia Tech student, Morgan Harrington, who disappeared after a concert in Charlottesville, Va. Police have said forensic evidence from Harrington's killing is linked by DNA to the 2005 rape.
Two years after Harrington's remains were found, the FBI released a sketch of the suspect in the case.
Graham's disappearance is now being treated as a death investigation after the remains were found, officials said. Police are still trying to determine whether or not the remains are Graham's.
The 18-year-old sophomore has been missing since Sept. 13 after she was on the Downtown Mall in Charlottesville with Matthew.
Investigators across Virginia have been pouring over records to determine whether Matthew is connected to other cases of missing or murdered young women.
The Newport News Police Department confirmed Sept. 30 that they are re-examining two cold cases involving girls who went missing in 2003.
From USATODAY.COM
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