Suspect in Hannah Graham Case Indicted in 2005 Rape
Jesse Leroy Matthew Jr., the main suspect in the abduction of UVA student Hannah Graham, was indicted by a grand jury today for a separate sexual assault case dating back to 2005.
Prosecutors declined to comment on the details of the case, which involved a 26-year-old Fairfax, VA woman, but the grand jury charged Matthew with attempted capital murder, abduction, and sexual penetration with an object. According to the Washington Post:
The fresh charges stem from an attack on a 26-year-old woman that occurred as she was walking home from a Giant on Jermantown Road on the night of Sept. 24, 2005. Police said the woman was grabbed from behind about 10 p.m. and carried from Rock Garden Drive to a nearby wooded area, where she was assaulted. The attacker then fled.
Matthew has been linked in a myriad of other sexual assaults and abductions—as a student, he reportedly left two different colleges mid-semester to avoid assault charges. Police say he's also forensically linked to the abduction and murder of Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington, who disappeared during a concert in 2009.
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