Suspect captured in case of missing UVa student

MICHAEL FELBERBAU, Associated Press

By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM, Associated Press Updated 8:05 pm, Wednesday, September 24, 2014

 

This undated photo provided by the Charlottesville, Va. Police Department shows Jesse Leroy Matthew Jr. Authorities are again searching the apartment of Matthew, and they believe he is the last person seen with University of Virginia student Hannah Graham before she disappeared. Matthew is being sought on arrest warrants charging him with reckless driving, but authorities also say they want to talk to him about 18-year-old Graham, who has been missing since Sept. 13. (Charlottesville, Va. Police Department, AP / Charlottesville, Va. Police Department)

 

Charlottesville Police Chief Timothy Longo told a news conference Wednesday night that Matthew had been captured and was in custody in Galveston, Texas. He said authorities did not know why Matthew was in Texas. He said they are now working on getting him extradited to Virginia.

 

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