murder of Hannah Graham
{{Short description|2014 American murder of college student}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Hannah Graham
| image = File:Hannah Graham.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_name = Hannah Elizabeth Graham
| birth_place = Reading, Berkshire, England{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/for-hannah-grahams-family-nightmare-leaves-enduring-uncertainty-and-loss/2014/11/14/4849784a-6c2c-11e4-a31c-77759fc1eacc_story.html |title=For Hannah Graham's family, 'nightmare' leaves enduring uncertainty and loss |newspaper=Washington Post |first=T. Rees |last=Shapiro |date=November 14, 2014 |accessdate=November 15, 2014 |archive-date=November 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115052716/http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/for-hannah-grahams-family-nightmare-leaves-enduring-uncertainty-and-loss/2014/11/14/4849784a-6c2c-11e4-a31c-77759fc1eacc_story.html |url-status=live }}
| disappeared_date = {{nowrap| {{disappeared date|2014|09|13|1996|02|25}}}}
| disappeared_place = Downtown Mall
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
| death_date = {{circa}} {{death date and age|2014|09|13|1996|02|25}}
| death_place = Albemarle County, Virginia, United States
| death_cause = Homicide{{cite web |url=http://www.nbc29.com/story/27416684/update-police-release-cause-manner-of-death-in-graham-case |title=UPDATE: Police Release Cause, Manner of Death in Graham Case |publisher=WVIR-TV |date=November 18, 2014 |website=NBC 29 |access-date=December 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141121224902/http://www.nbc29.com/story/27416684/update-police-release-cause-manner-of-death-in-graham-case |archive-date=November 21, 2014}}
| body_discovered = {{coord|37|55|26|N|78|36|55.5|W|type:event|display=inline}}
3193 Old Lynchburg Road{{cite news |first=Coy |last=Barefoot |title=EXCLUSIVE: Where Hannah Was Found |url=http://insidecville.com/blog/exclusive-where-hannah-was-found/ |work=Inside Cville |date=October 19, 2014 |accessdate=October 21, 2014 |archive-date=October 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022011102/http://insidecville.com/blog/exclusive-where-hannah-was-found/ |url-status=live }}
North Garden, Virginia
October 18, 2014
| resting_place = Ivy Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
| education = West Potomac High School
University of Virginia
| parents = Sue Graham (mother)
John Graham (father)
| relatives =
}}
Hannah Elizabeth Graham (February 25, 1996 – {{circa}} September 13, 2014) was an 18-year-old second-year British-born American student at the University of Virginia who went missing on September 13, 2014. She was last seen early in the morning that day, at the Downtown Mall in Charlottesville, Virginia.{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/19/us/virginia-missing-student-hannah-graham/ |title=Major break: Police search car, apartment in case of missing Virginia student |last1=Carter |first1=Chelsea |last2=Fiegel |first2=Eric |publisher=CNN |date=September 21, 2014 |access-date=December 18, 2020}} Five weeks later, her remains were discovered on an abandoned property in nearby Albemarle County.{{cite news |url=http://www.nbc29.com/story/26886621/medical-examiner-confirms-hannah-grahams-remains-found-in-albemarle |title=Medical Examiner Confirms Hannah Graham's Remains Found in Albemarle |publisher=WVIR-TV |date=October 24, 2014 |access-date=December 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025002918/http://www.nbc29.com/story/26886621/medical-examiner-confirms-hannah-grahams-remains-found-in-albemarle |archive-date=October 25, 2014}} Jesse Matthew pleaded guilty to murdering Graham and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He was also found guilty and given three additional life sentences for other, previous crimes.
Background
Hannah Graham's friends last heard from her via text message at about 1:20 am on September 13, 2014, after she told them she was on her way to a party, but was lost.{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/19/missing-virginia-student/15890571/ |title=Police ID man who left bar with missing U.Va. student |last1=Vasiliadis |first1=Joanie |last2=Pettus |first2=Meta |publisher=USA Today |date=September 19, 2014 |access-date=December 18, 2020 |archive-date=February 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228110633/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/19/missing-virginia-student/15890571/ |url-status=live }} She had attended another party before disappearing.{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hannah-graham-what-happened-missing-virginia-student-n208556 |title=Hannah Graham: What Happened to the Missing Virginia Student? |publisher=NBC News |date=September 22, 2014 |access-date=December 18, 2020 |archive-date=November 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111205852/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hannah-graham-what-happened-missing-virginia-student-n208556 |url-status=live }}
According to surveillance footage and witness testimony, among the last places Graham was seen was at Tempo Restaurant with Jesse Leroy "LJ" Matthew Jr., a 32-year-old man and person of interest. A witness also said that Matthew was seen in the restaurant holding an arm around Graham, and that she looked drunk.{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/bar-center-missing-uva-student-case-face-legal/story?id=25787415 |title=Bar at Center of Missing UVA Student Case May Face Legal Trouble |last1=Keneally |first1=Meghan |last2=Osunsami |first2=Steve |publisher=ABC News |date=September 27, 2014 |access-date=December 18, 2020 |archive-date=October 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024175946/https://abcnews.go.com/US/bar-center-missing-uva-student-case-face-legal/story?id=25787415 |url-status=live }} The last witness to see Graham alive says that she was with a man who "did not look friendly." As Graham was standing by a vehicle identified to be Matthew's orange 1998 Chrysler Sebring, the witness heard her say, "I'm not getting in that car with you!"{{cite news|title=Statement of Facts Reveal New Details in Graham and Harrington Cases|url=http://www.nbc29.com/story/31371788/statement-of-facts-reveal-new-details-in-graham-and-harrington-cases|accessdate=3 March 2016|publisher=NBC29|date=March 2, 2016|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103529/http://www.nbc29.com/story/31371788/statement-of-facts-reveal-new-details-in-graham-and-harrington-cases|url-status=dead}}
Over a decade earlier, Matthew was twice accused of sexual assault at two separate Virginia colleges {{ndash}} Liberty University in Lynchburg and Christopher Newport University in Newport News {{ndash}} and left each school immediately after each allegation. The reported assaults occurred within an eleven-month period of each other. Police investigated each report, but in neither incident was a criminal case brought against him.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/court-hearing-for-suspect-in-disappearance-of-u-va-student-hannah-graham-moved/2014/10/01/e2b66508-4988-11e4-b72e-d60a9229cc10_story.html|title=U-Va. suspect Jesse L. Matthew Jr. twice accused of college sex assaults|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=October 1, 2014|archive-date=September 9, 2017|access-date=September 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909005739/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/court-hearing-for-suspect-in-disappearance-of-u-va-student-hannah-graham-moved/2014/10/01/e2b66508-4988-11e4-b72e-d60a9229cc10_story.html|url-status=live}} On July 7, 2021, Matthew was named in a class action lawsuit against Liberty University alleging that he had sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl while at Liberty University.{{Cite web|title=Jane Does 1-12 file Title IX lawsuit against Liberty University {{!}} Statute Of Limitations {{!}} Sexual Harassment|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/516578867/Jane-Does-1-12-file-Title-IX-lawsuit-against-Liberty-University|access-date=2021-07-20|website=Scribd|language=en|archive-date=2021-07-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720201600/https://www.scribd.com/document/516578867/Jane-Does-1-12-file-Title-IX-lawsuit-against-Liberty-University|url-status=live}}
Search
=Volunteer search=
On September 20, a volunteer search for Graham took place throughout Charlottesville. Over 1,000 volunteers were reported to have been involved in the search.{{cite web |url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/article2180909.html |title=Hundreds search for missing UVa student |last=Suderman |first=Alan |publisher=Miami Herald | date=September 20, 2014 | access-date=December 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140920184345/http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/article2180909.html |archive-date=September 20, 2014}}
=Search efforts=
On September 25, Charlottesville police chief Timothy Longo said he believed that Graham was either in Charlottesville or one of the surrounding nine counties, and asked property owners to search for her on their own land.{{cite web | url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/police-ask-property-owners-to-help-search-for-hannah-graham/ | title=Police ask property owners to help search for Hannah Graham | work=CBS News | date=September 25, 2014 | accessdate=September 25, 2014 | author=Crimesider Staff}} The Department of Emergency Management organized two-person search teams in the search for Graham and estimated that as of September 26, those crews spent 44 hours in the field since the volunteer search.{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/challenges-remain-in-case-of-missing-uva-student/ |title=Challenges remain in case of missing UVA student |publisher=Fox News |date=November 23, 2015 |access-date=December 18, 2020 |archive-date=August 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815030205/https://www.foxnews.com/us/challenges-remain-in-case-of-missing-uva-student |url-status=live }}
=Remains found=
On October 18, 2014, human remains were found at an abandoned property in Albemarle County, by searchers from the Chesterfield County Sheriff's Office. At a press conference later that day, Chief Longo stated that the remains had not been positively identified as Graham; however, authorities informed Graham's parents of the discovery. The remains were sent to the Chief Medical Examiner's office in Richmond for identification.{{cite news |url=http://wtvr.com/2014/10/18/hannah-graham-update/ |title=Hannah Graham search called off after crew finds human remains |last1=Bryan |first1=Alix |last2=Rarrick |first2=Chelsea |last3=Wise |first3=Scott |date=October 20, 2014 |website=6 News Richmond |access-date=December 18, 2020 |archive-date=June 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622085316/https://www.wtvr.com/2014/10/18/hannah-graham-update |url-status=live }} On October 24, the remains were positively identified as Graham. That same day, Graham's parents visited the property where she was found.{{cite news |url=http://www.nbc29.com/story/26883590/hannah-grahams-parents-visit-old-lynchburg-road-crime-scene |title=Hannah Graham's Parents Visit Old Lynchburg Road Crime Scene |work=WVIR |date=24 October 2014 |accessdate=24 October 2014 |first=Henry |last=Graff |archive-date=25 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025001640/http://www.nbc29.com/story/26883590/hannah-grahams-parents-visit-old-lynchburg-road-crime-scene |url-status=dead }}
On November 18, The Washington Post reported that a cause for Graham's death was determined but was withheld at the request of law enforcement.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/hannah-graham-cause-of-death-determined-officials-withholding-details/2014/11/18/2810156c-6f37-11e4-893f-86bd390a3340_story.html |title=U-Va. student Hannah Graham's death the result of 'homicidal violence,' officials say |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=December 18, 2020}} Later that day, the Albemarle County Police Department reversed course, releasing that Graham died of homicide by an "undetermined etiology".{{cite tweet |author= AlbemarleCoPolice |user= AlbemarleCoPD|number= 534827736691666944 |date= 18 November 2014 |title= "The cause of death is homicidal violence of undetermined etiology. The manner of death is homicide." |access-date= 19 November 2014}}
Suspect
On September 19, the local police identified a man they described as a "person of interest" whom they saw on surveillance cameras leaving a bar with Graham. The police have concluded that Graham may have gotten into a car with this man. They also searched the man's car and apartment, but declined to arrest or identify him at that time.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/missing-uva-teen-spent-hours-before-disappearance-with-friends/2014/09/19/b425aab8-4001-11e4-b03f-de718edeb92f_story.html |title=Police scrutinize 'person of interest' seen with missing U-Va. student Hannah Graham |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=September 19, 2014 |access-date=December 18, 2020 |archive-date=November 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128044716/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/missing-uva-teen-spent-hours-before-disappearance-with-friends/2014/09/19/b425aab8-4001-11e4-b03f-de718edeb92f_story.html |url-status=live }} The police identified the "person of interest" as Matthew the following day, in an effort to make contact with him for further questioning.{{cite web | url=http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/police-confirm-person-of-interest-s-name-in-hannah-graham/article_33dd20b8-411c-11e4-994a-0017a43b2370.html | title=Police Confirm Person of Interest's Name in Hannah Graham Case | work=Richmond Times-Dispatch | date= September 20, 2014 | accessdate=October 4, 2014 | author=Brandon Shulleeta}}
Police again searched Matthew's apartment on September 22;{{cite web | url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/hannah-graham-searchers-returns-jesse-matthews-apartment/story?id=25677711 | title=Hannah Graham Searchers Return to Jesse Matthew's Apartment | work=ABC News | date=September 22, 2014 | accessdate=September 23, 2014 | author=Keneally, Meghan | archive-date=September 23, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140923024846/http://abcnews.go.com/US/hannah-graham-searchers-returns-jesse-matthews-apartment/story?id=25677711 | url-status=live }} during the search, they took items of clothing from his apartment, but would not elaborate on the importance of these items.{{cite news |url=http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Clothes-taken-in-search-for-missing-UVa-student-5774398.php |title=Clothes taken in search for missing UVa student |publisher=Houston Chronicle |date=September 23, 2014 |access-date=December 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140926022631/http://www.chron.com:80/news/crime/article/Clothes-taken-in-search-for-missing-UVa-student-5774398.php |archive-date=September 26, 2014}} Police described the searches as a major break in the case and offered a {{US$|100000|link=yes}} reward ({{Inflation|US|100000|2014|fmt=eq|r=-3}}) for information relating to Graham's disappearance.{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/missing-virginia-student-hannah-graham-car-man/story?id=25621541 |title=Missing Virginia Student Hannah Graham May Have Gotten Into Car With Man |last1=Harrison |first1=Jennifer |last2=Keneally |first2=Meghan |last3=Osunsami |first3=Steve |publisher=ABC News |date=September 19, 2014 |access-date=December 18, 2020 |archive-date=December 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217230710/https://abcnews.go.com/US/missing-virginia-student-hannah-graham-car-man/story?id=25621541 |url-status=live }}
=Arrest=
On September 21, the police issued an arrest warrant for reckless driving by Matthew.{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/man-seen-with-missing-uva-student-hannah-graham-faces-driving-charge/ |title=Man seen with missing UVA student Hannah Graham faces driving charge |publisher=Fox News |date=November 28, 2015 |access-date=December 18, 2020 |archive-date=August 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814025219/https://www.foxnews.com/us/man-seen-with-missing-uva-student-hannah-graham-faces-driving-charge |url-status=live }} On September 23, Longo announced that Matthew had been charged with abduction with intent to defile.{{cite web |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/arrest-warrant-suspect-missing-university-of-virginia-student-hannah-graham/ |title=Suspect charged in U.Va. student's disappearance |publisher=CBS News |date=September 25, 2014 |access-date=December 18, 2020 |archive-date=October 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025160511/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/arrest-warrant-suspect-missing-university-of-virginia-student-hannah-graham/ |url-status=live }} On September 24, Longo, during a joint press conference with the FBI, announced that the suspect had been arrested in a sparsely populated part of Galveston County, Texas, after being recognized by a woman on a beach.{{cite web | url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hannah-graham-suspect-arrested-case-missing-uva-student-n210996 | title=Hannah Graham: Suspect Arrested in Case of Missing UVA Student | work=NBC News | date=24 September 2014 | accessdate=24 September 2014 | author=Gittens, Hasani | archive-date=25 September 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140925003042/http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hannah-graham-suspect-arrested-case-missing-uva-student-n210996 | url-status=live }}{{cite web | url=http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Suspect-in-missing-UVA-student-s-abduction-5778791.php | title=Suspect in missing UVA student's abduction arrested in Galveston Co. | work=Houston Chronicle | date=September 25, 2014 | accessdate=September 25, 2014 | author=George, Cindy | archive-date=September 25, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140925100859/http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Suspect-in-missing-UVA-student-s-abduction-5778791.php | url-status=live }}
=Connection to Morgan Harrington case=
{{see also|Murder of Morgan Dana Harrington}}
On September 29, 2014, it was reported that forensic evidence taken from the investigation into the murder of Morgan Dana Harrington in 2009 matched evidence taken from Matthew. Sources close to the Graham investigation added that Harrington interacted with Matthew on the night she disappeared.{{cite news |first=Becca |last=Mitchell |title=Update: DNA evidence links Jesse Matthew to Morgan Harrington’s death, source says |work=WTKR |date=2014-09-30 |orig-date=September 29, 2014 |url=https://www.wtkr.com/2014/09/29/breaking-forensic-evidence-links-hannah-graham-suspect-to-murdered-virginia-tech-student-morgan-harrington |access-date=2025-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240623153609/https://www.wtkr.com/2014/09/29/breaking-forensic-evidence-links-hannah-graham-suspect-to-murdered-virginia-tech-student-morgan-harrington |archive-date=2024-06-23 |url-status=live}} Graham's remains were found about {{convert|5|mi|0}} from the location where Harrington's remains were discovered.{{cite news |author= |title=What does discovery of remains mean for Hannah Graham suspect Jesse Matthew? |work=WTVR News |date=October 18, 2014 |url=https://www.wtvr.com/2014/10/18/legal-analyst-on-remains-discovery |access-date=2025-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241227191648/https://www.wtvr.com/2014/10/18/legal-analyst-on-remains-discovery |archive-date=2024-12-27 |url-status=live}}
On September 15, 2015, Matthew was formally charged with first degree murder and abduction with intent to defile in the murder of Harrington.{{cite news |author= |title=Jesse Matthew charged in murder of Morgan Harrington |work=WDBJ News |date=2015-09-16 |orig-date=September 15, 2015 |url=http://www.wdbj7.com/news/local/jesse-matthew-charged-in-murder-of-morgan-harringto/35290040/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306061709/http://www.wdbj7.com/news/local/jesse-matthew-charged-in-murder-of-morgan-harringto/35290040 |archive-date=2016-03-06 |url-status=dead}} In a February 29, 2016 letter to news media, prosecutors said Matthew would plead guilty.{{cite news |author=T. Rees Shapiro |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/jesse-matthew-to-plead-in-graham-and-harrington-cases/2016/02/29/1b7cf44e-df1d-11e5-846c-10191d1fc4ec_story.html |title=Jesse Matthew to enter guilty pleas in Graham and Harrington cases |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2012-12-14 |accessdate=2016-05-19 |archive-date=2016-06-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620021308/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/jesse-matthew-to-plead-in-graham-and-harrington-cases/2016/02/29/1b7cf44e-df1d-11e5-846c-10191d1fc4ec_story.html |url-status=live }} Matthew pleaded guilty and received four additional life terms.{{cite news |author=T. Rees Shapiro |author2=Justin Jouvenal |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/jesse-matthew-to-appear-in-court-for-plea-agreement-hearing/2016/03/01/f6b7093a-dfd8-11e5-846c-10191d1fc4ec_story.html?hpid=hp_local-news_matthew-1230pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory |title=Jesse Matthew pleads guilty in slayings of college students |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2012-12-14 |accessdate=2016-05-19 |archive-date=2016-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308112818/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/jesse-matthew-to-appear-in-court-for-plea-agreement-hearing/2016/03/01/f6b7093a-dfd8-11e5-846c-10191d1fc4ec_story.html?hpid=hp_local-news_matthew-1230pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory |url-status=live }} {{As of|2025|May}}, he is serving his sentences at Red Onion State Prison.{{Cite web |title=VADOC - Inmate Locator |url=https://vadoc.virginia.gov/general-public/inmate-locator/ |accessdate=22 April 2025 |website=vadoc.virginia.gov}}
=Legal proceedings=
Matthew's first court appearance was scheduled for December 4, 2014.{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/court-hearing-for-suspect-in-disappearance-of-u-va-student-hannah-graham-moved/2014/10/01/e2b66508-4988-11e4-b72e-d60a9229cc10_story.html | title=U-Va. suspect Jesse L. Matthew Jr. twice accused of college sex assaults | newspaper=Washington Post | date=October 1, 2014 | accessdate=October 1, 2014 | author=Flaherty, Mary Pat | archive-date=October 2, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141002150759/http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/court-hearing-for-suspect-in-disappearance-of-u-va-student-hannah-graham-moved/2014/10/01/e2b66508-4988-11e4-b72e-d60a9229cc10_story.html | url-status=live }} Matthew's attorney stated that he would not ask the court for bail for his client.{{cite web|url=http://www.wdbj7.com/news/local/jesse-matthews-attorney-wont-ask-for-bond-at-thursday-hearing/28352766|title=UPDATE: Jesse Matthew's reckless driving hearing continued to Dec. 1|website=Wdbj7.com|accessdate= October 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006093328/http://www.wdbj7.com/news/local/jesse-matthews-attorney-wont-ask-for-bond-at-thursday-hearing/28352766|archive-date= October 6, 2014|url-status=dead}}
On February 10, 2015, Albemarle County commonwealth's attorney Denise Lunsford announced that Matthew was being indicted for first-degree murder of Graham, in addition to the abduction charges.{{cite web |url=http://wtvr.com/2015/02/10/jesse-matthew-murder-charge/ |title=Jesse Matthew indicted on murder charge in death of UVa. student Hannah Graham |first1=Scott |last1=Wise |first2=Jake |last2=Burns |first3=Laura |last3=French |publisher=WTVR |date=February 10, 2015 |accessdate=February 10, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210202932/http://wtvr.com/2015/02/10/jesse-matthew-murder-charge-death-penalty/|archive-date=February 10, 2015}} On May 5, 2015, prosecutors announced that Matthew would be charged with capital murder. The increased charge of capital murder meant that Matthew could have faced the death penalty if convicted.{{cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/05/us/jesse-matthew-hannah-graham-capital-murder/ | title=Hannah Graham case: Jesse Matthew charged with capital murder | work=CNN | date=May 5, 2015 | accessdate=May 5, 2015 | author=Shoichet, Catherine E. | archive-date=May 9, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509020826/http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/05/us/jesse-matthew-hannah-graham-capital-murder | url-status=live }} The trial date was set for July 5, 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.nbc29.com/story/29406490/jesse-matthew-capital-murder-trial-date-set |title=Jesse Matthew Capital Murder Trial Date Set - NBC29 WVIR Charlottesville, VA News, Sports and Weather |website=Nbc29.com |date= |accessdate=2016-05-19 |archive-date=2016-05-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507204414/http://www.nbc29.com/story/29406490/jesse-matthew-capital-murder-trial-date-set |url-status=dead }} On March 2, 2016, Matthew pleaded guilty.{{cite news|last1=Catherine E. Shoichet|title=Jesse Matthew Jr. pleads guilty to killing Hannah Graham, Morgan Harrington|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/02/us/jesse-matthew-plea-hearing/index.html|accessdate=May 20, 2018|work=CNN|date=March 3, 2016|archive-date=May 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180520193734/https://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/02/us/jesse-matthew-plea-hearing/index.html|url-status=live}} Later, Matthew received four additional life terms.
=Fairfax case=
On October 20, 2014, Matthew was indicted on charges of attempted murder, object sexual penetration, and abduction with intent to defile from an incident that occurred in September 2005 in Fairfax, Virginia.{{cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/20/us/hannah-graham-disappearance/index.html | title=Hannah Graham suspect indicted in 2005 assault | work=CNN | date=October 20, 2014 | accessdate=October 21, 2014 | author=Ahmed, Saeed | archive-date=October 21, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021000346/http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/20/us/hannah-graham-disappearance/index.html | url-status=live }}{{citation |title=Indictment for Attempted Capital Murder, Abduction and Sexual Penetration with an Object |url=http://ftpcontent.worldnow.com/wvir/documents/MatthewFairfaxIndictment.pdf |author=Circuit Court of Fairfax County |date=October 20, 2014 |accessdate=October 21, 2014 |archive-date=October 30, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030184430/http://ftpcontent.worldnow.com/wvir/documents/MatthewFairfaxIndictment.pdf |url-status=dead }} On November 14, 2014, Matthew pleaded not guilty to the charges, and a trial was set to begin on March 9, 2015.{{cite news |url=http://wtop.com/149/3742278/Suspect-in-Va-college-student-kidnapping-in-court |title=Suspect in student kidnapping pleads not guilty |work=WTOP-FM |date= November 14, 2014 |accessdate=November 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141117051521/http://wtop.com/149/3742278/Suspect-in-Va-college-student-kidnapping-in-court |archive-date=November 17, 2014 |url-status=dead }} On February 6, 2015, the Fairfax trial was postponed, with a new trial to be set on February 13.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/jesse-matthew-rape-trial-postponed/2015/02/06/a6f194f6-ad89-11e4-9c91-e9d2f9fde644_story.html?wprss=rss_crime |title=Jesse Matthew rape trial postponed |first=Justin |last=Jouvenal |newspaper=Washington Post |date=February 6, 2015 |accessdate=February 10, 2015 |archive-date=February 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210180938/http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/jesse-matthew-rape-trial-postponed/2015/02/06/a6f194f6-ad89-11e4-9c91-e9d2f9fde644_story.html?wprss=rss_crime |url-status=live }} On February 18, Matthew appeared in court, where Albemarle County Circuit Judge Cheryl Higgins scheduled his jury trial to begin on June 29.{{cite web | url=http://www.seattlepi.com/news/us/article/June-trial-set-for-man-charged-in-Virginia-6087522.php | title=June trial set for man charged in Virginia student slaying | work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer | date=18 February 2015 | accessdate=18 February 2015 | author=O'Dell, Larry | archive-date=18 February 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218212744/http://www.seattlepi.com/news/us/article/June-trial-set-for-man-charged-in-Virginia-6087522.php | url-status=live }} However, the trial began on June 8,{{cite news|last1=Fox|first1=Peggy|title=Victim describes brutal attack in Jesse Matthew trial|url=http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/2015/06/08/jesse-matthew-fairfax-trial-begins/28674783/|accessdate=June 11, 2015|publisher=WUSA9|archive-date=June 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612194434/http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/2015/06/08/jesse-matthew-fairfax-trial-begins/28674783/|url-status=dead}} and on June 10, Matthew abruptly entered an Alford plea, and was convicted on all charges.{{cite news|last1=Shapiro|first1=T. Rees|title=Jesse Matthew convicted in 2005 sex assault case in Fairfax|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/expert-says-dna-found-under-victims-fingernail-a-clear-match-to-jesse-matthew/2015/06/10/34d22dce-0f7a-11e5-9726-49d6fa26a8c6_story.html|accessdate=June 11, 2015|newspaper=Washington Post|archive-date=June 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611033444/http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/expert-says-dna-found-under-victims-fingernail-a-clear-match-to-jesse-matthew/2015/06/10/34d22dce-0f7a-11e5-9726-49d6fa26a8c6_story.html|url-status=live}} On October 2, 2015, Matthew was sentenced to three life terms in the Fairfax case.{{cite news|title=Matthew Sentenced in 2005 sex assault case in Fairfax|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/jesse-matthew-to-be-sentenced-in-brutal-attack-on-woman-in-fairfax/2015/10/01/39bd9114-685f-11e5-8325-a42b5a459b1e_story.html|newspaper=Washington Post|date=October 1, 2015|archive-date=January 30, 2016|access-date=January 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130161455/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/jesse-matthew-to-be-sentenced-in-brutal-attack-on-woman-in-fairfax/2015/10/01/39bd9114-685f-11e5-8325-a42b5a459b1e_story.html|url-status=live}}
Memorial
After Graham's remains were discovered and identified, students at UVA erected a memorial on grounds in her honor.{{cite web | url=http://washington.cbslocal.com/2014/10/28/memorial-erected-at-uva-in-honor-of-hannah-graham/ | title=Memorial Erected at UVa in Honor of Hannah Graham | work=CBS Washington | date=28 October 2014 | accessdate=29 October 2014}} The World Bank also holds an annual award for innovations to reduce gender-based violence held in memory of Graham.{{Cite news|url=http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2018/04/17/innovative-researchers-fighting-gender-based-violence-win-more-than-1-million-dollars|title=Innovative Researchers Fighting Gender-Based Violence Win More Than $1 Million|work=World Bank|access-date=2018-04-17|language=en}} The Hannah E. Graham Memorial Scholarship was created in 2021 in honor of her dedication and participation in softball leagues around Northern Virginia.{{Cite news|url=https://forthuntsports.org/announcing-the-2023-hannah-e-graham-memorial-scholarship-fund/|title=Announcing the 2023 Hannah E. Graham Scholarship Fund|work=Fort Hunt Sports|access-date=2023-08-30|language=en|archive-date=2023-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830141008/https://forthuntsports.org/announcing-the-2023-hannah-e-graham-memorial-scholarship-fund/|url-status=live}}
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