Man charged with killing U-Va. student said he was ‘really drunk’ that night
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Man charged with killing U-Va. student said he was really drunk that night
Jesse Matthew Jr. glances toward the gallery while appearing in Fairfax County court on Nov. 14, 2014. (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post)
By
T. Rees Shapiro January 12 at 8:19 PM
@TReesShapiro
CHARLOTTESVILLE The police came at 4:41 a.m. and knocked on the door, waking up Jesse L. Matthew Jr., who padded barefoot to the entry of his apartment here. A pit bull barked inside.
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It was Sept. 19, 2014, six days since anyone had seen or heard from Hannah Graham, a tall auburn-haired University of Virginia sophomore.
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Testimony in Albemarle County Circuit Court and court documents released this week offered new details about the investigation that led police to Matthews apartment that early morning. Matthew now faces the possibility of the death penalty on charges related to Grahams disappearance and death. Detectives on the Graham case said they also found evidence that linked Matthew to the case of another young woman who mysteriously vanished in Charlottesville in 2009 and was later found dead.
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As police spoke to Matthew, Louisa County Sheriffs Office detective Buck Garner and his seven-year-old bloodhound Shaker circled the apartment complex. The dog had found Grahams scent at the front and back door to Matthews residence, on the inside of the passenger door of his car and near the dumpster outside. Earlier in the week, they had traced Grahams scent to an industrial site about a mile and a half from {the Tempo restaurant in downtown Charlottesville}, where the dog had discovered a pool of Grahams scent that indicated something powerful happened here.