ABC News – by MEGHAN KENEALLYThe suspect in the missing University of Virginia student case was arrested today in Galveston, Texas, authorities said.
Jesse Matthew had been wanted by Charlottesville, Virginia, police since Monday, first on a reckless driving charge before also being charged with abduction with intent to defile Hannah Graham, the sophomore who disappeared Sept. 13.
Matthew’s extradition process “is currently underway,” Charlottesville police chief Timothy Longo said at tonight’s news conference. He did not give any further details about why Matthew was in Galveston at the time of his arrest.
“This case is nowhere near over,” Longo said. “We have a person in custody but we have a long road ahead of us and that long road includes finding Hannah Graham.”
He noted that the reward for information leading to the discovery of the 18-year-old has now been increased to $100,000 from $50,000 through the “generosity” of private donors.
Matthew was “located on the Beach in Gilcrest on the Bolivar Peninsula this afternoon around 3:30 p.m.,” according to a news release from the Galveston County Sheriff’s Office.
Investigators from Charlottesville will be “heading to Galveston tomorrow [Thursday],” the Sheriff’s Office said.
Matthew had gone to the Charlottesville police department on his own accord Saturday after he was shown in surveillance footage near the student shortly before she disappeared.
He arrived at the police station with relatives but left before being questioned, and sped off in a way that police thought was dangerous.
Chief Longo made repeated public calls for Matthew, 32, to come forward to answer questions because he is thought to be the “last person she was seen with before she vanished off the face of the Earth,” he said Sunday.
Former Albemarle County, Virgina, prosecutor Jim Camblos revealed earlier today that he was hired to represent Matthew Saturday but would not give any further details about the case or the whereabouts of his client at that time.
Police seized Matthew’s car, issued two search warrants for his apartment and examined bags of clothing they found inside. None of the results have been released public.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/uva-abduction-suspect-custody-texas/story?id=25740943
The first problem with this is. As public servents it is the polices job to come to you! Not you to them! So they should call and set up a apointment at your time and place you wish to be. That is #1. Next it is your duty to set how much compensation will be needed foryour time to meet with them, adding in the cost of your Attorney fee’s for him to be there. Make sure they will leave the tip as well when done dineing. So were do they get this you come in and talk to us mouth at. That gives them the uper hand threw intemidation and such is illegal intemidateing possable witness or such.
Hopefully I am wrong, but I think that girl is dead. Some other girl, a college student, went missing in the same area a few years ago and they found her remains in a field. I mean when you drive all the way from Virginia to Texas you obviously know something. He wasn’t visiting relatives either. They found him on the beach I think. A drunk 18 year old girl walking alone at night is never a good thing.