This undated file photo provided by the Charlottesville, Va., Police Department shows missing University of Virginia student Hannah Elizabeth Graham.
This undated photo provided by the Charlottesville, Va., Police Department shows Jesse Leroy Matthew Jr.A man charged with abducting a missing University of Virginia sophomore has been captured in Texas and is awaiting extradition – but there is still no sign of the student, authorities said.
Jesse Leroy Matthew Jr. was arrested on a beach in the Texas community of Gilchrist by Galveston County Sheriff’s authorities, Charlottesville Police Chief Timothy Longo said Wednesday night. He appeared briefly Thursday morning via video link from jail before Galveston County Judge Mark Henry. Henry read Matthew his rights, and Matthew – in a dark green jail jumpsuit, his hands cuffed – signed several papers. Henry told KPRC-TV that he expected Matthew would be extradited to Virginia within a day or two.
The capture came less than a full day after police announced they had probable cause to arrest Matthew on charges of abduction with intent to defile Hannah Graham, an 18-year-old sophomore who went missing on Sept. 13 in Charlottesville.
Longo said an intense search for Graham continues.
“This case is nowhere near over,” he told a news conference late Wednesday. “We have a person in custody, but there’s a long road ahead of us and that long road includes finding Hannah Graham.”