Live Chat: Hannah Graham
WTOP Reporter Neal Augenstein led a chat Oct. 2 discussing the latest developments in the three-week search for Hannah Graham, the charges against Jesse Matthew and the possible links to other crimes.
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Police say Matthew isn't talking. If he has anything to share his attorney knows to pick up the phone. With so many loose ends,the prosecution is gathering evidence, and the defense wants to know what the prosecution has. Sadly, the prosecution will likely happen long after hannah Graham's fate is determined.
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Betty, re Morgan Harrington. State police say there's a forensic link to the Graham case. They haven't specified what that link is, or actually even whose DNA it is. It's more than likely Matthew. At this point, prosecutors give just enough evidence to make their point. It's unclear whether more evidence connects Hannah to Morgan.
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I have a comment/question. We all want Hanna Back...I believe there is more to this story. I am also curious as to why this is getting so much attention and there are still two missing children in our area. Hanna is not the first young woman to go missing. I am tempted also to say that there could be a collaboration of sex trafficking to many of the area's missing people.
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Good questions, B. Police aren't inviting reporters along on searches. They search private property with permission, and many areas where matthew has been known to frequent. He's lived here in Chatlottesville most of his life, was a cab driver, so it's a large amount of area to cover
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Hoping and B -- yep, police impounded the car he drove to Texas (his sisters) and there have been at least three searches of Matthew's apartment. The forensics from either his burnt orange car or his apartment provided the info to make police and prosecutors file the attempt to defile charge.
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Louise, here's a link to our story detailing the Nelson County commonwealth's attorney belief that there is no link between Jesse Matthew and the murder and disappearance of Alexis Murphy.
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Louise -- Randy Taylor's lawyer was here in court. Outside court, he made some news. The attorney has now sent a letter to the Nelson County Comminwealths Attorney, asking that Jesse Matthew's DNA be checked against all the unidentified DNA in the Taylor case, for killing Alexis Murphy. The attorney says he realizes it's a fishing expedition, but it doesn't hurt to do it. Prosecutors earlier have said there's no link to Matthew.
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Remember, Alexis Murphy's body was never found, and Randy Taylor was convicted. He's appealing his case. You don't need a body to prosecute for murder in Virginia. And if other cases are proven, this could be a capital murder case, with the killing of a number of victims over a span of time.
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A Nelson County judge sentenced Randy Allen Taylor to two life sentences in prison in July. Here's a link to the story: www.wtop.com
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That'll be it for today. Thanks so much for joining us. Follow our ongoing live blog for the latest developments: http://bit.ly/1uj6Z4t
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