Black Suspect Arraigned for Murder and Abduction of Young White Women

CBS News
September 19, 2015

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Morgan Harrington was abducted and murdered after a Metallica concert in 2009.

The suspect in the deaths of two Virginia college students was arraigned Wednesday on the newest indictment in a Charlottesville courtroom, reports CBS affiliate WDBJ.

Jesse Leroy Matthew Jr. was charged with first-degree murder in the 2009 death of 20-year-old Morgan Harrington, the Albemarle County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office said Tuesday in a news release. Harrington vanished after attending a Metallica concert in Charlottesville. Her T-shirt was later found on a nearby tree limb and her body was found more than three months later in a field in Albemarle County about 6 miles away from where the concert was held.

Matthew was also charged with abduction with intent to defile in Harrington’s case.

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Jesse Leroy Matthew Jr. has also been charged with the abduction and murder of Hannah Graham in 2014.

Authorities have previously said forensic evidence linked Matthew to Harrington, but they have not said what that evidence is. In the news release, authorities said they will not comment on the evidence or what punishment they may seek for Matthew.

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