We traveled along with Virginia Department of Emergency Management's Mark Eggeman on the search as he briefed the teams and then lead them to Stribling Avenue Extended in Charlottesville. Two canine units search the heavily wooded area while three elite search and rescue teams also waded through the thicket.
According to public records, Matthew was involved in 22 incidents between 1999 and 2007, the majority of which were related to some kind of traffic violations ranging from failure to wear a seatbelt to failure to yield or obey stop signs. He was found guilty in six of those incidents, guilty in absentia in nine cases, prepaid dismissal in five, not guilty or acquitted in one and an undetermined verdict in another.
Charlottesville Police say they have received a total of 1,400 tips in the investigation into Hannah Graham's disappearance, and 300 of those tips came on Monday alone.Searchers spent part of Monday searching the area around Jefferson Park Avenue and Stribling Avenue, but found no significant clues.Meanwhile, Graham's disappearance is causing some University of Virginia students to change their habits.
... Edwin T. Burton III, a former VRS board member and an economics professor at the University of Virginia, said the VRS board has “fallen in love” with complicated investments that require high-paid experts. But he said a simpler plan without fees that basically fell and rose with the stock market would have seen a better return on investment and allowed more money to go into the market instead of into investors’ pockets. Burton has advocated a 70-30 split in stocks and bonds indexed against the market.
Over half of all births to young adults in the United States now occur outside of marriage, and many of those are unplanned. Too often, the result is increased poverty for many children. Some argue for a return to traditional marriage. Others say we need more social support for unmarried parents. Family policy expert Isabel Sawhill offers a third option which involves what she calls childbearing by design, not by default. Diane and her guests discuss the impact of family structure on child well-being.Guests: Bradford Wilcox, director, the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia...
...A key reason, said University of Virginia sociologist Brad Wilcox, is that a greater proportion of older adults come from large families, born into an era when big families were the norm in American life – and research shows that having lots of siblings correlates with a lower statistical likelihood of divorce.“In terms of some social outcomes, kids from large families are more likely to flourish,” said Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project. “They’re less likely to get divorced. It might be the experience early in life of learning to share so much a...
The search for a University of Virginia student who has been missing for more than a week was streamlined Monday in an effort to focus on possible leads, according to officials. More than 1,200 people combed the streets of Charlottesville on Saturday and Sunday for clothes, a cellphone or anything that might lead to the whereabouts of 18-year-old Hannah Graham, who vanished on Sept. 13. ...Rather that hundreds of community members scouring backyards and looking behind bushes, the coming days instead will see smaller groups of trained search and rescue crews using leads from the investigation t...
A man authorities believe is the last person seen with a British-born student before she disappeared is being sought on arrest warrants charging him with reckless driving.But they say they also want to talk to him about missing University of Virginia student Hannah Graham, 18.
On Matthew coming into the police station, speaking briefly with a lawyer and leaving without answering questions: "Honestly, it's very bizarre. It's certainly nothing that I've experienced in 33 years in this business."
The parents of missing University of Virginia student Hannah Graham have spoken publicly for the first time since their 18-year-old daughter's disappearance last week. The Grahams's heartfelt plea for more information on their daughter's disappearance comes as Charlottesville Police have issued an arrest warrant for 'person of interest' Jesse 'LJ' Matthew.
A man seen with a University of Virginia student before she disappeared was being sought Sunday on arrest warrants charging him with reckless driving, police announced at a news conference.
...Search Coordinator Mark Eggeman said, "Yesterday went very smoothly. Whatever small problems, glitches we've had we've learned from that, we're a little bit more efficient today."... Nine trained search and rescue teams, alongside police use tracking dogs to cover even more ground in Charlottesville and Albemarle County.Albemarle County Sheriff Chip Harding said, "You want to pay attention to a dog that alerts or appears to be on track. Doesn't mean he is or isn't necessarily, but you want to pay attention to it. About 30 percent of the time they yiel...
WTOP's Mike Murillo reports Matthew works as a transporter for the University of Virginia health system. Earlier he worked as a cab driver, and played college football for Liberty University. Court records show traffic violations, public drinking and indecency cases, and assault arrests.
... The Post made multiple attempts to seek comment from Matthew and his family. In an interview, a man who identified himself as a relative of Matthew’s said that police “are trying to frame” him. The man, who did not give his name, declined to comment further.
Officials say nearly 1,000 community members joined 100 trained personnel today in searching for missing University of Virginia student Hannah Graham. Virginia Department of Emergency Management officials say about 1,500 people registered to search with 984 actually hitting the streets. The search, which began at 8 a.m. and will continue until 6 p.m. will begin anew tomorrow.
... This doesn’t mean that crowd-sourced sleuthing is necessarily bad or that law enforcement should discourage it. On the contrary, in cases like Graham’s disappearance, police are often hoping to reach as many potential witnesses and tipsters as possible, and the efforts of 20,000 avid Facebook users can only help get their message out. The last “major break” in the case, in fact, came from public tips: Multiple callers drew police to a condo, and a car, in an apartment complex off the U.Va. campus.