Jesse Matthew, 32, is in custody in Galveston, Texas, and will be extradited to Charlottesville, Virginia, police said Wednesday. He is accused of kidnapping 18-year-old Hannah Graham on Sept. 13.
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Police arrested a 32-year-old man in Texas on Wednesday on suspicion of kidnapping a University of Virginia student, but authorities offered no new information about where she might be.
"I have no idea," Charlottesville Police Chief Timothy Longo said in a news conference.
Jesse Matthew, accused of "abduction with intent to defile," spoke briefly with Charlottesville police over the weekend, but he had not been named as a suspect in the kidnapping of 18-year-old Hannah Graham until Tuesday. After speaking at the police station on Sunday, he drove away, eluding officers who were following him. Police also searched his home using forensic testing before charges were filed.
Matthew will be extradited to Virginia, where the case against him will continue.
"That long road includes finding Hannah Graham," Longo said.
Police declined to say how Matthew was arrested, but media in Texas reported he was taken into custody after he was reported as a suspicious person while camping on a beach.
