Missing From UVA : Hannah Elizabeth Graham
Charlottesville, VA- Second year University of Virginia student Hannah Graham texted her friends last Saturday morning at approximately 1:20 AM- saying she was lost in the area of Wertland Street.
She has not been heard from since. According to Charlottesville Police Captain Gary Pleasants, it is believed Ms. Graham was intoxicated at the time of her disappearance and may have been on her way to a party but did not arrive.
In recently released images of Graham leaving her apartment at approximately 9:30PM Friday evening, she is shown wearing black skinny pants and a gold and black mesh crop-top, beige shoes or sneakers.
Ms. Graham’s disappearance is not related to a 2013 teen runaway from Indiana with the same name.
The disappearance of Ms. Graham comes on the heels of the recently adjudicated murder trial of Alexis Murphy , the disappearance on the same date as Ms. Graham in 2010 of Samantha Clark and of the course the unsolved murder of Morgan Harrington, who disappeared from John Paul Jones arena in October 2009 and later found murdered in January 2010 on Anchorage Farm in Albemarle County.
In Ms. Harrington’s case, the DNA profile and sketch of the suspect in her murder as well as a rape in Fairfax county in September 2005 was released, but he has not been identified by name or captured.
Harrington Murder Suspect Sketch
Ms. Murphy’s remains have never been recovered and Ms. Clark is still missing, also believed to also be a victim of Randy Allen Taylor, currently serving a life sentence for Murphy’s kidnapping and murder.
Hannah Graham is described as 5’11 tall, with light brown hair and blue eyes. Police are asking anyone with information regarding her disappearance to call the Charlottesville Police Department at 434-970-3280 or CrimeStoppers at 434-977-4000.
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This is also not likely related, but the coincidence is horrifying: Glenn Barker, the convicted murderer of Katie Worsky, also lived in this apartment complex at the time of the murder (1982). I’m not sure if he lived in this specific building or not; Albemarle County GIS doesn’t appear to have information that old.
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/w/worsky_katherine.html
did we ever hear anything about any surveillance video at the IGA in Fairfax around the 2005 attack? This is an example of how helpful surveillance video can being in the early stages of an investigation. Unfortunately it doesn’t prevent attacks/abductions…but I feel that the lack of surveillance in the area where Morgan’s last movements were known to be- greatly impeded the investigation (amongst other reasons).
Off topic but we watched the Cnn documentary about Whitey Bulger last night. I have no idea if he was an actual “informant” or not…but the documented opportunities that were passed up by those in the Federal Government tasked with keeping us safe…due to obvious monetary motivation…is abdominal and down right scary.
No telling how many cases have not been solved, innocents who have been murdered all because of corrupt LE. (Holly Bobo comes to mind).
We’ve always pondered how Sketch could have somehow been involved in law enforcement (as whatever degree).
end of ramble
Praying for a miracle that she is still alive and that the people who know something come forward in time to save her. (Unlike those who could have saved Holly Bobo)
correction
surveillance video can be during in the early stages of an investigation
and
abominable NOT abdominal (autocorrect)
I just went and checked out the Reddit UVA. And somebody posted this link. I have never seen it before. Blink are you the familiar with this bounty hunter “James”?
Snip:
“A bounty hunter in Pennsylvania says he has a theory about who killed Morgan Harrington.
The bounty hunter, who identified himself only as “James” says he recognizes the man in the sketch that police say killed Harrington. James claims the man has also kidnapped nearly a dozen other women who look similar to each other.
“If you look at the pattern,” James said, “there’s absolutely no way you can rule it out.”
James says the man may have also kidnapped Kortne Stouffer of Lebanon County, Penn., a few months ago. James claims that he knows the suspect, and that the suspect is in the National Guard and targets most of his victims near military bases or armories.
“That unit trains at Charlottesville,” said James. “They go up to Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Fort Indiantown Gap and Fort Bragg.”
http://www.newsplex.com/home/headlines/Bounty-Hunter-Believes-Harringtons-Killer-Linked-to-Kidnapping-195130371.html?device=tablets
Jane says:
September 19, 2014 at 11:41 am
Thank you so much, for your kindness and compassion, Jane. I know all about miracles and I already believe she is healed. Praise God that your husband is delivered from his illness! I love sharing stories like these…they reaffirm my faith in our King. God bless you, dear friendy! xo <3
A Texas Grandfather says:
September 19, 2014 at 10:47 am
My adopted grand daddy! Thank you sooo much for your words of comfort. We chose to put our faith, 110% in the Lord, over 'the report'. Check out the story of Joshua and Caleb in the old testament. Her condition was in God's hands long before she became sick. We'll take those prayers, though and would be mighty grateful to you! I'm also grateful to learn that Mrs. ATG is a cancer survivor. All glory be to God. Peace and blessings, dearest ATG xo
Miss B, aka friendLY, thank you for your faith and prayers, too. I know this is a tough subject. Thinking of you and your sweet momma…a scrappy fighter in her own right. God bless you and keep you, friendLY xo
Save the Next Girl 2*4*1
Shabbat Shalom, y'all xo xo xo
Jane says:
September 19 2014 at 11:41 am
Thank you so much, for your kindness and compassion, Jane. I know all about miracles and I already believe she is healed. Praise God that your husband is delivered from his illness! I love sharing stories like these…they reaffirm my faith in our King. God bless you, dear friendy! xo <3
A Texas Grandfather says:
September 19, 2014 at 10:47 am
My adopted grand daddy! Thank you sooo much for your words of comfort. We chose to put our faith, 110% in the Lord, over 'the report'. Check out the story of Joshua and Caleb in the old testament. Her condition was in God's hands long before she became sick. We'll take those prayers, though and would be mighty grateful to you! I'm also grateful to learn that Mrs. ATG is a cancer survivor. All glory be to God. Peace and blessings, dearest ATG xo
Miss B, aka friendLY, thank you for your faith and prayers, too. I know this is a tough subject. Thinking of you and your sweet momma…a scrappy fighter in her own right. God bless you and keep you, friendLY xo
Save the Next Girl 2*4*1
Shabbat Shalom, y'all xo xo xo
http://twitter.com/bosykes/status/513018979364110336/photo/1
: CARS Water Rescue team about to kayak the Rivanna searching for clues in Hannah Graham disappearance
Press conference moved to 5!! Wonder if he talked.
We are back to dreads, and I would point out that an independent witness in RAT trial confirmed she saw a man with dreads get into a maroon car with Alexis Murphy.
B
I am familiar with Hessian Hills. The unit I know is nothing exciting, no upgrades, pretty dated, not at all expensive. This area is west of Grady — if you take Preston in the other direction from which Hannah was traveling (when she went east to the downtown mall area), Preston becomes Barracks Road. You cross over Route 29 and then Hessian Hills is right there a little bit up the hill on Barracks.
Also, Chief Longo has always seemed really on the ball to me. Waiting to see more details of the search.
GraceintheHills says:
September 18, 2014 at 10:46 pm
This article claims the AA male was seen on video; no other reports I have read have mentioned that he was on video.
http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/reward-offered-for-information-in-graham-case-person-of-interest/article_0fdd71ec-3ee0-11e4-97d8-0017a43b2370.html
Grace- I think the disparity is that there appears to be 2 different descriptions of AA males. The POI version, in my view, does not match the video of the man with “dreads”.
LE has not really explained that the POI named is more than the witness account of the W/M seen following Hannah.
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Hi Blink, I am going by the description of the AA male that the white male witness described. He did not have dreadlocks. The article I referenced specifically states the video depicts the AA who was seen putting his arm around Hannah (as described by white male witness). That said, we all know that mainstream media can get it wrong sometimes.
Hope all the search warrants are fruitful. I noticed that the area being searched has been cordoned off with yellow crime scene tape.
Yes Grace, we remain confused today on the multiple accounts.
To add- there is apparently a missing AA teenage girl missing from Cville on September 12- Jasmine Butler.
B
One of the reasons not to get too excited by search warrants is how they naturally progress in an exigent felony situation. Say police have a hard tip on a vehicle. They write an affidavit for a SW for the vehicle and contents. During the car search, they say they see a dark stain “which my …years of training and experience …. says is consistent with dried blood…” and then it is only a tiny step to get a warrant for the vehicle owner’s phone, residence, outbuildings and such because of the urgent nature of matters at hand. More often than not, the “dark stain” is gravy, ketchup or taco sauce, but on that critical day at that critical time, it lawfully gets police inside to look. They can wait for the presumptive field test because they are trying to save a life. 95% of the population would not mind, but it drives defense attys batty. Faulty search warrants result in several solid criminal cases getting dismissed and that’s why its so important for police to take the time on the front end and do it right and not embark upon a scavenger hunt.
These are $100K + units and I still say you are not living in that complex unless you have a regular income or have family access to someone of means. Wondering if a well-funded “artist” might live here who likes to stoke his creative fires amidst rural solitude .
Agreed- and to add, I can say it appears that just because someone owns a unit it does not mean they actually live there as opposed to using it as a rental income for someone else.
B
They know who the dreads guy is in the Murphy case. He was subpoenaed for trial but did not testify iirc. So it will be interesting to see if there is in fact a relationship even though he had a solid alibi in Murphy case. I think they need to find goatee to see if white guy is using his description to evade scrutiny. He gave that description for a reason and they probably need to sort that out to have a successful prosecution. I am concerned about the potential relationship to the Quick case. Can we have this many bad guys out there??
It looks like they did find goatee guy and did not detain him according to cnn.
Thanks to all for the many updates.
So The man at the mall with the dreads Is NOT the suspect Dreads whose aprt LE is now searching?
I am glad to read of the break thru- although I am deeply saddened that Hannah is not home safe sound.
I Cont to pray
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OT Ragdoll Glad to see you – praying for yr Moms full recovery as well
AJMO peace
This is so close to dashed smith’s disappearance isn’t it? i hope alot of cases are solved with this search.
Has anyone seen this …http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2762538/Police-announce-big-break-hunt-missing-teen-Hannah-Graham-search-car-apartment-complex.html …………..? it’s the 21st picture down. This is McGrady’s — the side-walk. Anyway, in the top right hand corner, there is a man standing with what looks like his hands in his pockets. He has on dark pants, a light colored long sleeve shirt. It also looks like he could be bald (or, a cap?) ………. with what looks like a goatee.
I haven’t seen the man in this picture referenced before ……… have y’all?
Well, that didn’t work. I forgot how to link I guess.
This link will air the police press update.
http://insidecville.com/listenlive/
I apologize if this has already been posted, I’m trying to go through all the comments now, I actually had to “work” today, LOL, anyway, it’s RIDICULOUS this hasn’t been mentioned sooner, however, at this point, it would seem they are stretched pretty thin in C’ville….
http://www.wric.com/story/26575395/uva-police-investigate-sexual-assault-incidents
On the 13th and the 15th? Just today this is being learned?? I have to check my notes, but isnt this a violation of Clery for a school already under investigation for same?
B
PPS: redly has the link on comment 50 of the previous older comments page.
Jasmine Butler has been found….she had run away.
“On the 13th and the 15th? Just today this is being learned?? I have to check my notes, but isnt this a violation of Clery for a school already under investigation for same?
B”
I was sick when I ran across it.. it appears to have been posted earlier today but I assume it was quickly overlooked once the news broke about the searches as the apartment… BEYOND ridiculous…
Two business days.
http://clerycenter.org/summary-jeanne-clery-act
B
They must give timely warnings once they occur, however the definition of what is considered “timely” is not clear….
So to continue my thoughts from earlier re people being recognizable here in cville. Tempo is a place I have gone many times, includung for new years this year. I have met the owner each time and there are many regulars, one of whom has dreads and is or was employed at uva. I met him at the box late night right after he moved here in 2008 or 2009 bc he worked with a professor friend of mine. I recall another dread wearing guy at tempo as well the last time or two. People will be able to give the police plenty of info I think.
http://www.virginia.edu/uvapolice/safety.html
Blink is this of interest?
Ok just watched the press conf. So he is the same white long shorts dreadlocks guy ,and he swoped her into the bar, and that’s the last she’s seen ,for now. Longo left out ,if you live in north garden check your property.i missed the last minutes ,but did anyone ask if the guy was questioned ,before he scammed, did he have an alibi?
Looks like dreadlocks actually IS a/the POI…
http://www.wdbj7.com/news/local/police-search-apartment-related-to-hannah-graham-case/28149954
“Investigators executed a search warrant at the home of the person of interest. His car, an orange 1998 Chrysler Coupe, was seized as part of the search warrant executed Friday. The person of interest is not in custody. Longo said he is not at liberty to disclose any items that were taken from the car or the apartment of the person of interest… The person of interest is a 32-year-old black man with dreadlocks and is around 6-feet-2-inches tall. Longo declined to discuss the person of interest’s criminal history, but did say he had prior police contact.”
Watched the press conference and wow. Police Chief Longo is so passionate and real. I really hope they can get this right but I’m worried as it seems they lost sight of their prime suspect. Unless they are really following him in hopes he thinks they lost sight of him so he will lead them to something (i.e. revisiting where a crime took place).
Blink- is dreads guy the name that you have? If so, can you fill us in on his criminal record? Do you know if they obtained search warrants for his cell phone?
I sure hope that all LE agencies are working together and are comparing notes.
http://wtvr.com/2014/09/19/dreadlocked-man-went-into-bar-with-missing-uva-student-hannah-graham/
Small observation: The VSP always said the suspect in Morgan’s case is known to the community. It appears that dreads may be known to many people in the mall.
Now we know she was seen entering a bar with a very tall 32 y/o AA male with dreadlocks (the one we saw on video), and within 15 minutes, after he purchased alcohol, she left the bar with him. Sounds like he wanted to get even more alcohol into her system before he made his next move. JMHO.
What I can’t figure out is why LE didn’t take him in for questioning….or did they earlier? Didn’t one article say he had been cleared? WTH?
No, has not been cleared- I believe what you are referring to is the white male that followed Hannah claiming she was distressed. Reviewing the tape more- I now wonder if he was not aware of “dreads” and became concerned that she was being harassed or followed- dunno.
Did I miss his age announcement?
B
Blink, just curious if this person has a facebook account. If so, have you looked to see if any friends were associated with Morgan’s case. So tragic to think anyone can be gone in an instant. My prayers for this beautiful young lady and her family.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/search-warrant-missing-university-virginia-student-hannah-graham/story?id=2562154
snipped:
Missing University of Virginia student Hannah Graham went to a bar with an older man and may have gotten into a car with him, and police said today they want to ask that man “what he knows about Hannah.”
While the person is not in custody, “We know who he is and we are aware of where he is,” Det. Sgt. Jim Mooney said.
“I’m not calling him a suspect,” Longo said. “We’re interested in him, interested in talking to him, interested in what he knows about Hannah.”
The chief would not say whether he believed Graham was still alive.
“I will always be hopeful until we find Hannah,” he said.
Longo said he spoke with Graham’s parents shortly before the news conference. “They want their daughter back. They want to know what happened.”
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Where does this put the timeline? What bar? and did she accept a drink inside?
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Wheres Hannah Did this man come forward on his own like watch guy and little dreads-
then like them that fact would go a long way into my accepting he was another person not involved in the disappearance-
Its a shame every person who encountered Hannah at first seems suspicious to we the public and to LE -as LE must scrutinize them and then rule them out-
I thank any and all who come forward-to willingly do the right thing regardless of the harsh spotlight directed at them
Still it seems Big Dreads was not looking out for her if he took her to a bar- unless it was the only establishment open and he wanted her to contact a friend or family member there to come get her.
3 separate sealed search warrants?
I hope LE is close to finding Hannah and that the culprit ( if there is one) is found and prosecuted.
AJMO peace
heres more-
snipped
More than 400 tips have been offered in the case so far. “Many of those tips got us to the point where we are now,” Longo said.
Based on video evidence, police believe the man whose apartment they searched was walking westbound on the mall, and within a couple of seconds, Hannah Graham was walking eastbound, said Det. Sgt. Jim Mooney, the lead investigator on the case.
Moments later, Mooney said, the man went to the other side of the mall and followed eastbound behind Graham, and was later seen with his hands around Graham’s waist. Police believe the two later went to a bar.
and this:
Police had earlier released a video of Graham walking on the mall with someone apparently walking next to her. Police at first thought it was a reflection, but they now believe it was the man who drove the car, Longo said.
The man’s description appears to differ from one offered by a witness who came forward to police saying he saw a man put his arm around Graham on the mall that morning.
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Mike Blink and all we were right about the 2nd video-
Which makes me wonder again is there only one “dreads” as the clothes and hair seemed to match in both vids to the original “dreads”
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cops-missing-university-of-virginia-student-may-have-been-in-mans-car/
AJMO peace
My opinion is that the footage seen may have been spliced between the sources and the shots contained therein. He is definitely walking next to her and is not her reflection, but is incongruent with the timeline- or they just can’t be sure. Keep in mind that the “shutter” or time shoots differ between systems.
Chief Longo is stellar, imo.
B
When I watch the video in front of Sals restaurant I’m reminded of sharks circling the water after wounded prey.
So AA w/ dreads looks like he’s wearing an apron or some kind of restaurant attire in the video and police say he took Hannah to a restaurant (possibly one where he worked) and bought her a drink before they left in his car. Does anyone know which restaurant he took her to?
The Washington Post is reporting details of last text messages. She thought she was headed west (home) when she was actually headed east. And she texted that she was on Main Street at the time she was seen on Preston Ave. I was certain she was turned around when I first saw the videos and was power walking towards what she thought was home…so sad that her friends did not come help her or call the police to help her.
The POI’s clothes look very baggy and odd. I wonder if he had another outfit on underneath. In bar having drink – I suppose that would be great opportunity to drug Hannah. It would be hard to quickly stash someone at 5′ll”. Also, really wish there was a picture of vehicle. Burnt orange whatever is hard for me to visualize. I did read some comments earlier about this man on another site. They were quickly deleted. Interesting.
I guess what surprises me is that people will call 911 when they get the wrong order from the drive up window at a fast food establishment but won’t call the police to say there is some girl wandering around and seems to be in trouble.
On that note I am also surprised that with the way people today video everything and tweet every little detail of their lives that no one said ‘hey dudes I just saw some chick that is totally trashed’or something to that effect.
I don’t mean any of this to sound cavalier. I truly wonder about this. With everything that ends up on social media and youtube I am just always surprised that none of this important stuff is recorded.
The car impounded is similar to a car that was looked at in Cassandra Morton’s case. Not enough evidence for an arrest but the investigators believed she was in the Chrysler.
I honestly am astonished at the number of “sickos” around Charlottesville who are assaulting women (and worse.) I wouldn’t DREAM of sending a daughter to UVA. I actually warned a family friend to reconsider her college choice two years ago based completely on the amount of crime against women in this area. The number of “missing” cases in this general vicinity seems to have been grossly underestimated in the press. Digging deeper you hear names you haven’t heard before of women in their 30s-50s who have vanished into thin air.
I wonder if “dreadlocks” is the same who has openly advertised on the web page Charlottesville “Backpage” for (nicely put) *sex buddy married or not who he will keep secret over the internet. He claims to be 31 with dreadlocks…. This would certainly fit the narcissistic / sociopathic profile.
Praying that the police have good information and they can bring this to a close. Hannah and her family/friends are on my heart and mind. God bless that poor girl.
@ALWhit. Tempo.
http://www.tempocville.com
the 2 would stick out here like a sore thumb
Wonder where this guy works. Is it possible they are acquainted..references to the ski team remind me of equipment managers at uhall and ground crews in gators. Did I read the map right…that these apartments are very close to JPJ?
How long will it take them to compare any DNA found in the search of the car or apt to sketch’s? Or to Hannah’s?
Depends on the samples and lab- I have become a huge fan of Tim Longo- but I would not have announced that forensics were not back yet when one has a defacto suspect on the fringe.
B
e’re heading out to search for Hannah today. I’m feeling de ja vu from the day we searched for Morgan.
My 6-year-old told me last night that everyone will be so happy when I find her. Because, of course, in her mind she will be perfectly fine and I will save the day! I wish I could be as awesome as she thinks I am. ♡
We’re hoping for the best, of course. We couldn’t find Morgan in time, but we’re coming for you Hannah!
Praying for you, volunteers and of course Hannah and her family.
B
Blink, am I correct to assume you also know the name of the occupant of the searched apartment and owner of the orange Chrysler? I can only guess that if the dreads fellow were Sketch then he’d be arrested by now with a DNA match. I agree with the poster above who said the men on the mall were like sharks circling prey.
The similarities with Cassandra’s and the MH dump are searing. Only by the grace of God she was found in the woods. Cassandra was poor and African American and her death did not get the same coverage as would someone from a more privileged background. It deserves the same level of attention. It did get looked at here to the boss lady’s credit.
Cassandras murder in contrast- her remains and recovery site topical observation from my education training and experience would initially strike me as a very different offender just based on the contrast between the two.
Most specifically what has A L W A Y S struck me as a statement- was Morgan’s recovery. No attempt whatsoever to hide her remains.
So for the sake of argument – let’s presume until we can exclude this possibility. What if it IS the same offender or offenders?
One of these things is not like the other. That tells me things. You know the drill Redrock.
B
B, the person that I think they have in custody used to be a cab driver and he also used to live in the North Garden area. The more I look at this and view his profile the more I think he is definately connected to Morgan. This is my opinion. I would be glad to share with you who I have as the POI so you can further examine your thoughts but I do not feel comfortable sharing it publicly here.
The Fox cable channel is continuing to report on Hannah. The morning show talked about the search to take place today. Tucker Carlson spoke about how many times he has gone to C’ville and in his opinion it was a dangerous and creepy place because of all the street people who will get in your face to pan handle. He couldn’t understand why the police allowed that behavior.
We don’t know how well Hannah was able to determine directions. Some people have a terrible sense of direction. They often get in a building and cannot tell you where the front door is located.
I don’t know how many young women must loose their life before the community wakes up to the fact that there is a serious problem that must be addressed.
Who allowed Hannah to leave the site of the party alone to walk to her apartment at that late hour? If she were impaired, they should have kept her overnight or called a taxi. Of course, if she was a hard head, she may have rejected all help until she realized she was in trouble. Texting instead of talking on a phone is pure foolishness when one is asking for help.
My generation would never have allowed a young woman to travel alone at that hour. Someone or several would have taken her to her apartment and saw to it that she arrived safely.
The current culture must learn that women walking alone late at night are making themselves targets for all sorts of predators. Maybe it is time that the community along with the University begin a serious program for all citizens about how to NOT make oneself a target for criminals.
I hope the search today is successful.