Killer Jesse Matthew jailed for life after abducting and murdering British-born student Hannah Graham and another young woman- By Anthony Bond

Jesse Matthew Jr was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences for killing the Reading-born student and Morgan Harrington, 20.

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Jekyll and Hyde: Jesse Matthew Jr He called Matthew projected an image as a gentle giant while hiding his life as a violent sexual predator

A man has been jailed for life after admitting abducting and murdering a British-born student and another young woman.
Jesse Matthew, 34, pleaded guilty to murdering University of Virginia student Hannah Graham - who was born in Reading - and Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington, 20.
During a hearing at Albemarle County Circuit Court, Matthew, who is from Virginia, apologised for his actions through his attorney, the BBC reported.
He was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences.
Matthew had already been sentenced to life in prison for a sexual assault on a woman a decade ago.
Matthew, of Charlottesville, Virginia, was officially sentenced to three consecutive life terms for attempted capital murder, abduction, and sexual assault of a woman in 2005.
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Hannah Graham, who was born in Reading, was killed by Jesse Matthew

Both Hannah and Morgan were college students who were found dead in the Charlottesville area after going missing.
The disappearance of Hannah, a University of Virginia student, in 2014 prompted a national search for Matthew after police publicly identified him as the person last seen with her.
Matthew was eventually arrested in Texas and charged with Hannah's murder.

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Morgan Harrington

Morgan's death had gone unsolved since 2009, when the Virginia Tech student disappeared after attending a Metallica concert in Charlottesville.


Matthew's family had previously told a judge hearing his sexual assault case that he was raped as a child.
During that case, Matthew was called a "modern day Jekyll and Hyde" who projected an image as a gentle giant to friends and family while hiding his life as a violent sexual predator.

Culled from Mirror