Attack victim traveling from India to testify at pretrial hearing in missing UVa student case
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A woman who was attacked in a 2005 case that authorities have linked to the death of University of Virginia student Hannah Graham will testify at a pretrial hearing next month.
The woman, who now lives in India, will be traveling back to Virginia before trial to determine whether she can identify 33-year-old Jesse Matthew of Charlottesville as her attacker.
Matthew is charged with sexual assault and attempted capital murder in the Fairfax case.
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Defense lawyers, though, question whether she can identify Matthew as her attacker. At a hearing Friday in Fairfax, a judge scheduled a June 4 hearing with the victim to determine whether she can reliably identify Matthew as her assailant.
Prosecutors say they also have DNA evidence linking Matthew to the crime.