Suspect in disappearance of Virginia student transferred for hearing in unrelated case
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The man charged in the disappearance of a University of Virginia student who was found dead has been transferred to a jail in Fairfax to await a hearing in an unrelated rape case.
Albemarle County Sheriff's Lt. Billy Boggs said Wednesday that 32-year-old Jesse Matthew was moved out of Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail late Tuesday night. Matthew was booked into the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center shortly after 1 a.m. Wednesday.
Matthew will be in court Friday in Fairfax, where he faces attempted capital murder and other charges in a 2005 sexual assault. A trial date is expected to be set.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Matthew also is charged with abduction with intent to defile in the Sept. 13 disappearance of U.Va. student Hannah Graham, whose remains were found in Albemarle County on Oct. 18.