1 00:00:01,987 --> 00:00:12,988 ♪♪ 2 00:00:13,089 --> 00:00:19,787 Augenstein: The way he saw her, turned, and followed, 3 00:00:19,788 --> 00:00:24,022 I understand what he's thinking. 4 00:00:24,090 --> 00:00:27,090 He's thinking, "I have a victim here." 5 00:00:30,723 --> 00:00:32,423 He's sizing her up. 6 00:00:32,490 --> 00:00:38,889 At some point, he realizes, "Yes, this is the one." 7 00:00:38,890 --> 00:00:57,425 ♪♪ 8 00:01:00,925 --> 00:01:02,890 Welcome to "Very Scary People." 9 00:01:02,891 --> 00:01:04,292 I'm Donnie Wahlberg. 10 00:01:04,393 --> 00:01:07,525 The 2014 disappearance of student Hannah Graham 11 00:01:07,593 --> 00:01:09,892 sent shock waves through the close-knit community 12 00:01:09,991 --> 00:01:11,593 of Charlottesville, Virginia, 13 00:01:11,693 --> 00:01:14,826 in part because it felt all too familiar. 14 00:01:14,892 --> 00:01:16,226 Five years earlier, 15 00:01:16,293 --> 00:01:18,326 another college student had vanished nearby 16 00:01:18,393 --> 00:01:20,393 under similar circumstances, 17 00:01:20,493 --> 00:01:22,927 and DNA later found on her discarded shirt 18 00:01:22,993 --> 00:01:26,493 was linked to a third brutal attack four years earlier. 19 00:01:26,494 --> 00:01:29,193 With so much time passing between attacks, 20 00:01:29,194 --> 00:01:31,394 investigators can't help but wonder, 21 00:01:31,494 --> 00:01:34,095 "Are there other victims yet to be discovered?" 22 00:01:34,194 --> 00:01:37,527 This is part 2 of "The Back-to-School Killer." 23 00:01:47,028 --> 00:01:49,396 Hannah Graham is a second-year student 24 00:01:49,495 --> 00:01:51,128 at the University of Virginia. 25 00:01:51,196 --> 00:01:54,596 She is out having fun with friends. 26 00:01:56,895 --> 00:02:02,029 French: So, Hannah started the night on September 13, 2014, 27 00:02:02,096 --> 00:02:05,596 out to dinner, and from that restaurant, 28 00:02:05,597 --> 00:02:08,596 they went to a few parties that evening. 29 00:02:08,597 --> 00:02:13,097 Augenstein: And then she decides to meet some other friends 30 00:02:13,197 --> 00:02:15,930 and starts walking down Market Street 31 00:02:15,996 --> 00:02:17,896 towards the downtown mall. 32 00:02:18,597 --> 00:02:23,498 The last text that Hannah sends to her friends is at 1:20 a.m. 33 00:02:24,531 --> 00:02:27,298 She tells friends that she's lost. 34 00:02:28,531 --> 00:02:29,796 Longo: That was the last time 35 00:02:29,797 --> 00:02:33,199 that anyone saw Hannah Graham alive. 36 00:02:33,298 --> 00:02:37,432 I can't imagine what her parents are going through. 37 00:02:37,498 --> 00:02:40,732 I mean, they drop their daughter off at college. 38 00:02:40,798 --> 00:02:43,098 And now they're waking up every morning wondering, 39 00:02:43,099 --> 00:02:46,132 "Am I ever gonna see my daughter again?" 40 00:02:46,199 --> 00:02:48,833 The Hannah Graham case was huge 41 00:02:48,899 --> 00:02:51,399 because this was part of a larger picture 42 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:53,400 of a serial predator. 43 00:02:53,500 --> 00:02:58,699 Hannah Graham's disappearance was an eerie reminder 44 00:02:58,700 --> 00:03:02,601 of the disappearance of Morgan Harrington. 45 00:03:06,401 --> 00:03:10,334 Tonight, where is 20-year-old Morgan Harrington? 46 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:14,401 Gil Harrington: Morgan had 20 fantastic years, 47 00:03:14,501 --> 00:03:16,735 and she had one hell of a bad night. 48 00:03:17,900 --> 00:03:20,101 It's the night of October 17, 2009. 49 00:03:20,202 --> 00:03:22,835 Henderson: Morgan told me she was going to the concert, 50 00:03:22,901 --> 00:03:26,202 and she was really excited for a fun night out 51 00:03:26,302 --> 00:03:28,900 in Charlottesville. 52 00:03:28,901 --> 00:03:32,235 Vance: The question of what happened to Morgan 53 00:03:32,303 --> 00:03:35,402 is something we don't know exactly. 54 00:03:35,503 --> 00:03:36,602 At some point, during the show, 55 00:03:36,703 --> 00:03:38,936 Morgan has to go to the bathroom. 56 00:03:39,002 --> 00:03:40,936 And she'd fallen. 57 00:03:41,002 --> 00:03:43,436 She was disoriented. 58 00:03:43,503 --> 00:03:46,737 Somehow, she ends up outside. 59 00:03:47,503 --> 00:03:54,503 Morgan is outside the venue, and they have a rule 60 00:03:54,504 --> 00:03:57,537 that you can't go back in if you leave. 61 00:03:57,604 --> 00:04:00,103 The roommates called Morgan and said, 62 00:04:00,104 --> 00:04:01,537 "Morgan, where are you?" 63 00:04:01,604 --> 00:04:03,438 And Morgan said, "I'm outside the building. 64 00:04:03,505 --> 00:04:05,038 I can't get back in." 65 00:04:05,104 --> 00:04:09,838 And she told her friends that she would find a way home. 66 00:04:09,904 --> 00:04:12,938 So, right next to the John Paul Jones Arena, 67 00:04:13,004 --> 00:04:17,405 there is a section where taxicabs can park 68 00:04:17,505 --> 00:04:22,139 and wait for people to come outside of the venue. 69 00:04:22,206 --> 00:04:24,506 It's not beyond the realm of possibility 70 00:04:24,606 --> 00:04:28,339 that a cabdriver would see a pretty blonde 71 00:04:28,406 --> 00:04:31,306 with her thumb up in the air, needing a ride, 72 00:04:31,407 --> 00:04:34,740 and swing by and offer her a lift. 73 00:04:38,207 --> 00:04:40,306 Stuart: There was something incredibly terrifying, 74 00:04:40,307 --> 00:04:42,940 that Morgan could disappear like this, 75 00:04:43,006 --> 00:04:44,707 just vanish into thin air. 76 00:04:45,508 --> 00:04:48,541 It really left the community terrorized. 77 00:04:49,906 --> 00:04:53,741 I think the most vivid image I have in my head 78 00:04:53,841 --> 00:04:56,607 is of her being alive in the field 79 00:04:56,608 --> 00:05:04,006 and being cold -- it's dark -- with this monster. 80 00:05:04,007 --> 00:05:06,842 A frantic search is under way for a beautiful, young woman 81 00:05:06,908 --> 00:05:10,408 who vanished during a packed rock concert. 82 00:05:10,409 --> 00:05:12,108 Bryan-Campos: Thirty days after Morgan disappeared, 83 00:05:12,109 --> 00:05:15,843 her black Pantera T-shirt was found on top of a bush 84 00:05:15,909 --> 00:05:20,443 outside of an apartment building in the UVA campus. 85 00:05:20,510 --> 00:05:24,509 Investigators tested that Pantera T-shirt, 86 00:05:24,510 --> 00:05:29,410 and the DNA on that shirt matched an attempted rape 87 00:05:29,510 --> 00:05:33,744 of a woman in Fairfax, Virginia, 88 00:05:33,810 --> 00:05:37,844 that had happened several years earlier. 89 00:05:37,910 --> 00:05:40,944 It's Fairfax, Virginia, September 2005. 90 00:05:41,010 --> 00:05:42,844 Stuart: A woman that we'll call R.G. 91 00:05:42,911 --> 00:05:44,909 was walking home with her groceries 92 00:05:44,910 --> 00:05:49,745 when a man came up behind her and grabbed her. 93 00:05:49,811 --> 00:05:51,645 Augenstein: He throws this woman down on the ground. 94 00:05:51,745 --> 00:05:55,010 He's ripping at her. He's taking off her clothes. 95 00:05:55,011 --> 00:05:57,645 He's punching her. He's threatening her. 96 00:05:57,745 --> 00:06:00,412 Stuart: R.G.'s life was likely saved by the fact 97 00:06:00,513 --> 00:06:02,212 that a car went by with lights 98 00:06:02,213 --> 00:06:07,546 and caused the assailant to stop the attack and leave her. 99 00:06:07,613 --> 00:06:11,413 She sits down with police, and she is able to provide 100 00:06:11,513 --> 00:06:16,114 to police a sketch composite of her assailant. 101 00:06:18,214 --> 00:06:23,912 ♪♪ 102 00:06:23,913 --> 00:06:29,747 The search for Hannah Graham was one of the most extensive 103 00:06:29,813 --> 00:06:33,014 and largest searches in Virginia history. 104 00:06:33,115 --> 00:06:36,415 Augenstein: The public was watching this like it's a -- 105 00:06:36,515 --> 00:06:39,014 you know, a Hollywood thriller. 106 00:06:39,115 --> 00:06:42,249 And that creates a sense of urgency in you 107 00:06:42,315 --> 00:06:43,815 as an investigator. 108 00:06:45,216 --> 00:06:48,014 Bryan-Campos: We received surveillance footage 109 00:06:48,015 --> 00:06:51,616 within days of the announcement that she was missing. 110 00:06:51,716 --> 00:06:53,149 Police have already gathered 111 00:06:53,216 --> 00:06:57,149 all of the security footage from the mall, 112 00:06:57,217 --> 00:07:00,217 and they're trying to put together a timeline 113 00:07:00,316 --> 00:07:04,650 of where Hannah had been on that evening. 114 00:07:04,750 --> 00:07:08,550 They are able to trace her steps. 115 00:07:12,851 --> 00:07:14,851 I think I'd seen the video several times, 116 00:07:14,917 --> 00:07:19,016 and I'd seen the guy in the big white outfit walking by. 117 00:07:19,017 --> 00:07:22,651 I didn't realize, at first, that he turned around 118 00:07:22,751 --> 00:07:27,218 and was walking behind Hannah. 119 00:07:27,219 --> 00:07:30,752 Watching that deliberate crossing of the mall 120 00:07:30,852 --> 00:07:33,952 and then following right behind her, 121 00:07:34,018 --> 00:07:36,552 that was chilling. 122 00:07:36,619 --> 00:07:40,018 It still gives me chills, thinking about that video. 123 00:07:41,953 --> 00:07:44,953 Anchor: Police believe that Jesse Matthew 124 00:07:45,019 --> 00:07:48,119 is the man seen in this video, following Hannah that night, 125 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:51,553 the last person to perhaps have been seen with Hannah, 126 00:07:51,620 --> 00:07:54,019 and they want to speak with him. 127 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:58,321 Longo: We knew intuitively that was Jesse Matthew. 128 00:07:58,421 --> 00:07:59,920 This was someone very well-known, 129 00:08:00,020 --> 00:08:02,919 and we had an internal source that was familiar with him 130 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:05,454 and was able to look and say, "Oh, I know that person." 131 00:08:05,521 --> 00:08:07,621 There were people who felt very strongly 132 00:08:07,721 --> 00:08:10,919 that this was not behavior that this individual 133 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:15,122 could be capable of, that this wasn't who he was. 134 00:08:15,222 --> 00:08:18,855 It was contrary to the person they knew him to be. 135 00:08:22,255 --> 00:08:25,756 French: I think there's a disconnect on what you'll hear 136 00:08:25,822 --> 00:08:27,123 about Jesse Matthew. 137 00:08:27,223 --> 00:08:29,956 His friends never wanted to go on camera, 138 00:08:30,022 --> 00:08:33,523 but the conversations I had with them were so powerful. 139 00:08:33,623 --> 00:08:39,023 His friends knew Jesse Matthew as the godfather 140 00:08:39,123 --> 00:08:44,123 that would take care of their kids without them present. 141 00:08:44,224 --> 00:08:47,424 They trusted Jesse Matthew with their children. 142 00:08:48,023 --> 00:08:51,057 And then you have the reports like you did on the night 143 00:08:51,124 --> 00:08:54,157 that Hannah Graham disappeared of this individual 144 00:08:54,225 --> 00:08:57,623 that was abrasive and that touched women 145 00:08:57,624 --> 00:08:59,157 when they didn't want to be touched 146 00:08:59,225 --> 00:09:02,158 and that would just walk up to them and grab them. 147 00:09:02,725 --> 00:09:05,758 So, you know, who is Jesse Matthew? 148 00:09:06,858 --> 00:09:11,724 He could be a person who is everyone's favorite son, 149 00:09:11,725 --> 00:09:14,559 favorite teacher, favorite mentor, 150 00:09:14,626 --> 00:09:16,125 and, at the same time, 151 00:09:16,126 --> 00:09:21,925 have a dark side from the demons that he's dealing with. 152 00:09:22,025 --> 00:09:27,659 ♪♪ 153 00:09:29,527 --> 00:09:32,925 Jesse Matthew is a local guy. 154 00:09:32,926 --> 00:09:35,726 He grew up in this community. 155 00:09:35,727 --> 00:09:39,060 He had some learning disabilities growing up, 156 00:09:39,127 --> 00:09:40,925 some difficulties with literacy, 157 00:09:40,926 --> 00:09:45,427 and he suffered some abuse in his childhood. 158 00:09:45,428 --> 00:09:51,128 He grew up with a father who was a convicted sex abuser. 159 00:09:52,027 --> 00:09:55,162 It was reported that Jesse Matthew 160 00:09:55,228 --> 00:09:59,229 was also a victim of sexual assault. 161 00:10:02,762 --> 00:10:04,528 Titus: The fact that Jesse Matthew 162 00:10:04,529 --> 00:10:08,528 was a victim of sexual abuse at a young age, 163 00:10:08,529 --> 00:10:15,028 the fact that he was bullied, had a severe stutter as a child, 164 00:10:15,029 --> 00:10:19,730 all of these things compiled created Jesse Matthew. 165 00:10:20,730 --> 00:10:25,764 And the impulses that he acted out throughout his life 166 00:10:25,830 --> 00:10:29,264 were a result of those things happening 167 00:10:29,331 --> 00:10:32,430 and not being addressed at a younger age 168 00:10:32,431 --> 00:10:35,064 and festering it and then getting to the point 169 00:10:35,131 --> 00:10:38,164 where he could no longer hold it in. 170 00:10:40,432 --> 00:10:44,131 French: Despite his troubled home life, at times, 171 00:10:44,132 --> 00:10:47,830 he made the most of different situations. 172 00:10:47,831 --> 00:10:50,131 Stuart: Certainly football was a ticket for him 173 00:10:50,132 --> 00:10:51,932 to get out of Charlottesville. 174 00:10:52,031 --> 00:10:54,132 He left Charlottesville to go to college. 175 00:10:54,133 --> 00:10:57,266 Augenstein: Jesse Matthew wasn't at Liberty University 176 00:10:57,333 --> 00:10:58,366 for very long. 177 00:10:58,433 --> 00:11:01,632 There were pretty quickly some allegations 178 00:11:01,633 --> 00:11:03,533 of a sexual assault. 179 00:11:03,633 --> 00:11:05,831 Bryan-Campos: So, no charges were ever filed 180 00:11:05,832 --> 00:11:07,332 at Liberty University, 181 00:11:07,333 --> 00:11:10,433 and he goes to Christopher Newport University. 182 00:11:10,434 --> 00:11:13,467 And a couple months into the school year, 183 00:11:13,534 --> 00:11:16,167 there are more allegations 184 00:11:16,234 --> 00:11:21,334 that Jesse has committed a sexual crime. 185 00:11:21,434 --> 00:11:24,868 Gil Harrington: If you looked at R.G.'s case, 186 00:11:24,934 --> 00:11:27,033 if you looked at Morgan's case, 187 00:11:27,034 --> 00:11:31,868 at Hannah's case, the rapes that he did at Liberty, 188 00:11:31,934 --> 00:11:35,134 at Christopher Newport, I was trying to think, 189 00:11:35,135 --> 00:11:36,435 "Why are all these things 190 00:11:36,536 --> 00:11:39,235 happening at the same time of the year?" 191 00:11:39,236 --> 00:11:41,335 You have new female students 192 00:11:41,336 --> 00:11:44,069 who don't really have a cadre of friends yet. 193 00:11:44,136 --> 00:11:46,436 They don't really know where the kind of not-safe places 194 00:11:46,536 --> 00:11:48,034 to go in a town. 195 00:11:48,035 --> 00:11:51,870 So, they're vulnerable for that very reason. 196 00:11:53,469 --> 00:11:55,970 Augenstein: In the four years between 2005, 197 00:11:56,036 --> 00:11:57,736 when R.G. was attacked, 198 00:11:57,737 --> 00:12:01,536 and 2009, when Morgan was attacked, 199 00:12:01,537 --> 00:12:05,537 Jesse Matthew was never charged with any other crime. 200 00:12:06,470 --> 00:12:09,971 There's been a lot of missing-girl cases in Virginia 201 00:12:10,037 --> 00:12:11,871 in the past 20 years, 202 00:12:11,937 --> 00:12:13,471 and I think that it's safe to say 203 00:12:13,538 --> 00:12:17,371 that almost every one has been checked to see 204 00:12:17,438 --> 00:12:22,372 whether Jesse Matthew could have possibly been involved in them. 205 00:12:24,439 --> 00:12:27,138 Bryan-Campos: So, there are women who went missing 206 00:12:27,139 --> 00:12:31,538 the same time that Jesse Matthew was at Liberty University 207 00:12:31,539 --> 00:12:34,339 and at Christopher Newport University. 208 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:37,073 Those cases have never been solved. 209 00:12:39,740 --> 00:12:41,539 Stuart: There were questions about what Jesse Matthew 210 00:12:41,540 --> 00:12:45,373 was doing between Morgan Harrington's disappearance 211 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:47,939 and Hannah Graham's disappearance. 212 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:52,240 He was in a relationship, and it's been speculated 213 00:12:52,341 --> 00:12:56,039 that that is perhaps what prevented him 214 00:12:56,040 --> 00:13:00,341 from committing other crimes in the intervening years. 215 00:13:00,441 --> 00:13:04,175 When there is a large gap between serial killings, 216 00:13:04,241 --> 00:13:06,175 it shows one of two things -- 217 00:13:06,242 --> 00:13:09,675 either there are other cases that have occurred 218 00:13:09,775 --> 00:13:14,041 that we have not been able to tie to the serial killer, 219 00:13:14,142 --> 00:13:17,676 or something crucial in the perpetrator's life 220 00:13:17,775 --> 00:13:23,143 happened that allowed him to move away from this behavior. 221 00:13:23,842 --> 00:13:30,643 Jesse's relationship ended, and Hannah Graham disappeared. 222 00:13:30,743 --> 00:13:34,343 So, it seems that perhaps the end of that relationship 223 00:13:34,444 --> 00:13:38,644 may have been a trigger for him to resume his violent behavior. 224 00:13:38,744 --> 00:13:42,043 With the needs that Jesse Matthew has, 225 00:13:42,144 --> 00:13:45,977 it's just a matter of time before he acts out again. 226 00:13:52,545 --> 00:13:55,545 French: A hundred and one days after Morgan's disappearance, 227 00:13:55,645 --> 00:13:57,345 during the dead of winter, 228 00:13:57,445 --> 00:14:03,045 Dan and Gil get a call that no parent should ever get. 229 00:14:04,845 --> 00:14:07,246 Gil Harrington: A farmer was checking his fence lines 230 00:14:07,346 --> 00:14:09,879 and came upon what he thought initially 231 00:14:09,945 --> 00:14:13,379 was a deer carcass in his field. 232 00:14:13,446 --> 00:14:17,647 But he quickly saw that there was a human skull there. 233 00:14:19,246 --> 00:14:21,946 And it was our Morgan. 234 00:14:22,647 --> 00:14:24,546 Dan Harrington: Gil and I drive to Charlottesville, 235 00:14:24,547 --> 00:14:29,647 and we demand to go to the place where Morgan's body is. 236 00:14:32,348 --> 00:14:34,546 The helicopters from Richmond, 237 00:14:34,547 --> 00:14:36,380 from the state police headquarters, 238 00:14:36,448 --> 00:14:39,846 came and picked us up and took us to the site. 239 00:14:39,847 --> 00:14:43,281 We did not land, but we were able to see sort of 240 00:14:43,348 --> 00:14:47,148 where Morgan's body was, which was very isolated. 241 00:14:49,082 --> 00:14:52,847 It was miraculous that she had been found. 242 00:14:52,848 --> 00:14:56,582 It was such a big place, and she was such a small girl. 243 00:14:56,649 --> 00:15:01,082 I really believe that Morgan wanted to be found. 244 00:15:03,450 --> 00:15:07,449 Morgan's autopsy is done, and what it tells investigators 245 00:15:07,450 --> 00:15:10,749 is that Morgan fought her killer till the very end. 246 00:15:10,750 --> 00:15:16,083 She has fractures in her wrist, her ribs, head injuries. 247 00:15:16,151 --> 00:15:18,049 Her teeth are knocked out. 248 00:15:18,050 --> 00:15:19,883 And in interviewing investigators, 249 00:15:19,949 --> 00:15:23,884 I was told that, you know, her killer may not have set out 250 00:15:23,950 --> 00:15:27,350 to kill his victims on the night that he attacked, 251 00:15:27,351 --> 00:15:29,950 but he was going to sexually assault them, 252 00:15:30,051 --> 00:15:34,251 and if that meant killing them, he would do it. 253 00:15:36,085 --> 00:15:39,252 The killer was likely a large person, 254 00:15:39,352 --> 00:15:41,251 somebody who could have overpowered Morgan, 255 00:15:41,252 --> 00:15:42,850 who was not large. 256 00:15:42,851 --> 00:15:45,785 She was 5'6" and I believe about 120 pounds. 257 00:15:45,886 --> 00:15:51,786 I know that when Morgan realized that she was in over her head 258 00:15:51,852 --> 00:15:54,951 and that she was with a killer, she fought. 259 00:15:54,952 --> 00:15:58,586 And I remember a time when her mother learned 260 00:15:58,653 --> 00:16:03,153 that it wasn't hair or semen on the shirt, 261 00:16:03,154 --> 00:16:07,254 it was blood, his blood, and Gil Harrington said, 262 00:16:07,354 --> 00:16:09,487 "Good girl, Morgan. You fought. 263 00:16:09,554 --> 00:16:14,053 You had so much to fight and live for." 264 00:16:14,154 --> 00:16:16,488 French: Now the next chapter starts. 265 00:16:16,554 --> 00:16:19,554 Now they want to know who did it, 266 00:16:19,555 --> 00:16:22,488 and they want to start finding justice for their daughter. 267 00:16:22,555 --> 00:16:24,455 Gil Harrington: I just wanted to stop him. 268 00:16:24,555 --> 00:16:26,355 That was a huge motivator. 269 00:16:26,455 --> 00:16:27,954 Help save the next girl, 270 00:16:27,955 --> 00:16:32,089 because there was inevitably going to be another victim 271 00:16:32,155 --> 00:16:34,289 for him if he wasn't stopped. 272 00:16:35,855 --> 00:16:39,955 If you're an apex predator, if you have already 273 00:16:40,055 --> 00:16:42,556 done abduction, rape, and murder, 274 00:16:42,557 --> 00:16:45,556 it's unlikely you go and steal Chiclets 275 00:16:45,557 --> 00:16:49,557 from 7-Eleven as your next crime. 276 00:16:49,657 --> 00:16:53,490 I think that those crimes tend to escalate 277 00:16:53,557 --> 00:16:56,956 and become either more savage or more frequent. 278 00:16:57,056 --> 00:17:00,056 I was very worried. 279 00:17:00,057 --> 00:17:05,791 ♪♪ 280 00:17:05,891 --> 00:17:09,491 We want to talk to Jesse Matthew. 281 00:17:09,558 --> 00:17:10,891 We want to talk to him. 282 00:17:10,957 --> 00:17:13,291 We want to talk about his interaction 283 00:17:13,358 --> 00:17:16,057 with a sweet, young girl that we can't find, 284 00:17:16,159 --> 00:17:19,058 'cause he was with her. 285 00:17:19,659 --> 00:17:22,692 It was only a couple of days after his name 286 00:17:22,792 --> 00:17:24,592 had been put out in the public 287 00:17:24,659 --> 00:17:27,857 that Jesse Matthew surprised police 288 00:17:27,858 --> 00:17:32,359 by showing up at the police station. 289 00:17:32,360 --> 00:17:34,793 He came, and he walked into the police station. 290 00:17:34,859 --> 00:17:35,893 As soon as he got there, 291 00:17:35,959 --> 00:17:38,393 he asked to be represented by a lawyer. 292 00:17:38,460 --> 00:17:39,893 He was not in custody. 293 00:17:39,959 --> 00:17:41,793 He was free to walk out of that building. 294 00:17:41,893 --> 00:17:43,660 He was not under arrest. 295 00:17:43,761 --> 00:17:46,058 That attorney came out of the room, and he said, 296 00:17:46,059 --> 00:17:47,660 "He doesn't have anything to say." 297 00:17:47,661 --> 00:17:49,194 And he left. 298 00:17:49,261 --> 00:17:51,994 And Jesse Matthew left with him. 299 00:17:52,060 --> 00:17:54,260 He was followed when he left the police station, 300 00:17:54,261 --> 00:17:55,994 and then he took off at a high rate of speed, 301 00:17:56,060 --> 00:18:00,860 but his driving behavior was so incredibly reckless 302 00:18:00,861 --> 00:18:04,060 that the trooper who made the observations 303 00:18:04,061 --> 00:18:05,362 secured an arrest warrant, 304 00:18:05,462 --> 00:18:07,195 charging him with those driving offenses, 305 00:18:07,262 --> 00:18:09,161 and that was the first charging document 306 00:18:09,162 --> 00:18:12,662 that would exist for Jesse Matthew. 307 00:18:12,762 --> 00:18:16,463 French: When investigators went to charge Jesse Matthew Jr. 308 00:18:16,563 --> 00:18:17,996 with reckless driving, 309 00:18:18,062 --> 00:18:22,562 they were able to get a search warrant on his apartment, 310 00:18:22,563 --> 00:18:27,763 and they were able to look inside. 311 00:18:28,464 --> 00:18:30,962 So, police search Jesse Matthew's home. 312 00:18:30,963 --> 00:18:35,163 They take enough items from his apartment 313 00:18:35,164 --> 00:18:38,464 and from his car to run DNA. 314 00:18:39,764 --> 00:18:42,364 Augenstein: Police were tailing him surreptitiously, 315 00:18:42,464 --> 00:18:44,963 but, believe it or not, one night, 316 00:18:44,964 --> 00:18:47,998 they're watching him leave a family member's house, 317 00:18:48,064 --> 00:18:49,565 and they lose him. 318 00:18:49,665 --> 00:18:52,598 He speeds away, and they don't know where he is. 319 00:18:52,665 --> 00:18:57,965 This afternoon, we reached that point 320 00:18:58,064 --> 00:19:02,965 where the Commonwealth felt we had sufficient probable cause 321 00:19:03,065 --> 00:19:07,899 to seek an arrest warrant for Jesse LeRoy Matthew Jr. 322 00:19:07,965 --> 00:19:09,267 of Charlottesville. 323 00:19:09,366 --> 00:19:15,065 There's a nationwide manhunt for him at this point. 324 00:19:15,066 --> 00:19:17,467 Dan Harrington: One morning, it was a Saturday morning, 325 00:19:17,567 --> 00:19:20,267 I got up, and I got on Facebook. 326 00:19:20,367 --> 00:19:23,166 And this person from Charlottesville 327 00:19:23,167 --> 00:19:27,400 put a picture of Jesse Matthew. 328 00:19:27,468 --> 00:19:31,301 And then they put up the composite picture 329 00:19:31,368 --> 00:19:34,067 that the police had put together. 330 00:19:34,168 --> 00:19:36,568 And it was the same person, 331 00:19:36,668 --> 00:19:40,668 and so I immediately texted the investigator 332 00:19:40,769 --> 00:19:43,901 who was working with the Virginia state police, 333 00:19:43,967 --> 00:19:48,202 and I said, "We have the person who killed our daughter," 334 00:19:48,269 --> 00:19:52,067 and he said, "I know." 335 00:19:52,068 --> 00:19:53,502 Stuart: Jesse, just like Hannah, 336 00:19:53,569 --> 00:19:57,368 and just like Morgan years before, has now vanished, 337 00:19:57,369 --> 00:20:01,903 and investigators don't know where he is. 338 00:20:01,969 --> 00:20:07,470 ♪♪ 339 00:20:09,271 --> 00:20:12,170 ♪♪ 340 00:20:12,171 --> 00:20:14,404 Anchor: The FBI now joining the search 341 00:20:14,471 --> 00:20:15,970 for missing Hannah Graham -- 342 00:20:16,070 --> 00:20:19,770 the investigation focusing on this man, Jesse Matthew, 343 00:20:19,771 --> 00:20:22,170 who police believe is the last person to be seen 344 00:20:22,171 --> 00:20:24,671 with the University of Virginia sophomore 345 00:20:24,771 --> 00:20:28,171 before she vanished over a week ago. 346 00:20:28,172 --> 00:20:31,971 This was a national manhunt at this point. 347 00:20:32,071 --> 00:20:36,171 And the national media was all over it. 348 00:20:36,172 --> 00:20:37,905 Blitzer: Police today put out a "wanted" poster 349 00:20:37,971 --> 00:20:40,070 for a man they're describing as the last person seen 350 00:20:40,071 --> 00:20:41,672 with missing University of Virginia 351 00:20:41,673 --> 00:20:44,172 sophomore Hannah Graham. 352 00:20:44,173 --> 00:20:48,172 French: Two days, 1,300 miles away, 353 00:20:48,173 --> 00:20:53,206 a lady is on a beach, walking her dog, 354 00:20:53,273 --> 00:20:55,474 and her name is Karen Monk. 355 00:20:55,573 --> 00:21:01,373 ♪♪ 356 00:21:01,374 --> 00:21:03,607 The weather was beautiful. The water was calm. 357 00:21:03,674 --> 00:21:05,807 So, it was a nice day to be there. 358 00:21:08,708 --> 00:21:10,674 She pulled her car up on the sand, 359 00:21:10,675 --> 00:21:12,074 which you're allowed to do. 360 00:21:12,175 --> 00:21:15,873 And this guy in a vehicle drives by. 361 00:21:15,874 --> 00:21:19,908 The individual that was in the car looked directly at me, 362 00:21:19,974 --> 00:21:22,809 which was about 10 feet from me. 363 00:21:22,875 --> 00:21:27,575 And I thought I recognized this person from a newscast 364 00:21:27,576 --> 00:21:29,075 that I'd been following. 365 00:21:29,709 --> 00:21:31,376 Time stands still. 366 00:21:31,476 --> 00:21:33,075 You're holding your breath, 367 00:21:33,176 --> 00:21:37,810 and you just hope they just keep going. 368 00:21:37,909 --> 00:21:39,476 It was very, very scary. 369 00:21:39,477 --> 00:21:42,677 Luckily this person keeps driving. 370 00:21:42,777 --> 00:21:45,810 She just remembered, like, seeing his eyes on TV 371 00:21:45,876 --> 00:21:50,276 and it was a face -- it was a face you can't forget. 372 00:21:50,277 --> 00:21:52,276 I was shaking. 373 00:21:52,277 --> 00:21:56,311 I was scared because no one -- there was no one else around me. 374 00:21:56,378 --> 00:21:59,811 I did call my family to see my description of him, 375 00:21:59,877 --> 00:22:02,311 if I was correct, and they sent me a picture 376 00:22:02,378 --> 00:22:05,278 from the local news, and it was him. 377 00:22:08,778 --> 00:22:11,178 French: So she calls Crime Stoppers. 378 00:22:11,179 --> 00:22:14,178 And she's like, "This is the guy from -- 379 00:22:14,179 --> 00:22:15,712 that they're looking for in Virginia." 380 00:22:15,812 --> 00:22:19,012 And they didn't believe her. 381 00:22:19,078 --> 00:22:21,478 Monk: Crime Stoppers told me that he is 382 00:22:21,479 --> 00:22:23,778 not being looked for in Texas, 383 00:22:23,779 --> 00:22:26,713 and I assured them that "Yes, he is. 384 00:22:26,813 --> 00:22:29,180 He is here on the beach in Texas." 385 00:22:29,913 --> 00:22:32,479 French: So, she looked up the local sheriff's office, 386 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:36,713 and she reports that there is a wanted criminal 387 00:22:36,813 --> 00:22:38,480 on the same beach as her. 388 00:22:38,581 --> 00:22:40,180 They're like, "Okay. We don't know where you are. 389 00:22:40,181 --> 00:22:43,281 Meet us at the local fruit stand." 390 00:22:45,214 --> 00:22:47,014 Monk: While I was sitting at the fruit stand, 391 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:49,614 waiting on the sheriff's department to arrive, 392 00:22:49,681 --> 00:22:52,314 it was about 45 minutes. 393 00:22:52,382 --> 00:22:55,381 It did seem like forever, and they did show up, 394 00:22:55,382 --> 00:22:57,781 and the officer asked me several questions like, 395 00:22:57,782 --> 00:22:59,615 who I saw, who I thought it was. 396 00:22:59,682 --> 00:23:01,980 I gave him the description of the car 397 00:23:01,981 --> 00:23:04,281 and the description of Jesse Matthew. 398 00:23:04,282 --> 00:23:06,583 Sheriff's deputy goes, and they arrest him. 399 00:23:06,682 --> 00:23:08,482 In other breaking news tonight, authorities have arrested 400 00:23:08,583 --> 00:23:10,283 the man they have been looking for in connection 401 00:23:10,383 --> 00:23:12,916 with missing college student Hannah Graham. 402 00:23:14,583 --> 00:23:16,881 Stuart: When Jesse Matthew was arrested in Texas 403 00:23:16,882 --> 00:23:18,483 and then extradited, 404 00:23:18,584 --> 00:23:21,817 that was the first time I had seen or heard his voice 405 00:23:21,917 --> 00:23:24,183 and seen sort of -- seen video of him, 406 00:23:24,184 --> 00:23:26,817 other than the grainy surveillance video 407 00:23:26,917 --> 00:23:29,283 where you couldn't really make out much 408 00:23:29,284 --> 00:23:32,017 of the night that Hannah Graham disappeared. 409 00:23:33,018 --> 00:23:36,318 Sir, I got a question for you. 410 00:23:36,384 --> 00:23:37,518 Okay. 411 00:23:37,584 --> 00:23:40,083 Like, they took all my clothes 412 00:23:40,084 --> 00:23:44,285 and they got me sleeping on a hard thing. 413 00:23:44,385 --> 00:23:49,084 I feel like I -- 414 00:23:49,186 --> 00:23:54,419 I should be able to have some kind of clothes. 415 00:23:54,486 --> 00:23:56,319 It was really jarring to see him 416 00:23:56,386 --> 00:23:59,819 because although he's a very large man, 417 00:23:59,919 --> 00:24:04,084 he actually has sort of a youthful-looking face. 418 00:24:04,085 --> 00:24:08,286 And to imagine looking at this person 419 00:24:08,287 --> 00:24:11,085 and realizing this is likely the person that has committed 420 00:24:11,086 --> 00:24:16,786 these vile, horrific acts of violence was striking 421 00:24:16,787 --> 00:24:18,387 and, you know, kind of sickening. 422 00:24:18,886 --> 00:24:20,388 Welcome back. 423 00:24:20,487 --> 00:24:22,085 More breaking news tonight, what Virginia state police 424 00:24:22,086 --> 00:24:23,288 say there is a significant break in the disappearance 425 00:24:23,388 --> 00:24:25,821 of University of Virginia Hannah Graham -- 426 00:24:25,887 --> 00:24:27,188 a new forensic link, they call it, 427 00:24:27,288 --> 00:24:29,288 to another Virginia woman, Morgan Harrington, 428 00:24:29,388 --> 00:24:32,087 who vanished nearby five years ago. 429 00:24:32,821 --> 00:24:34,086 French: The DNA taken 430 00:24:34,087 --> 00:24:36,121 from Jesse Matthew Jr.'s apartment 431 00:24:36,189 --> 00:24:39,688 was a match to the Pantera T-shirt, 432 00:24:39,689 --> 00:24:43,188 was a match to the 2005 rape. 433 00:24:43,189 --> 00:24:44,922 It was a match to everything. 434 00:24:48,189 --> 00:24:55,689 ♪♪ 435 00:24:55,690 --> 00:24:57,590 Longo: It was a Saturday morning, 436 00:24:57,690 --> 00:25:00,423 and about 10:00 that morning, 437 00:25:00,490 --> 00:25:03,591 we received a call at the command post 438 00:25:03,690 --> 00:25:05,624 from some sheriff's deputies, 439 00:25:05,691 --> 00:25:09,790 that they thought they had discovered human remains. 440 00:25:09,791 --> 00:25:11,090 Detective Sergeant James Mooney 441 00:25:11,191 --> 00:25:12,924 of the Charlottesville Police Department 442 00:25:12,990 --> 00:25:15,291 made a very difficult phone call 443 00:25:15,391 --> 00:25:17,924 and reached out to John and Susan Graham 444 00:25:17,990 --> 00:25:21,425 to share with them this discovery. 445 00:25:21,492 --> 00:25:24,825 Chief Tim Longo got very emotional 446 00:25:24,891 --> 00:25:27,425 delivering the news to us in the media. 447 00:25:27,492 --> 00:25:30,890 But he made a promise to John and Susan 448 00:25:30,891 --> 00:25:33,425 that he would not give up until he could bring 449 00:25:33,493 --> 00:25:37,292 their daughter home one way or another. 450 00:25:37,293 --> 00:25:39,693 Stuart: Morgan and Hannah's remains were both found 451 00:25:39,793 --> 00:25:41,492 in the same area of Charlottesville, 452 00:25:41,493 --> 00:25:44,592 about five miles or so apart from each other, 453 00:25:44,593 --> 00:25:47,526 both rural areas. 454 00:25:47,593 --> 00:25:50,627 Morgan's was on this farm, 455 00:25:50,694 --> 00:25:56,427 and Hannah's remains were found in a creek bed. 456 00:25:56,494 --> 00:26:00,394 They did perform an autopsy on Hannah's body. 457 00:26:00,494 --> 00:26:05,295 And, like Morgan, Hannah fought -- 458 00:26:05,395 --> 00:26:07,428 fought hard until the very end. 459 00:26:07,495 --> 00:26:12,628 To say that it brought finality to the task at hand 460 00:26:12,695 --> 00:26:14,295 would be accurate. 461 00:26:14,396 --> 00:26:16,894 And now there's an equally heavy lift 462 00:26:16,895 --> 00:26:18,629 and that is a criminal prosecution. 463 00:26:18,695 --> 00:26:22,595 And so we go from one phase to the next. 464 00:26:22,596 --> 00:26:24,795 Reporter: The cases build against the prime suspect, 465 00:26:24,796 --> 00:26:26,396 Jesse Matthew. 466 00:26:26,496 --> 00:26:30,129 It was hard to imagine how Jesse was going to be able 467 00:26:30,196 --> 00:26:34,996 to get out of the legal ramifications of his crimes. 468 00:26:35,096 --> 00:26:38,496 Even though police and prosecutors did suspect 469 00:26:38,497 --> 00:26:41,297 Jesse Matthew in connection with Morgan Harrington 470 00:26:41,397 --> 00:26:46,497 and Hannah Graham's murders, they decided to go forward first 471 00:26:46,498 --> 00:26:50,631 with the rape of the woman R.G. in Fairfax County. 472 00:26:50,698 --> 00:26:54,497 The reason was that was an easier case to make. 473 00:26:54,498 --> 00:26:56,697 They had DNA evidence. 474 00:26:56,698 --> 00:27:01,097 They had a good witness who was willing to testify 475 00:27:01,199 --> 00:27:03,299 who was alive. 476 00:27:07,399 --> 00:27:09,132 This was the first time Jesse Matthew 477 00:27:09,199 --> 00:27:11,498 was physically in a Virginia court room, 478 00:27:11,499 --> 00:27:14,299 and his only two words today -- "Not guilty." 479 00:27:16,299 --> 00:27:18,633 I've done a lot of thinking about why Jesse Matthew 480 00:27:18,700 --> 00:27:24,300 didn't plead guilty to the R.G. attack. 481 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:26,999 I think he was willing to roll the dice 482 00:27:27,099 --> 00:27:30,034 and willing to bet that R.G. wouldn't show up 483 00:27:30,100 --> 00:27:32,233 and testify against him. 484 00:27:33,634 --> 00:27:35,600 Porcher: I genuinely believe that the defense 485 00:27:35,601 --> 00:27:36,701 looked at the discovery, 486 00:27:36,801 --> 00:27:38,934 meaning the evidence against the defense, 487 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:43,001 and they saw an area that they were able to exploit. 488 00:27:43,100 --> 00:27:47,402 This trial would hinge on R.G.'s testimony. 489 00:27:48,702 --> 00:27:54,101 ♪♪ 490 00:27:56,101 --> 00:28:01,002 ♪♪ 491 00:28:01,503 --> 00:28:04,002 Welcome back to "Very Scary People." 492 00:28:04,102 --> 00:28:06,836 Even though Jesse Matthew had been conclusively linked 493 00:28:06,902 --> 00:28:09,901 to the murders of Hannah Graham and Morgan Harrington, 494 00:28:09,902 --> 00:28:13,403 the first case to go to trial would be for the 2005 rape 495 00:28:13,504 --> 00:28:15,604 and attempted murder in Fairfax, Virginia, 496 00:28:15,703 --> 00:28:19,303 of the woman known publicly as R.G. 497 00:28:19,304 --> 00:28:21,837 Now, a decade after that harrowing night, 498 00:28:21,903 --> 00:28:25,337 she'll make a dramatic return from halfway around the world 499 00:28:25,404 --> 00:28:28,937 to testify against the man who shattered her life. 500 00:28:31,037 --> 00:28:32,838 Stuart: For some of the court proceedings, 501 00:28:32,904 --> 00:28:36,604 the hearings were held in a very, very small courtroom. 502 00:28:36,605 --> 00:28:39,903 And Jesse Matthew had to be led in, and in so doing, 503 00:28:39,904 --> 00:28:45,239 he literally had to brush up against Gil and Dan Harrington. 504 00:28:45,306 --> 00:28:47,606 And he stopped, and he looked down at them, 505 00:28:47,706 --> 00:28:51,306 and I will never forget seeing Gil Harrington look up 506 00:28:51,406 --> 00:28:53,206 and not look away. 507 00:28:53,306 --> 00:28:55,605 Gil Harrington: And that one time, as he came by, 508 00:28:55,606 --> 00:28:58,039 Dan and I could have been incinerated 509 00:28:58,105 --> 00:29:00,506 with his eye contact. 510 00:29:00,507 --> 00:29:03,606 And it was not a moment of remorse 511 00:29:03,607 --> 00:29:05,640 that I could see from Jesse Matthew. 512 00:29:05,707 --> 00:29:08,340 It was almost an act of intimidation. 513 00:29:10,940 --> 00:29:13,207 Bryan-Campos: I became very uncomfortable every time 514 00:29:13,208 --> 00:29:17,941 I posted a picture of Jesse Matthew on our website 515 00:29:18,007 --> 00:29:22,308 because of how dead and cold his eyes were. 516 00:29:22,408 --> 00:29:25,407 There wasn't much there to see 517 00:29:25,408 --> 00:29:28,742 because it was just the cold eyes of a hunter. 518 00:29:32,242 --> 00:29:33,408 Augenstein: R.G. made the decision 519 00:29:33,409 --> 00:29:35,709 to come back to this country 520 00:29:35,809 --> 00:29:38,808 to testify against Jesse Matthew. 521 00:29:38,809 --> 00:29:42,008 She had been embarrassed to tell her family 522 00:29:42,109 --> 00:29:46,008 that she had been assaulted, but she did. 523 00:29:46,009 --> 00:29:50,409 She knew that her name would be given in the courtroom, 524 00:29:50,410 --> 00:29:55,943 but she decided to testify against Jesse Matthew. 525 00:29:56,009 --> 00:29:58,544 Bryan-Campos: R.G. knows the stakes. 526 00:29:58,610 --> 00:30:03,710 Not only does she get to have this personal closure, 527 00:30:03,711 --> 00:30:07,411 but I think she understands how this conviction 528 00:30:07,511 --> 00:30:11,445 also sets into motion other convictions. 529 00:30:14,145 --> 00:30:15,312 Vance: She was tiny -- 530 00:30:15,412 --> 00:30:17,145 she must have weighed 95 pounds -- 531 00:30:17,212 --> 00:30:18,445 but not soft-spoken. 532 00:30:18,512 --> 00:30:19,945 She was powerful. 533 00:30:20,845 --> 00:30:25,012 And her insistence to tell her story? 534 00:30:25,111 --> 00:30:26,712 She came back and she said, 535 00:30:26,713 --> 00:30:29,713 "This is what my attempted murder looked like. 536 00:30:29,813 --> 00:30:33,513 This is what a serial killer does. 537 00:30:33,613 --> 00:30:35,846 This is how he bent my legs backwards 538 00:30:35,946 --> 00:30:42,012 and rearranged my face and broke my ribs and bloodied me." 539 00:30:42,013 --> 00:30:44,414 He almost killed her, as well. 540 00:30:45,113 --> 00:30:49,847 He was interrupted in the assault by a passerby 541 00:30:49,947 --> 00:30:54,447 and that probably is the only reason that she survived. 542 00:30:54,514 --> 00:30:57,814 He did strangle her and told her, 543 00:30:57,815 --> 00:31:00,715 "Don't move, or I'm going to snap your neck." 544 00:31:03,014 --> 00:31:08,948 And we assume that Morgan was also strangled in the same way. 545 00:31:11,649 --> 00:31:19,616 The fact that R.G. was so compelling, so narrative, 546 00:31:19,716 --> 00:31:26,815 so specific about his violence and his lack of humanity 547 00:31:26,816 --> 00:31:31,650 gave us what really is a rare portrait of a predator 548 00:31:31,717 --> 00:31:33,816 in action destroying. 549 00:31:33,817 --> 00:31:36,951 I mean, he had no more compassion 550 00:31:37,017 --> 00:31:39,651 than a trash compactor. 551 00:31:39,717 --> 00:31:42,451 And he was doing that much damage. 552 00:31:44,318 --> 00:31:45,651 The prosecution rested, 553 00:31:45,718 --> 00:31:48,618 and it was now up to the defense. 554 00:31:51,051 --> 00:31:55,951 ♪♪ 555 00:31:59,152 --> 00:32:01,552 Jesse Matthew is being tried in Fairfax County, Virginia, 556 00:32:01,619 --> 00:32:03,719 for a 2005 rape. 557 00:32:04,952 --> 00:32:06,320 Reporter: The victim, now in her 30s, 558 00:32:06,419 --> 00:32:09,953 came all the way from India to testify in this case. 559 00:32:10,019 --> 00:32:12,753 Augenstein: R.G. was willing to re-create 560 00:32:12,853 --> 00:32:14,953 and tell the very intimate, 561 00:32:15,019 --> 00:32:19,019 very horrifying story about what happened 562 00:32:19,119 --> 00:32:21,954 the night that Jesse Matthew attacked her. 563 00:32:23,220 --> 00:32:29,220 And she was willing to put herself through the agony 564 00:32:29,221 --> 00:32:31,254 of re-creating that evening 565 00:32:31,321 --> 00:32:36,055 to make sure that Jesse Matthew was held accountable. 566 00:32:36,121 --> 00:32:41,621 At that point I had no idea what defense they might use. 567 00:32:41,622 --> 00:32:44,721 And the decision stretched on and on. 568 00:32:44,722 --> 00:32:47,555 In fact, the judge called a recess. 569 00:32:47,622 --> 00:32:50,255 The recess stretched on and on. 570 00:32:52,055 --> 00:32:55,822 French: Two days into the trial, Jesse takes the Alford plea, 571 00:32:55,823 --> 00:33:00,456 which means that he is not admitting guilt, 572 00:33:00,523 --> 00:33:07,122 but he realizes that there is enough evidence to convict him. 573 00:33:07,224 --> 00:33:10,257 Gil Harrington: After Jesse pled guilty, 574 00:33:10,323 --> 00:33:13,223 his mother did break down. 575 00:33:13,224 --> 00:33:17,757 And I'm sure that was a hideous experience, 576 00:33:17,857 --> 00:33:22,623 to see your son admit to such a crime 577 00:33:22,624 --> 00:33:24,723 and to hear that he had been sentenced 578 00:33:24,724 --> 00:33:28,123 to multiple life sentences in jail. 579 00:33:28,124 --> 00:33:33,825 And she lost it. I did feel badly for her. 580 00:33:38,726 --> 00:33:43,425 It's March 2016, and Jesse LeRoy Matthew Jr. 581 00:33:43,426 --> 00:33:44,825 pleads guilty to the murders 582 00:33:44,826 --> 00:33:47,859 of Hannah Graham and Morgan Harrington. 583 00:33:48,526 --> 00:33:50,727 Longo: I was in the courtroom that day when Judge Higgins 584 00:33:50,826 --> 00:33:52,460 qualified the plea. 585 00:33:52,527 --> 00:33:53,924 And there's a series of questions 586 00:33:53,925 --> 00:33:55,960 that are asked during that qualification. 587 00:33:56,026 --> 00:33:58,560 And one of those questions is something along the lines is, 588 00:33:58,627 --> 00:34:02,626 "And are you pleading guilty because you are in fact guilty?" 589 00:34:02,627 --> 00:34:04,126 That's a very different plea 590 00:34:04,228 --> 00:34:06,127 than the previous plea in Fairfax city, 591 00:34:06,228 --> 00:34:09,861 the Alford plea, where he's, "Nah, I'm not saying I did it. 592 00:34:09,927 --> 00:34:11,327 I'm just saying you've got enough 593 00:34:11,328 --> 00:34:13,961 to prove that I did it" -- a very different plea. 594 00:34:14,027 --> 00:34:16,728 It's a plea without accepting responsibility. 595 00:34:17,328 --> 00:34:20,628 To hear him say in response to Judge Higgins' question, 596 00:34:20,729 --> 00:34:22,028 "Yes. 597 00:34:22,127 --> 00:34:24,429 Yes, I'm pleading guilty because I am guilty," 598 00:34:24,529 --> 00:34:26,262 it was incredibly powerful. 599 00:34:28,229 --> 00:34:32,027 Man: Guilty to the first-degree murder of Hannah Graham. 600 00:34:32,028 --> 00:34:33,762 Guilty to the abduction with intent 601 00:34:33,862 --> 00:34:35,927 to defile Hannah Graham. 602 00:34:35,928 --> 00:34:39,363 Guilty to the first-degree murder of Morgan Harrington. 603 00:34:39,430 --> 00:34:41,863 And guilty to the abduction with intent 604 00:34:41,929 --> 00:34:43,963 to defile Morgan Harrington. 605 00:34:44,330 --> 00:34:46,463 Reporter: Jesse Matthew Jr.'s plea deal 606 00:34:46,530 --> 00:34:48,130 sends him to prison for life 607 00:34:48,230 --> 00:34:51,231 with no possibility of ever being released. 608 00:34:53,831 --> 00:34:56,830 French: Through all of this, Gil has always said 609 00:34:56,831 --> 00:35:00,464 they're all part of this horrible club, 610 00:35:00,531 --> 00:35:05,264 and everyone that has been involved in this is a victim. 611 00:35:05,332 --> 00:35:10,131 And even Jesse's family, Gil has said, is a victim. 612 00:35:12,031 --> 00:35:14,765 Gil Harrington: After Jesse had pled guilty 613 00:35:14,865 --> 00:35:16,965 and received his sentencing, 614 00:35:17,031 --> 00:35:22,333 his family came from the defendant side of the courtroom 615 00:35:22,433 --> 00:35:26,166 and came up to me and Dan and all shook our hands 616 00:35:26,233 --> 00:35:27,966 and said, you know, "We are so sorry. 617 00:35:28,032 --> 00:35:30,132 We are so sorry. We are so sorry." 618 00:35:30,766 --> 00:35:39,133 And his mother came last, and we just hugged each other. 619 00:35:39,234 --> 00:35:43,233 And his mom said, "Will you always pray for me?" 620 00:35:43,234 --> 00:35:46,834 And I said, "Yes, I will, if you will always pray for me, Debra." 621 00:35:46,835 --> 00:35:49,868 And she said, "Yes, I will." 622 00:35:50,933 --> 00:35:53,235 Stuart: And it was an act of grace. 623 00:35:53,335 --> 00:35:55,868 Mother to mother -- I think Gil understood 624 00:35:55,968 --> 00:35:57,134 that for Jesse's mother, 625 00:35:57,235 --> 00:36:00,669 this is also an enormous, devastating loss. 626 00:36:00,735 --> 00:36:04,536 And it was a generosity of spirit that you don't see often. 627 00:36:06,636 --> 00:36:09,736 Gil Harrington: Justice is a very abstract thing. 628 00:36:09,836 --> 00:36:11,869 When the case comes to an end 629 00:36:11,935 --> 00:36:15,169 and even with multiple life sentences, 630 00:36:15,236 --> 00:36:21,035 I mostly was seeking a stop to his rampages. 631 00:36:21,036 --> 00:36:22,436 And so, he's in jail. 632 00:36:22,437 --> 00:36:25,035 He's never going to hurt anyone again. 633 00:36:25,036 --> 00:36:27,970 But just because there's been a trial 634 00:36:28,036 --> 00:36:32,771 and he's in jail doesn't make us whole again. 635 00:36:32,870 --> 00:36:38,271 At one point we created a map of Virginia 636 00:36:38,338 --> 00:36:43,471 with all the missing persons, almost all girls, 637 00:36:43,538 --> 00:36:46,471 since R.G. was abducted, 638 00:36:46,539 --> 00:36:51,272 and it's like a scatter pattern of bodies, 639 00:36:51,339 --> 00:36:55,439 and I wonder if Jesse is responsible 640 00:36:55,539 --> 00:36:57,138 for some of those missing girls, 641 00:36:57,239 --> 00:37:00,539 many of whom still have not been recovered. 642 00:37:01,439 --> 00:37:03,973 French: I think there's still so much to learn 643 00:37:04,039 --> 00:37:06,938 from Jesse Matthew Jr., 644 00:37:06,939 --> 00:37:11,139 and that's why I reached out to him in prison. 645 00:37:12,473 --> 00:37:17,441 ♪♪ 646 00:37:19,340 --> 00:37:22,140 ♪♪ 647 00:37:22,241 --> 00:37:27,139 French: In 2020, I spoke to Jesse Matthew in prison. 648 00:37:27,140 --> 00:37:31,074 I wanted to speak to him because I made a promise 649 00:37:31,140 --> 00:37:35,641 to the Harringtons that I would try to find out 650 00:37:35,642 --> 00:37:38,041 why he did what he did. 651 00:37:44,342 --> 00:37:48,543 Before we learned the name Jesse Matthew, who were you? 652 00:38:10,244 --> 00:38:12,244 So, you're a religious man? 653 00:38:22,445 --> 00:38:24,878 I said, "People think you're a monster." 654 00:38:24,944 --> 00:38:28,378 He definitely did not accept the responsibility. 655 00:38:29,044 --> 00:38:33,379 He doesn't see himself the way other people see him. 656 00:38:34,546 --> 00:38:39,179 The other part of the interview that was very powerful, 657 00:38:39,246 --> 00:38:43,079 sometimes when someone doesn't say anything -- 658 00:38:43,145 --> 00:38:47,846 when I asked him, "You struck in the fall. 659 00:38:47,847 --> 00:38:50,145 Was there a reason for that?" 660 00:38:50,146 --> 00:38:54,180 And he sighed and took a moment. 661 00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:06,248 To me, that was admitting that, yes, there was a trigger. 662 00:39:06,348 --> 00:39:09,946 There was a reason why he struck in the fall, 663 00:39:09,947 --> 00:39:12,881 that there was some trigger. 664 00:39:12,982 --> 00:39:15,682 He was not forthcoming. 665 00:39:15,748 --> 00:39:23,682 To this day, he does not seem to have any sort of remorse. 666 00:39:25,449 --> 00:39:28,349 Gil Harrington: I would've loved to see how Morgan turned out. 667 00:39:28,449 --> 00:39:32,983 Morgan was just so full of potential. 668 00:39:33,049 --> 00:39:34,983 And all I've got is this box of ashes 669 00:39:35,049 --> 00:39:37,083 sitting on my coffee table. 670 00:39:37,149 --> 00:39:39,250 That's all I've got. 671 00:39:39,983 --> 00:39:43,683 Longo: I never had the privilege of meeting Hannah Graham, 672 00:39:43,751 --> 00:39:46,784 but I remember thinking at her memorial service, 673 00:39:46,884 --> 00:39:51,484 every person that got up and talked about her 674 00:39:51,551 --> 00:39:54,284 talked about how Hannah Graham made them better -- 675 00:39:54,351 --> 00:39:58,485 better softball coach, better friend. 676 00:39:58,552 --> 00:40:02,351 She added to everyone she met in some way, shape, or form. 677 00:40:02,352 --> 00:40:03,652 That was the Hannah Graham 678 00:40:03,752 --> 00:40:06,785 that I came to know out of this tragedy. 679 00:40:08,385 --> 00:40:11,252 Dan Harrington: As time went on, we had to figure out, 680 00:40:11,352 --> 00:40:13,985 how do we deal with grief? 681 00:40:14,051 --> 00:40:15,852 And for Gil and me, 682 00:40:15,853 --> 00:40:19,852 the way that we dealt with our grief with Morgan's death 683 00:40:19,853 --> 00:40:22,653 was to find something good. 684 00:40:23,753 --> 00:40:28,353 ♪♪ 685 00:40:28,454 --> 00:40:30,254 Gil Harrington: I did indulge in some self-pity 686 00:40:30,354 --> 00:40:34,753 for a short while, and then, I said, "You know what? 687 00:40:34,754 --> 00:40:40,653 If we've got ashes, with ashes, you can make cinder blocks, 688 00:40:40,654 --> 00:40:43,288 and with cinder blocks, you build." 689 00:40:45,888 --> 00:40:49,755 And I did take some of those ashes with me to Africa 690 00:40:49,855 --> 00:40:54,288 and mixed them in the foundation of Morgan's school. 691 00:40:54,356 --> 00:40:57,356 Morgan was going to school for a degree in education. 692 00:40:57,455 --> 00:41:00,455 She wanted to teach. 693 00:41:00,456 --> 00:41:05,055 ♪ We are happy to see you here ♪ 694 00:41:05,756 --> 00:41:07,589 Gil Harrington: Morgan never made it to Zambia. 695 00:41:07,656 --> 00:41:10,256 But more students are being educated 696 00:41:10,257 --> 00:41:12,556 in the Morgan Harrington Educational Wing 697 00:41:12,557 --> 00:41:15,390 at Omni Village in Ndola, Zambia, 698 00:41:15,457 --> 00:41:18,357 than Morgan would ever have taught 699 00:41:18,457 --> 00:41:20,756 if she lived to be 200 years old, 700 00:41:20,757 --> 00:41:24,757 and that is how we choose to neutralize evil. 701 00:41:30,658 --> 00:41:31,757 Jesse Matthew Jr. 702 00:41:31,758 --> 00:41:34,458 is currently serving seven life sentences. 703 00:41:34,558 --> 00:41:36,458 Having never honestly spoken openly 704 00:41:36,558 --> 00:41:38,091 about the crimes he committed, 705 00:41:38,157 --> 00:41:40,892 the true extent of his reign of terror may never be known. 706 00:41:40,958 --> 00:41:43,858 Hannah Graham's parents don't speak publicly 707 00:41:43,859 --> 00:41:45,459 about their daughter's murder. 708 00:41:45,559 --> 00:41:47,957 Morgan's parents, Gil and Dan Harrington, 709 00:41:47,958 --> 00:41:49,358 have channeled their grief 710 00:41:49,359 --> 00:41:51,858 into a nonprofit called Help Save the Next Girl. 711 00:41:51,859 --> 00:41:54,758 Their mission is to educate young women and girls 712 00:41:54,759 --> 00:41:57,893 about predatory danger on college campuses. 713 00:41:57,993 --> 00:41:59,393 I'm Donnie Wahlberg. 714 00:41:59,460 --> 00:42:01,058 Thank you for watching. 715 00:42:01,059 --> 00:42:03,260 Good night.