U.Va. murderer Jesse Matthew transfers prisons after cancer diagnosis
By
Neal Augenstein |
@AugensteinWTOP
May 22, 2019 4:53 am
Jesse Leroy Matthew Jr., who pleaded guilty in 2016 to the murders of University of Virginia student Hannah Graham and Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington, has been diagnosed with cancer, and has been transferred to a prison near Richmond, so he can receive treatment.
Albemarle County prosecutor Robert Tracci, who secured Matthews guilty plea released a statement saying he was informed of the transfer Monday. ... I advised the parents of Morgan Harrington and Hannah Graham, Tracci said. Under the terms of the 2016 guilty plea entered in the county of Albemarle, Mr. Matthew is not eligible for early release or parole.
Virginia Bureau of Prisons records show Matthew has been transferred from the supermax Red Onion Prison, in Wise County to Sussex I State Prison, in Waverly, Virginia, approximately 40 miles south of Richmond. ... Lisa Kinney, director of communications with Virginia Department of Corrections told WTOP Matthew was transferred Monday. ... In his first interview since being sentenced, on May 8,
Matthew told CBS 6 he had recently been diagnosed with cancer. He did not provide specifics of his diagnosis, or his prognosis.
Gil Harrington, whose daughter Morgan was abducted and murdered in 2009 by Matthew after attending a concert in Charlottesville, said officials informed her Matthew has stage four colon cancer, meaning the disease has spread to other parts of his body. ... I had a fairly muted reaction, Harrington told WTOP. Once Jesse Matthew was contained, arrested, and sentenced and was not able to hurt anyone anymore, I really have not thought about him much. ... Harrington and her husband, Dan, formed the
Help Save The Next Girl safety advocacy group after their daughters murder.
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