CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WUSA9) -- The man caught on surveillance video with missing University of Virginia student Hannah Graham has been charged with abduction with intent to defile, Charlottesville police said.
Jesse Matthew has been a person of interest in the case after police searched his car and apartment. Police have released a wanted posted and are asking for the public's help in locating Matthew.
"This afternoon we reached that point where the Commonwealth felt we had sufficient probably cause to seek an arrest warrant," Chief Tim Longo said at a press conference Tuesday.
Police are waiting for lab results from clothes found in person of interest Jesse Matthew's apartment. Matthew, a nursing assistant at University of Virginia Hospital is seen in two surveillance videos with Hannah Graham and has his arms around her in one of the videos, authorities said.
Matthew is also wanted on two counts of reckless driving after speeding away from the police station.
Chief Longo said "We are absolutely continuing our search for Hannah." She has been missing since the early morning hours of Sept. 13.
What police know about the hours before Hannah Graham disappeared from Charlottesville, Va., near the University of Virginia campus, come mostly from businesses' surveillance cameras.
Friday, Sept. 12
1. 9:30 p.m. Graham is captured on Camden Plaza Apartments surveillance video in a hallway a few blocks away from the GrandMarc apartments where she lives.
2. 11:50 p.m. Graham's friends meet her at Camden Plaza Apartments on 14th Street Northwest. It is the last time they see her.
Saturday, Sept. 13
3. 12:46 a.m. Graham is captured on surveillance video at McGrady's Pub on Grady Avenue. Police say she was having a conversation with a man and appeared drunk.
4. 1 a.m. Graham is captured on surveillance video at a Shell gas station on Preston Avenue across railroad tracks from her apartment and the U.Va. campus. She's seen running then walking.
5. 1:06 a.m. Graham is captured on surveillance video at Sal's Pizza on East Main Street. A white man walks into the camera's view, looks over his shoulder then steps into a doorway. Graham walks past him and then he starts walking behind her. He later came to police and told them he was following Graham because she seemed distressed and he wanted to make sure she was safe.
6. 1:08 a.m. Graham is captured on surveillance video at Tuel's Jewelers on East Main Street. The video shows the man walking some distance behind her.
7. After 1:08 a.m. Graham and a man with dreadlocks enter Tempo Restaurant & Bar on Fifth Street Southeast. He buys alcohol, they stay 15 minutes and leave together.
8. 1:20 a.m. Graham texts friends, "I'm coming to a party...but I'm lost." It was the last time she had contact with anyone. If her phone pinpointed her location, police have not released the information, and police did not clarify whether the text was sent before or after leaving the bar.
On Sept. 19, police receive a warrant to search a car and condo about 3 miles northwest from where Graham was last seen.
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