Attorney wants UVa abduction suspect evaluated

(Pool video courtesy of WUSA 9)

MATTHEW BARAKAT
Associated Press

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — An attorney for the man accused of kidnapping University of Virginia student Hannah Graham is asking that his client undergo a psychiatric evaluation.

Attorney James Camblos made the request Friday at an arraignment for Jesse Matthew in Fairfax County Circuit Court, where Matthew’s charged in an unrelated sexual assault from nearly a decade ago.

Matthew was indicted earlier this month on charges including attempted capital murder in connection with a September 2005 sexual assault on a 26-year- old woman who was walking home from the supermarket in Fairfax.

Authorities have said the assault was linked by DNA to the disappearance of Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington. Fairfax authorities charged Matthew shortly after authorities linked the Harrington case to Graham’s abduction.

The 18-year-old Graham’s remains were found in mid-October.

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