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The night Jesse Matthew met and killed Hannah Graham

Jesse Matthew opened tabs at several Charlottesville bars the night he met Hannah Graham (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)
Jesse Matthew opened a tab at 11:18 p.m. at Rapture, 303 E. Main Street, on Friday, Sept. 12, 2014, about two hours before he observed Hannah Graham walking on the Charlottesville Downtown Mall. Matthew bought three house rums. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)
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Jesse Matthew opened tabs at several Charlottesville bars the night he met Hannah Graham (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)
At 1:18 a.m., after leaving Tempo, Hannah Graham and Jesse Matthew walked north on 4th Street, captured by surveillance video at Red Pump Kitchen, 401 E. Main Street. As they left the view of the video camera, Matthew paused for about 10 seconds, as indicated by his shadow. It's unclear whether Graham also stopped. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Newly released court documents detail the movements and actions of University of Virginia student Hannah Graham and Jesse Matthew — who pleaded guilty Wednesday to murdering Graham and Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington — the evening the two met on Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall.

In the statement of facts, prosecutors and Matthew’s defense lawyers agree Matthew inappropriately touched and harassed several women in mall bars on Friday, Sept. 12, 2014, before he saw Graham walking alone on the mall shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday.

In a plea agreement, Matthew pleaded guilty to first degree murder and abduction with intent to kill in the 2009 death of Morgan Harrington, and the same charges in connection with Graham’s 2014 death.

Matthew was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences, added to the three life sentences he received for the 2005 rape and attempted murder of a woman in Fairfax, Virginia.

As part of the agreement, prosecutors agreed to not try Matthew for capital murder in Graham’s death, which could have resulted in the death penalty.

Neal Augenstein

Neal Augenstein has been a general assignment reporter with WTOP since 1997. He says he looks forward to coming to work every day, even though that means waking up at 3:30 a.m.

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