Jesse Matthew was denied bail Thursday morning in Galveston on a fugitive from justice charge in Virginia. His bail for the local charge of giving false information to Galveston police was set at $1,500. He did not post bond and did not request a court-appointed attorney.
Matthew was held in the Galveston County jail until his extradition hearing at 1 p.m. CST, in which he did not fight the extradition. He will be transported back to Virginia in the next few days.
Galveston County Judge Mark Henry presided over the bond hearing this morning but will have no further involvement with the Matthew case.
Three detectives traveled this morning from Charlottesville to Galveston to further the investigation. The detectives were not sent to Galveston to retrieve Matthew. Officers there will conduct a search of the vehicle found on the scene at Bolivar Peninsula.
Charlottesville Police Captain Gary Pleasants said officers in Galveston will search for “anything that ties into the case.”
The Charlottesville Police Department remains the lead on the case, though the FBI and other federal agencies are involved.
“It’s our case,” Pleasants said. “Numerous law enforcement organizations are working with us.”
The Galveston Assistant District Attorney will decide how to handle Matthew’s local charge of failure to identify.
Galveston County Sheriff Henry Trochesset would not confirm how long police believe Matthew was in Galveston.
“We are reviewing that right now, but I believe [he was here] only a day or two,” he said.
Trochesset did not offer confirmation as to whether police believe Graham may be in Galveston.
“We are assisting [with finding] the whereabouts of this young lady, be it Galveston County or the 1,300 miles in between [Charlottesville and Galveston],” he said.
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