She's the fifth girl in five years to go missing from northern Virginia. Another recent high-profile case was that of Morgan Harrington who disappeared from a Metallica concert in 2009. Her body was found in a field three months later. She had been raped and strangled. Her murder remains unsolved.
I did not realize, until recently, that the Harrington case is linked via DNA to another sexual assault in Fairfax ...”The suspect is described as an African-American male with black hair and facial hair at the time of the attack. He is approximately 6’0” tall and was believed to be between the ages of 25 and 35 years old at the time of the attack.” [link: http://www.fbi.gov/washingtondc/press-releases/2012/authorities-launch-multimedia-campaign-in-morgan-harrington-murder-case ]
Of course the police want to rule this latest guy in/out in the Harrington situation in addition to the Graham disappearance. He’s screwed himself badly by the reckless driving, giving the police cause to issue a warrant for his arrest when they don’t have evidence in the Graham case itself to arrest him.
I was in C’ville this weekend and saw some of the SAR effort - just driving around that area, it’s a daunting task to search it all.
In the last week different news outlets have been reporting 5 girls in 5 years have disappeared.
IIRC, this morning Fox news reported that 12 girls have gone missing in about 5 years. They had it on with the segment featuring that retired LA detective Mark Fuhrman.
I remember that case but I thought the perp was believed to be Hispanic. Could be wrong about that, though.