Man who killed 2 Virginia college students, transferred to lower security prison

BUCHANAN COUNTY, Va. — Jesse Matthew Jr., the man convicted of killing two Virginia college students, was transferred out of a high-security prison to Keen Mountain Correctional Facility in March, the Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) confirmed to CBS 6.

Matthew is serving a life sentence for the murders of Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington and University of Virginia student Hannah Graham. He also sexually abused a woman in Fairfax County.

Before being moved to Keen Mountain Correctional Facility on March 6, he was serving his sentence in Red Onion State Prison, a high-security prison in Wise County. He was first taken there in March 2016, shortly after pleading guilty to the murders of Harrington and Graham…

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