The prime suspect in the case of missing UVA student Hannah Graham has been accused of bothering women moments before he began following the UVA student. Jesse Matthew was seen touching another woman and asking strange demands of her before he was introduced to Graham by a mutual friend. Friends say that Johnson had been “more aggressive than usual” on the night the student went missing. One of the women told Matthew “don’t f—— touch me” when the former football player attempted to touching her knees and legs. The college sophomore was last seen at 1:20 am on September 13th in Charlottesville, VA. [Daily News]
Stacey Dean Rambold, 55, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to a single count of sexual intercourse without consent in the 2007 rape of 14-year-old Cherice Moralez, a freshman in his business class. She later committed suicide in 2010. Rambold was taken away by deputies in handcuffs and briefly exchanged words with his family as he was escorted out the courtroom. [ABC News]
A Greensboro, Georgia police officer by the name of Raleigh Callaway is currently recovering from a kidney transplant and his wife, Kristi Callaway, along with doctors, were thrilled with how the surgery went. The police officer was suffering a Stage 5 kidney failure in July when his wife and two young daughters created a social media campaign in hopes of finding a donor for their loved one. That worked out perfectly. [USA Today]
Volunteers and doctors are finally stepping forward to help fight the Ebola virus in West Africa after a long paralyzing fear. Because it takes time to train the volunteers and get them to Africa, there remains a gap between medical professionals and people needed to do the work. About 600 cases of Ebola are being recorded every week, according to the World Health Organization, and the number has doubled every 3 weeks. At least 3,000 lives have been lost due to the epidemic virus and more than 6,500 cases have been confirmed. Dr. Joanne Lui from Doctors Without Borders has said, “If we had 1,700 staffed beds right now, we could maybe turn the tide. When we hear the pledges, we ask for timelines. Some say eight to 10 weeks. They’re going to wake up to a much bigger problem at Christmas.” [NY Times, Time Magazine]
