--- description: The man was seen walking with Hannah Graham early Saturday morning title: Police ID Person of Interest in Virginia Student’s Disappearance image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5a461e2c7699d439/6986a44d06f2c1ef20330d2b/ap356096819486.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Police ID Person of Interest in Virginia Student’s Disappearance  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 19, 2014 11:34 AM CUT  Missing University of Virginia student Hannah Elizabeth Graham is seen in an undated photo provided by the Charlottesville, Va., Police Department. Missing University of Virginia student Hannah Elizabeth Graham is seen in an undated photo provided by the Charlottesville, Va., Police Department.AP—AP  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 19, 2014 11:34 AM CUT Charlottesville, Virginia police have [identified](http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/local/2014/09/18/uva-student-missing-hannah-graham-reward-charlottesville/15838039/ "undefined") a person of interest in the investigation into last weekend’s disappearance of University of Virginia student Hannah Graham. The man is described as a black male in his late 20s to early 30s between 5’10’’ and 5’11’’, 250 to 285 pounds with a shaved head, a goatee and a small “beer belly,” WUSA9 reports. Another man seen following Graham in surveillance footage from a local mall at about 1:00 a.m. Saturday morning came to the police and said he was following Graham because she seemed to be in trouble. That man described the person of interest now sought. The black male described as the person of interest is not seen in the surveillance video. Graham, 18, went missing early Saturday morning shortly after being recorded in the surveillance video. She is about 5’11’’, thin, with blue eyes, light brown hair and freckles. \[[_WUSA9_](http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/local/2014/09/18/uva-student-missing-hannah-graham-reward-charlottesville/15838039/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3402698/hannah-graham-charlottesville-virginia/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3402698/hannah-graham-charlottesville-virginia/"},"headline":"Police ID Person of Interest in Virginia Student’s Disappearance","datePublished":"2014-09-19T11:34:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:17:53.811Z","description":"The man was seen walking with Hannah Graham early Saturday morning","url":"https://time.com/3402698/hannah-graham-charlottesville-virginia/","keywords":["Crime","Virginia","University of Virginia"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5a461e2c7699d439/6986a44d06f2c1ef20330d2b/ap356096819486.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5a461e2c7699d439/6986a44d06f2c1ef20330d2b/ap356096819486.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hannah Elizabeth Graham","caption":"Hannah Elizabeth Graham","creditText":"AP—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3402698/hannah-graham-charlottesville-virginia/","name":"Police ID Person of Interest in Virginia Student’s Disappearance"}}]}] ```