Thursday, police are back out looking for missing University of Virginia second-year student Hannah Graham. Investigators hope new surveillance video will them help figure out what happened to her. 
 
 Police are now looking for a person of interest, described as a black male in his late 20s or early 30s, with a close-shaved head, a goatee, and a slight "beer belly." The witness who saw him says he was about 5'10" or 5'11" and between 250 and 285 pounds, wearing black jeans and a white T-shirt. 
 
 Graham, 18, was reported missing on Sunday when friends and family realized they hadn't seen or heard from her since late Friday/early Saturday morning. Anyone with information about her whereabouts or the person of interest in the case can call the tip line at 434-295-3851. A reward totaling $50,000 is being offered for information about the cause of her disappearance. 
 
 
 
 Thursday, police are back on Charlottesville's downtown mall in the search for Graham. Police canvassed the downtown Charlottesville area looking for more surveillance videos, trying to corroborate the story that Graham was last seen with the man who is now a person of interest. Police are currently waiting for banks to get surveillance video to them. 
 
 
 
 "We are still checking with businesses in and around the downtown area to see if there is any more video of Friday night that may show Hannah's movements," said Captain Gary Pleasants with the Charlottesville Police Department. 
 
 
 
 Police released two surveillance videos of Graham Wednesday night. One is from Sal's Caffe Italia at 1:06 a.m. Saturday. The video shows an unidentified white male following Graham. The other surveillance video is from Tuel Jewelers at 1:08 a.m. Saturday. That video shows Graham walking with the same man still behind her. 
 
 
 
 Investigators have interviewed that man. He says he was trying to help Graham, but another man stepped in – the unidentified black male for whom police are now searching. 
 
 
 
 "Hopefully we come up with other leads just like the last two days have led to other videos and other movements," said Pleasants. 
 
 
 
 Police met Thursday morning to talk about new search locations. The search moved east toward the Rivanna River. Search crews moved north on East High Street Thursday, through the wooded area along the Rivanna River. Searchers looked for any sign of Graham - like shoes, a driver's license, or a phone - but so far, nothing has been recovered. 
 
 Police say they have not recovered Graham's cellphone but believe she had it with her when seen in surveillance videos. Police also say her cellphone never pinged downtown. It only pinged in the Wertland/14th/15th street area. 
 
 “In the urban areas, it is so densely populated there are small yards you know little alley ways. As we get out toward the suburban area, you have larger little patches of woods between the neighborhoods. There is more open areas there is more green spaces creeks like that,” said Mark Eggeman, VA search and rescue. 
 
 The area is so tough to cover that search teams need help from the community. Charlottesville police, the Virginia Department of Emergency Management, and other agencies are coordinating a community search this coming Saturday, September 20 and Sunday, September 21. Participants, who must meet certain criteria, must sign up online by 5 p.m. Friday. A briefing for all volunteers will take place Friday at 7 p.m. at John Paul Jones Arena. 
 
 
 
 A candlelight vigil will be held for Graham at the UVA Amphitheater at 9 p.m Thursday. 
 
 
 
 Graham is described as approximately 5'11" tall with a skinny build, with blue eyes, light brown hair and freckles. She was last seen wearing a black crop top with mesh cutouts. Graham is a second-year student at UVA who graduated from West Potomac High School last year. She's originally from the U.K., but her parents live in Alexandria in Fairfax County. 
 
 
 
 Police still want to hear anyone who may have seen Graham or from businesses who might have surveillance video. They urge anyone with information to call the tip line at 434-295-3851. 
 
 City of Charlottesville Police Department Press Release The Charlottesville Police Department has released the description of a man a witness identified as having contact with Hannah Elizabeth Graham the night she disappeared. This person is described as a black male, 5'10”-5'11”, 250-285 pounds, close shaved head, goatee, with a slight ‘beer belly'. He is described as being in his late 20's-early 30's and wearing black jeans and a white t-shirt. He was seen with Ms. Graham in the 3-500 blocks of E. Main St. on the Downtown Mall in the City of Charlottesville around 1-1:15 am on September 13th (Friday night/Saturday morning). He is a person of interest and if anyone has any information on him or saw him this night, please call the tip line. The number is: (434) 295-3851. ||||| Police are executing a search warrant at a Charlottesville apartment complex in connection with the Hannah Graham disappearance. (Photo: Surae Chinn, WUSA) 
 
 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WUSA9) -- Charlottesville police believe missing University of Virginia student Hannah Graham went to a bar and got into a car with a man the night that she disappeared. 
 
 The man was with Hannah Graham inside the Tempo Restaurant located at 117 5th St on the Downtown Mall, police said during a press conference Friday. He purchased alcohol, and the two left Tempo after 15 minutes, police said. The man's car left the Downtown Mall, and police said they believe Hannah Graham was in the car as well. 
 
 Police executed a search warrant of the man's car, a 1997 burnt orange Chrysler Coupe, and an apartment at 164 Hessian Hills Way Friday morning. The man police were looking for was inside the apartment along with two other people, but he is not in custody, police said. 
 
 The man is described as a black male, 32-year-old, 6' 2" tall with dreadlocks dressed in all white. Multiple witnesses told police that a black man with dreadlocks turned around when he saw Hannah Graham walking on the Downtown Mall, police said."We're interested in him," Chief Tim Longo said, but did not call the man a suspect. Police said they have spoken with this man and want to speak with him again. 
 
 Anyone who has had contact with a man fitting this description who was on the Downtown Mall that night is asked to call the tip line. 
 
 Holding out hope at Graham's Alexandria HS 
 
 "People saw Hannah, and people saw him. People saw them together," Chief Longo said. 
 
 Police are analyzing even more surveillance video and searching places that are logically associated with the path that the investigation has taken, Longo said. The last video of Hannah Graham shows her in the 300 block of the Downtown Mall. 
 
 "When we arrest person responsible for deconstructing Hannah Graham's parents' lives, there's going to be a prosecution that will lead to a conviction," Longo said. 
 
 Hannah Graham, 18, of Alexandria, Va., has been missing since early Saturday morning. Her friends last heard from her via text message at 1:20 a.m. on Sept. 13. 
 
 She is described as a white female, approximately 5'11" tall with a skinny build. She has blue eyes, light brown hair and has freckles. She was last seen wearing a black crop top with mesh cut outs. 
 
 Hannah Graham's last known whereabouts: http://on.wusa9.com/1qOQ8sz 
 
 A $50,000 reward is being offered in the case. The reward includes $10,000 from the City of Charlottesville, $10,000 from the University of Virginia, and contributions from individuals and local businesses. 
 
 Anyone with information on her disappearance is asked to call Charlottesville police at 434-295-3851. 
 
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 Jesse 'LJ' Matthew has been reviewed as the man who was being sought in connection with the disappearance of Hannah Graham in Virginia 
 
 Matthew is a nursing assistant at UVA Hospital 
 
 
 
 Police converged on his building just outside Charlottesville, Virginia, to execute a search warrant 
 
 
 
 Close friends identify Matthew as the man in the footage but remain skeptical he could have been behind the disappearance 
 
 
 
 Police have said they've contacted the 'person of interest' but have no probable cause to arrest him 
 
 Graham, a British-born sophomore raised in Virginia, was last seen on September 12 
 
 
 
 Jesse 'LJ' Matthew was a 'person of interest' in the search for Hannah Graham 
 
 The ‘person of interest’ in the case of missing UVA student Hannah Graham admits that he bought her drinks but denies he drove off with her in his car, MailOnline can reveal exclusively. 
 
 Jesse ‘LJ’ Matthew has confirmed he met the 18-year-old in Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall on the night she went missing and bought her drinks at a local bar. 
 
 But Matthew, a nursing assistant at UVA Hospital, told his mother that Hannah did not get into his car and that the pair ‘went their separate ways.' 
 
 Matthew’s grandmother, Christine Carr, told MailOnline on Saturday: ‘I have been talking with his mother. 
 
 ‘He said he went his way and she went hers. He told his mother he bought her some drinks. He said she did not get into his car. 
 
 ‘The girl went her way and he went his.’ 
 
 Matthew has lived in Charlottesville his whole life, where he works in the operating room of the UVA Hospital, sources told MailOnline. He is a nursing assistant who transports patients to the operating room. 
 
 His grandmother, Mrs Carr, says she instantly recognized her grandson ‘LJ’ when she watched the video tape released by police investigating Hannah’s disappearance. 
 
 She told MailOnline: ‘I saw the video tape. That is him, that is LJ. The police went through his car and his apartment. 
 
 ‘They took away his car and three bags out of his apartment.’ 
 
 Mystery man: Police released this footage in their search for a man in dreadlocks. He has now been revealed to be Jesse 'LJ' Matthew, a nursing assistant at UVA Hospital 
 
 
 
 Acquaintances immediately recognized this man as Matthew 
 
 Big break: The local police chief described the find of Matthew as a 'person of interest' as a major break in the disappearance of University of Virginia student Hannah Graham (pictured) 
 
 Several acquaintances corroborated Mrs Carr's story to MailOnline. 
 
 'That's definitely him!' one close friend said. 'He is always wearing those dumb shorts.' 
 
 Mrs Carr added she was confident her 32-year-old grandson, who has dreadlocks, has nothing to do with the disappearance of Hannah, who has not been seen since the early hours of last Saturday morning. 
 
 ‘LJ would never hurt anybody,' Mrs Carr, 82, from Charlottesville, told MailOnline. 'I know he is a good boy. I have known him all his life. 
 
 
 
 ‘I’m sure he had nothing to do with it. He is a good boy. He has worked ever since he was able to work. He has never been in trouble. He would do anything to help anybody. 
 
 
 
 ‘I practically raised LJ,' Mrs Carr added. 'His mom was working and I looked after him and his sister, Nicky. 
 
 ‘He had a live-in girlfriend but I don’t know what happened. They lived together at his apartment.' 
 
 Mrs Carr said she last saw her grandson on Thursday, when he visited her house along with his mother. 
 
 ‘He had two bowls of greens and he took some with him,' Mrs Carr said. 'He loves my cooking.’ 
 
 UVA community members raise their candles in support of the missing during a student-led vigill 
 
 Top cop: Charlottesville Police Chief Tim Longo talks to reporters Friday about new leads in the Graham case 
 
 Officers scoured Matthew's the building in search of evidence all day Friday 
 
 Chief Tim Longo, of the Charlottesville PD, had identified a dreadlocked man — now identified as Matthew — as the ‘person of interest’ in the hunt for Graham. 
 
 He was spotted in surveillance footage with his arm round her waist before apparently vanishing in his car together, police said on Friday. 
 
 Police believe he bought the underage girl an alcoholic drink and have 'every reason to believe' that she was with him when he left 15 minutes later in his 1998 burnt orange Chrysler coupe. 
 
 The car was searched and seized by police after it was found parked outside a housing complex on Hessian Hills Way, where Matthew lives. 
 
 
 
 Officers spent most of Friday scouring through Matthew's apartment just outside Charlottesville, located about 3 miles from the Downtown Mall where Graham was last seen. 
 
 
 
 Longo told MailOnline that investigators were carrying out a 'forensic search' of the two-bedroom apartment in Hessian Hills Way, Albemarle County. 
 
 'They will be looking for blood, hair, fibers, the things we are interested in these kind of cases,' he told MailOnline. 
 
 
 
 ‘We’re interested in him,’ Longo added to reporters. ‘We’re interested in talking to him, we’re interested in his interactions with Hannah.’ 
 
 
 
 Law enforcement officials have been issued with multiple warrants for properties within Charlottesville. Details of the warrants remain sealed on the orders of a judge, and will remain secret for up to 180 days, unless the judge changes the ruling. 
 
 Chief Longo described the finding of Matthew's apartment as a 'big break' in the case. 
 
 He later tempered his declaration by saying, 'I would hope that is is.' 
 
 Heartbroken and hopeful: Hannah with her brother, James, mother, Sue and father, John. The Graham's issued a joint statement on Tuesday saying they are hopeful Hannah will be found 
 
 With friends: Hannah with a group of friends who have all described her disappearance as extremely uncharacteristic 
 
 
 
 On Thursday night, thousands gathered for a vigil in the University of Virginia Amphitheater in honor of Graham. Students held candles and played music, all with one message: bring Graham home. In a statement released through the police, parents John and Susan Graham, said: 'Hannah is beyond precious to us, and we are devastated by her disappearance. It is totally out of character for us not to have heard from her, and we fear foul play.' The huge search for Hannah Graham involving hundreds of volunteers from across Virginia was still underway on Saturday. Authorities have said they do not know why she texted her friends at 1.20am on September 12 to say she was lost near to the UVA campus — an area she knows very well. Hannah was last seen by friends at Camden Plaza Apartments, in Charlottesville at 11.50pm on Friday night at a party with another male friend and police have said she was heavily intoxicated. At 1.20am, friends waiting at a party for the student got a text from her saying that she was lost in the area around 14th and Wertland Streets, which is near the student;s own off-campus home. Surveillance footage released on Wednesday places her half-a-mile away at the Charlottesville downtown mall just 20 minutes before the text. The 5'11' softball player, whose parents are English, was wearing black pants and a gold top that had black mesh cut outs on the evening she went missing a week and a day ago. Confusion: This map shows Hannah Graham's movements on the night of Friday 12 and Saturday 13. At 11.50pm she was seen at a party by friends with another male friend. She then seemed to head westward toward the Charlottesville downtown mall
– A man shown in two separate videos tailing missing University of Virginia student Hannah Graham was interviewed by Charlottesville police on Wednesday and told officers he saw another male approach Graham, put his arm around her, and walk away with her, the Daily Progress reports. The witness said Graham "looked to be somewhat physically distressed and he wanted to make sure she got safely to wherever she was going," a police spokesman said. That second male, now a person of interest in the case, is described as a black male in his late 20s or early 30s; about 5 feet 10 inches; and between 250 and 285 pounds, NBC 29 reports. He was sporting black jeans and a white T-shirt and has a bit of a potbelly. Police say they're on the hunt for other surveillance video from the area to back up the sighting of this man with Graham.