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Man Charged With Killing 2 Virginia Students Due In Court

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) -- A man charged with killing two Virginia college students is due in court.

Jesse Leroy Matthew Jr. was already facing capital murder charges in the killing of University of Virginia student Hannah Graham when he was indicted by a grand jury this month in the 2009 slaying of Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington.

The 33-year-old defendant is scheduled to appear Wednesday in Albemarle County Circuit Court for a motions hearing in the Graham case. The court is also expected to hold a status hearing on the Harrington case. Tuesday in Fairfax, a former girlfriend of Matthew says he was raped as a child. The northern Virginia case involves a 2005 sexual assault.

Attorneys for Matthew are asking a judge to consider his difficult upbringing ahead of his sentencing this week.

(Copyright 2015 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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