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Charlottesville

[ shahr-luhts-vil ]

noun

  1. a city in central Virginia.


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In August 1984, I arrived at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, eager to jump into college life.

The Charlottesville Police did indeed have jurisdiction over the Phi Kappa Psi house.

"We don't know where Hannah Graham is and we have to find her," Charlottesville Police Chief Tim Longo said.

He reportedly has continued to refuse even to speak with detectives since he was brought back to Charlottesville.

Police believe that Graham then proceeded southbound, toward the Charlottesville Downtown Mall.

Thus, Charlottesville for a brief time was the official capital of Virginia.

Later they moved to Albemarle County, near Charlottesville, where the two sons grew to manhood.

Weeks had lengthened into months and no word had come back to Charlottesville from the man whom the great woods had swallowed.

“Four miles further to Charlottesville,” he said, and threw himself down beside the road as one exhausted.

The captain had heard her speak of me as her adopted aunt and he came all the way to Charlottesville to tell me about her.

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