Police are continuing to track the last known whereabouts of a missing University of Virginia nursing student.
New video shows 18-year-old Hannah Elizabeth Graham walking by herself outside a Shell gas station before she breaking into a run, NBC29 reports. Police say no one was behind her on the tape.
BREAKING: @henrygraff reports: police don't know why #hannahgraham starts running. No one behind her on tape.
- NBC29 (@NBC29) September 17, 2014
Police have tracked most of the Fairfax County teen's movements through surveillance cameras in the area.
She was last seen wearing black pants 
and a gold crop top with black mesh cutouts, according to surveillance photos taken Friday at her apartment around 9:30 p.m. Several hours later, she was spotted outside McGrady's Irish Pub, then walking east along Preston Avenue in Charlottesville at 12:46 a.m. Saturday.
Investigators say she appeared intoxicated, but was not injured.
By 1 a.m., Graham made it to a mall in downtown Charlottesville. Her friends last heard from her around that time, when she sent a text indicating she was lost.
Police are now searching the downtown mall area and railroad tracks near Garrett Street for Grahma. Investigators are also looking for additional surveillance footage from that area, NBC29 reports.
'Those of us who know and love Hannah know that she would not disappear without contacting family or friends,' Graham's family said in a statement released Tuesday afternoon. 'She is highly responsible and organized. She embraces life with energy and enthusiasm and has enriched the lives of many. Her empathy is evident in her daily interactions with us and her friends.'
Stephen Rice, the band director at her alma mater, West Potomac High School, which she graduated from last year, agreed. 'Hannah is not the kind of kid that would just go on a road trip and disappear,' he said. 'She was always very diligent with everything she did, and always did everything exactly by the book.'
The FBI has confirmed that it is involved in the search, saying only that it is providing investigative resources to local police. Albemarle County's search and rescue teams also lent a hand to Charlottesville Police Tuesday in their search for Hannah.
'We're mostly giving them some extra eyes and feet on the ground to actually cover more area quicker. In these searches, time is of the essence in trying to find someone,' said Bobby Shiflett with Albemarle County Sheriff's Office.
Graham, who is originally from England, is 5 feet 11 inches tall with blue eyes, light brown hair and freckles, according to university officials.
Police said Graham's friends reported her missing Sunday after realizing nobody had seen or heard from her since early Saturday morning.
University President Teresa A. Sullivan issued a statement saying the community is 'united in our deep concern'' for the Fairfax County second-year student.
Graham's parents have left their home in the Alexandria section of Fairfax County to go to Charlottesville to help look for her, and a 'Help Find Hannah Graham'' page has been established on Facebook.
'I just want her home safe. I'm scared for her,' said Karen Blunk, who lives next door to Graham's parents. 'Just from the standpoint of, you hear horrible things.'
In October 2009, Morgan Harrington, a 20-year-old Virginia Tech student, went missing after leaving the University of Virginia's John Paul Jones Arena while attending a rock concert. Her remains were found three months later in a rural area. No arrests have been made.
'It's hearbreaking to know that another young woman is missing and that another family is going through the anguish of the missing priod,' Harrington's mother said.
At least two other young women, both 19 years old, have also disappeared in the area in recent years. Samantha Ann Clarke vanished after leaving her Orange County townhouse in September 2010. DaShad Laquinn Smith disappeared in Charlottesville in November 2012. Neither have been found.
Anyone with information regarding Graham's whereabouts is asked to call a 24/7 tipline at 434-295-3851.
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