According to the Richmond Times Dispatch:

George Huguely, 22, has been charged with murder in the death of Yeardley Love, 22. Both were fourth-year U.Va. students from Maryland and lacrosse players.  Huguely is from Chevy Chase and Love was from Cockeysville.  Both students were to graduate in a few weeks.

Love, 22, was found dead in her apartment yesterday morning. Hours later, 22-year-old George Huguely was arrested and charged with first-degree murder.  Roommates summoned police thinking that she was comatose from alcohol poisoning.  First responders found that Ms. Love’s condition was far more serious and that she had suffered physical trauma.  While not elaborating, police ruled out weapons.  Neighors heard nothing.

Police say the two had been in a relationship but investigators plan to interview fellow players.  Huguely’s lawyer says that  “he is confident the death of a women’s lacrosse player from the same school, Yeardley Love, was not intended.”  What a horribly tragic accident.  One of these young people will probably spend time in prison and the other, who has been described by those who know her as an angel, is gone.  Dead.  Never to play lacrosse again, never to graduate, never to go to that first day of a new job.  Her life has been snuffed out, for whatever reason. 

Ms. Love is the 7th UVA student to die this academic year.  We don’t send out children to college to die. 

The University issued the following:

U.Va. President John T. Casteen III said in a statement that he hopes Love is remembered for her talents and her potential and not for the way she died.

“However little we may not know now about Yeardley Love’s death, we do know that she did not have or deserve to die — that she deserved the bright future she earned growing up, studying here and developing her talents as a lacrosse player,” Casteen said.

“She deserves to be remembered for her human goodness, her capacity for future greatness, and not for the terrible way in which her young life has ended.”

Casteen said he knows of no explanation for what happened to Love.

“This death moves us to deep anguish for the loss of a student of uncommon talent and promise, and we express the university’s and our own sympathy for Yeardley’s family, teammates and friends,” he said.

 

UPDATE:

27 Thoughts to “UVA LaCrosse Tragedy: 2 Lives Lost”

  1. Update from Times Dispatch site:

    CHARLOTTESVILLE — George Huguely, the U.Va. player charged with killing female player Yeardley Love, told police that he argued with the victim and “shook Love and her head repeatedly hit the wall,” according to an affidavit requesting a search warrant.

    Affidavits described witnesses finding Love face down on her pillow in her bedroom. Her right eye was swollen shut, there was a pool of blood on the pillow, and her face was bruised, according to the affidavits.

    The door to the room had been forced open and had a hole in it, according to the documents.

    Huguely later admitted to police that he kicked his right foot through the door, according to an affidavit.

    There’s more there at the site.

  2. That is some update. That was some out of control dude. Thanks Pinko.

  3. marinm

    May he be judged by his peers, found guilty and rot in jail.

    And hell. He deserves to rot in hell.

  4. I would prefer to know facts and let him stand trial. And if he was responsible for her death, then he can rot.

  5. Somehow, americans are going to have to reconcile their love of alcohol with their ability to stay in control.

    There is a part of me that wants to be like Carrie Nation and ban booze. There is another part of me that has some sick sort of compassion for those who have drunk too much and do things they would never say or do under ordinary circumstances.

    The very fact that alcohol alters reality and impairs judgement almost makes negates a person taking full responsibility for their actions.

  6. Emma

    No amount of gun control could have prevented this tragedy. People will find always find a way to kill and cause suffering no matter what.

  7. Emma

    “The very fact that alcohol alters reality and impairs judgement almost makes negates a person taking full responsibility for their actions.”

    Booze, drugs, Twinkies, temporary insanity–take your pick and get out of jail free. So all a would-be murder would need to do would be to leave evidence of alcohol use before committing a crime. and that would almost negate his/her culpability if caught. It’s the perfect crime!

  8. marinm

    Using drinking as a defense for anything is like saying that rape is ok because a man might feel sexually frustrated.

    Let’s bring back personal responsibility, please.

  9. Visitor

    Two lives lost? Who else died? I only heard about one unfortunate victim and one murderer. Only one life was lost. The other was a sick #@%@* who threw his own life away.

    (Although I would be quite happy if he eventually does loose his life after he is tried and sentenced to death.)

  10. Emma

    I also agree that only one life was tragically lost. The other was simply squandered.

    I dread the inevitability of reading about all of this young man’s enablers–the parents and coaches who excused his bad behavior because he was such a gift to the athletic world. It’s just a matter of time.

  11. It isn’t your kid. Another set of parents lost a child this week. His.

    I never said I wanted to do away with personal responsibility or use drinking as a defense. I don’t know that he was drinking. I find it to be a conundrum that we hold people accountable for their actions when they use a substance that quickly deprives a person of making rational decisions and impairs one’s judgement.

    I also find it odd that we are willing to throw the rope over the court house rafters without a trial. I guess that makes me a liberal scum bag. I do believe in giving people a fair trial. Along with that goes the idea that a person can commit crimes of passion that should be treated differently than plotting someone’s demise.

  12. Emma

    I don’t believe in the legitimization of “crimes of passion.” A lot of rapists claim they didn’t plan it, either.

    And he’s not a “kid.” Not even a teenager. He’s fully an adult at the age of consent. I expect him to not repeatedly shake and punch his ex-girlfriend to death just because he suddenly got a little mad and/or possibly a little drunk or high.

    That being said, I still will not be advocating the death penalty in this lifetime.

  13. Crimes of passion are dealt with as manslaughters or 2nd, 3rd degree murder–murder that occurs because someone lost their temper or acted wrecklessly or in some other way caused the death of another. The law treats this behavior differently than plotting out the death of dear old George because he was a rat bastard and we wanted his money.

    Let’s contrast this situation, or what we know of it, to that German toad who helped his gf chop up her parents into little bitty pieces. (Soering). That was deliberate and evil and could not have conceivably been an accident or lost temper. https://www.moonhowlings.net/index.php/2010/03/30/cuccinelli-refuses-to-release-murderer-soering-without-a-court-order/

    Sorry, that’s just the way it is.

    And yea, he’s somebody’s kid. I don’t buy this crap that once you are 18 you are no longer someone’s kid.

    Please don’t take my words to mean that I want anything other than facts and a fair trial. I expect, if convicted, that he will go to prison for many years. To me, that is a life lost for all practical purposes. Still, he has his life. Before this is all over, he might wish to change places.

    Emma, for someone who has such distain for the msm, you sure jump to a lot of conclusions based on what you hear see and read. I doubt if the C-ville police have even finished their investigation.

  14. marinm

    Point of fact, the Commonwealth has charged him with Murder 1.

    I reiterate that I want him tried fairly and (if) found guilty – put to death.

  15. Starryflights

    Alcohol may have played no role at all (not that it’s an excuse). According to the article, the victim’s friends believed she had passed out from drinking but other than that, there is no mention of alcohol.

    I wonder if the respective lacrosse teams will proceed with their seasons. Their playoff tournaments are coming up. I can’t imagine the teams having to play under these conditions.

  16. PWC Taxpayer

    A terrible Dream – ok, time to wake up. Why am I so angry at her. Ok, time to wake up. Damn that’s not me – ok, time to wake up. God – please — time to wake up, I have to go register for graduation today.

  17. Apparently Mr. Huguely was involved in an altercation in Lexington (I think ) and had to be tased. Out of control, public intoxication apparently. (Female police officer) He was convicted but had a suspended sentence. There apparently is a history of that with this man.

    I still believe in fair trials.

    TP, it doesn’t look like this student is going to be seeing graduation. They might even hold up his diploma.

    This story comes out of my home town. I went to elementary school 2 blocks from Ms. Love’s apt. I am fairly creeped out. TP talks about a terrible dream. I agree. One person wakes up to the horror of what he has done and another person doesn’t wake up.

    I am reminded of an evening many, many years ago of having my own head banged into a wall several times by a drunken date because he was angry over something preposterous that only drunks in an altered state get angry over. It was about 4 blocks from where this incident happened. Fortunately, my “big brother” throughout college came out and threw the drunk into a wall to settle him down. Maybe I should call and thank him again.

    I don’t even remember the drunk’s name. And as for the drunk part, I was drinking too. Alcohol hits different people differently. That is the real danger here. Some people turn in to mean, angry drunks. I think what I am saying is if you are going in to an afternoon or evening of heavy drinking, you bear some of the responsibility yourself when things go bad. No you shouldn’t be killed but you should be awaree of the dangers. Been there, done that.

  18. Rick Bentley

    “I expect him to not repeatedly shake and punch ”

    Did he punch her? I would think he threw her into walls and her head was injured.

    In my world (the one where I am in charge) he gets a good 10+ years jail time if this happened from (busting in her door and) throwing her around. If he punched her, something closer to 30 years. If the e-mail trail reveals that he had threatened her, closer to 20-30.

  19. Rick Bentley

    And no mitigation for drinking, being retarded, eating twinkies, being juvenile, or any such thing …

  20. Rick Bentley

    All too frequently I answer my own questions :

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/04/uva-lacrosse-murder-georg_n_563016.html

    “Affidavits requesting search warrants described witnesses finding Love face down on her pillow in her bedroom. Her right eye was swollen shut, there was a pool of blood on the pillow, and her face was bruised, according to the affidavits.”

    “The New York Daily News reports that Huguely had bruises on his arms and scratches on his hands, which he first attributed to lacrosse injuries but later said came from a fight with Love. ”

    And, his taking her computer seems to indicate that he knows there are threats that he made to be found in e-mails.

    Not looking forward to the inevitable show trial that his parents may be able to afford to give him …

  21. They looked well to do. Does anyone even live in Chevy Chase who isn’t well to do? I agree with your world if he is found guilty. (and I can’t see why he won’t be.)

    I am glad she kicked his ass back. I am glad she went out of this world with a fight. There are too many males who still think they can show women a thing or 2.

    And my comments on drinking were not to excuse him. My comments were on drinking in general. The older I get the more I feel that we as a society are missing something. We sell a substance that alters your reality and nukes your judgement, then punish when bad judgement is displayed. Is it just me or is that screwed up? I am not recommending prohibition but I am recommending something…not even sure what. Strict controls? Something to ponder

  22. Rick Bentley

    If we want to stop ads for alchohol on TV (sports programming) that would be interesting …

  23. It sounds like a good way to get branded as Carrie Nation.

    I do think we send very mixed signals.

    I also think all bars ought to provide, free of charge, breathalizers so drinkers can monitor their own progress. How does a person know if they have reached a .08 or not? You can’t even do it by counting drinks. Metabolsim is different in each individual as is weight. it really is like vacuuming a room in the dark.

  24. Emma

    No pass for drinking. No pass for “passion.” And if Yeardley were not white, absolutely no harsher punishment for a “hate crime.”

    He’s a drunken thug who got a lot of passes because he’s a superior athlete. And his enablers are already squawking about what a great kid he was, so nice and polite. Sure. Even Ted Bundy was “somebody’s kid.”

  25. And you weren’t there to see him do it, Emma (who wants to come start a fight going balls to the wall over everything these days). I want him to have a fair trial. I want terrorists to have a fair trial. When we do less, we harm our own democracy.

    Yeardly is white, so we can’t speculate. I think it was a love crime, not a hate crime.

    Update coming.

  26. You know, I haven’t heard one person enabling Huguely. If someone says he seemed like a nice kid, that’s what it means. It means he seemed like a nice kid. Have you ever had someone do something unexpectedly awful and people were stunned, perhaps because they had misjudged the person?

    If anything, Huguely got off his Lexington mishap because his parents had enough money to get him a good lawyer. I doubt if any of the colleges in Lexington were so impressed with his lacrosse prowess that they would have given him a pass. I believe Ms. Love came from a life of privilege also.

  27. Rick Bentley

    so you can say “balls to the wall” here”! Good to know.

    Yeah, I don’t really think that Lacrosse players get the same type of treatment as basketball or football stars would.

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