UVA Lacrosse Teammate Arrested For Murder of UVA Woman
Charlottesville, VA– Following a 2:15 am 911 call regarding a possible alcohol overdose, Charlottesville Police have arrested a UVA lacrosse player, formerly of The Landon School Team where1 of the falsely accused Duke Lacrosse team played in High School and 4 others were on the Duke roster.
George Huguely, from Chevy Chase, MD, has been arrested and charged with the first degree murder of fellow Lacrosse Player and UVA senior Yeardley Reynolds Love.
A source speaking on the condition of anonymity, has confirmed to blinkoncrime.com that Huguely is a member of the UVA Fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Love, a 22 year old Senior at UVA, was found by EMT and Charlottesville Police upon responding to a 911 call at the apartment she shared with team and room mate Kaitlinn Duff. It is not yet known if the call was made from the apartment or another location.
The apartment they shared at 14th NW is one block from where the Pantera shirt, confirmed to be that of murder victim Morgan Harrington, was found in November 2009.
Police have not yet released a cause of death for Ms. Love, but say her body showed signs of physical trauma.
Huguely has been committed to the Albemarle County Jail without bond pending his arraignment.
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To J2K:
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Here’s a question for you Legal Eagles: Is it feasible that the detective questioning Huguely did not inform him that Love was, in fact, deceased until after he admitted “an altercation” with her?
UNQUOTE. —–> The most brilliant theory to be expressed, imo. If this isn’t the case, I’ll east liver wurst for…well 5 minutes. Trust me, that is grave punishment. What an ingenious question/theory/brain storm. I genuflect to your brilliance J2K. I’m not expert but that would be a ingenius way to get the full story w/o the suspect knowing the victim’s condition.
Blink, the art of apology is a priority for me. Thank you…for everything!!!
38.Bam from Mississippi says:
May 5, 2010 at 1:02 am
Your kindness is embraced, but I didn’t fly off the handle. I went postal on Blink. To boot, on a subject thta has been rehased by posters and Blink over and over and over again.
Please, if anyone questions the moderation process, please give Blink the benefit of the doubt. If the post does not show, repost. I’m the poster child for ignorance on the moderation process. Blink has ALWAYS followed through.
For those who expressed kindess and friendship to me, I’m in debted. I have no family to rely on. Friends are scare. I came to a point where faith in people was almost non existent. I have found a site that has proven me wrong.
Family really does have many definitions. Bam, you are the real deal. If I say anymore, my verkleption will over take me.
Sorry, but a flakey (((((((GROUP HUG))))).
Again, prayers to the Love and Huguely family. Love, only love. xo
i’m with on this one suz ,all day i’ve been wondering why her friend,roomate and teammate called it in as alcohol poisoning?and the cops said it was immediately and obviously apparent that physical trauma had occured,how could her friend look at her and then say “od” just harkins back to the big “friends covering up an overdose” senarios debate ,but in reverse,strange.
#24 Minnie
I am still not convinced steroids are in the equation. As we all know by now, I’ve been know to be wrong!
However, GH does not exhibit gross bloating, vains popping, face swelling, lean increasing of muscle mass ( I didn’t find him to be defined, but then again, the picture I observed was from a distance….his legs looked lean but not defined), jaundice, etc. For someone his age at 22, he’d be showing signs of developed breasts (remember, these guys shower together usually… I would think he’d avoid being seen by his team mates), shrinking of the testicles, mood swings). All this depends on dosage, duration of usage.
I am not ruling it out either but I’m not convinced either. GH seems to have a history of alcohol abuse, a lack of authority and the prior convictions don’t help. I believe J2K hit it on the head…..GH was approached before learning of YL’s death.
I wonder if statement from fellow team mates will reveal questionable behaviour. I also think it’s quite possible, pure speculation, that perhaps Miss Yeardley may have had another male admirer or mail friend showing an interest. This could have esculated GH’s jealousy, feeling threatened. Something in this on again off again relationship towards the end made it volatile. It’s becoming quite clear GH was abusing alcohol.
A little off track….could jealousy of YL’s success fuel GH’s violent attack? As a talented Lacrosse player (my son is new to the sport) Yeardley started 15 times as apposed to GH’s 0 starts. This is a rought sport. Any women who plays Lacrosse has a high degree of self esteem and athleticism. She seemed to be a star player. GH, not so much but he did play all 15 games. Did he feel inferior to her talent, intelligence, potential and her beauty….which obviously was noticed by other men on campus?
Another angle….sometimes broken relationships can make one partner even more attractive to the other. I apologize for not having the proper references, but psychologically, for someone like GH, he could have found Miss Yeardley’s new independence motivation to win her back. How could she possibily move on without him?
Bed time. Thank you all for bearing with me. Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes ~Quotes from Anne of Green Gables~
Sweet dreams all xo
An accident?really what is this lawyer smoking in his pipe? He kicked
the door in and beat her head against the wall,did not call 911 and
then dumped her computer.No accident,he was enraged to do this and
now he sits in jail and has withdrawn from UVA.From all the statements
I have heard he has a very bad temper.My question is why didn’t his
family try to get help for him.Denying it won’t make it go away.Im
sure they paid for his education,they could have paid for therapy.
Now a beautiful girl weeks from graduating is gone,so sad,so very
sad.
Tina and Bam, thank you! Your responses are embraced fully and with great gratitude.
Seriously, I am out and off to bed. Happy peaceful dreams y’all. xo
Yeardley’s informal obit on legacy.com (no funeral arrangements to date)
http://tinyurl.com/3xkremq
Ragdoll, whew, I was so glad to see that everything worked out ok and you are not leaving, I always enjoy reading your posts! (((GROUP HUG))) to you too, and everyone.
What a wild story about this Huguely character, I just cannot wrap my mind around it, I’m in shock.
Good morning Blink. I am really really sad for this young lady and her family. As i was à little girl an aunt of mine comited suicide ( official version) because of her husband beating her. Until now we don’t know for sure if this was what really happend. We all think he took her life and arranged the Crime Scene. He got away with that. She had 3 children. My mother had a very big Family i had also à very gentle uncle who was brutally but brutally murdered because of money. Police found the man who had done that. I have seen so much that i don’t accept any Type of violence. I think it cannot be that someone do something like that and tell later that it was an accident!!! No it wasn’t!!! It is Not àn accident when you hit your girlfriends head on the wall and She dies from that or from the other injuries she had because of those beatings. It is time for those guys to take responsability of their doings. Sorry for the typos Blink.
Hey, mebbe Courtney is floating the lacrosse/purse rumor out there to help the cops sweat the kid and the team, just to see if anyone fesses up to anything?
Ragdoll, I am not sure you need to read “The Art of the Apology”, although I will be taking a looksee myself. I applaud both you and Blink. Just had to say it.
Why was a student at UVa who was convicted of a crime allowed to remain a student? Should he not have been suspended for at least a year following his conviction for being a drunk? Would it have anything to do with him being a “student-athlete” or coming from a rich family that were donors to the school? Had the University done the right thing and kicked his butt out for a year he might have realized Daddy’s money can’t buy everything and turned his butt around. Too late now.
This is what I want to know. He did not even start, did he?
B
JULIEMOOLY Wow! Thank you so much for taking pictures for us to see Morgan Rocks!.
OBSERVER Thank you so much for taking Morgan Rocks to Morgan’s Bridge.
BOC you give me hope, thank you all so much
Ragdoll, I always liked you!
Ragdoll, everyone has a bad day once in a while – Don’t beat yourself up. We’re like a family here – we have the occasionally spat, make up, move on, and then it becomes part of the history book. Flip a new page. Got to look ahead, not behind you
Xactly-
What a group you all are. Truly.
Thanks for letting me hang out here.
B
after I saw Miss Loves photo first thing that came to mind is how much she resembles Morgan…
suz says:
May 4, 2010 at 10:10 pm
“Ok, so we can say mebbe he blacked out (after having the wherewithal to ditch her incriminating pc), but what’s the explanation for the roommate who found her lying face down in bed in a pool of blood, esp. since she had to pass the kicked in bedroom door to get to her, calling it in as a possible case of alcohol poisoning/OD?
Just straight up shock?”
Suz, I wondered about this myself. A couple of guesses come into my mind:
Yeardly’s roommate and the roommate’s friend found Yeardly and called 911 at approximately 2:15 am. I am guessing that at 2:15 am, they just got home from the bars, which probably closed at 2:00 am. The bar Yeardly was at earlier that night was about a 5-10 minute walk from the apartment. I don’t know if the roommates were at that bar or not. The roommates could have been drunk, or at least too impaired to understand what they had found. If Yeardly’s sheets were a dark color, they may not have perceived the blood under her face. All that is speculation on my part…I am just trying to understand their perspective. I really hope they didn’t come in and correctly perceive that Yeardly had been attacked, immediately suspect who did it, and try to call it in as an alcohol overdose in order to protect the perp. I doubt that is the case. I am sure we will find out soon enough. I think you are right and they were in shock, and probably also impaired. I shouldn’t make assumptions, but a college-aged person getting home at 2:15 am, well… I was their age once.
Is it possible that the men’s lacrosse players “found” (innocently or not) Morgan’s purse on their way to the gym where they were to meet the team and board the bus to their afternoon game? This might make sense given when the purse was found– early morning, 8ish (?). I just Google-mapped the trip from UVA to the Naval Academy in Annapolis and it takes about 3 and a half hours which would put the UVA team there around noon or a little after– assuming they left Sunday morning– just in time for an afternoon game.
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Post #12 by ConcernedBystander:
“I think so too, especially knowing when they left. If they left Saturday evening then we can definitely rule him out. If it was Sunday morning then there will be questions. If a LAX player is the one to turn the purse in, then there will be bigger questions.”
susanm says:
May 5, 2010 at 1:46 am
i’m with on this one suz ,all day i’ve been wondering why her friend,roomate and teammate called it in as alcohol poisoning?and the cops said it was immediately and obviously apparent that physical trauma had occured,how could her friend look at her and then say “od” just harkins back to the big “friends covering up an overdose” senarios debate ,but in reverse,strange.
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IMO, its hard to imagine finding your best friend dead and how you would react at first. The roommate(s) had probably never been exposed to anything like this and it may have been hard to imagine anything like this happening in their lives or at UVA. Alcohol poisoning may have been the only rational thing they could imagine in those moments of shock. I have tremendous sympathy for them — I think it will stick with them the rest of their lives — and don’t think it is suspicious at all.
Ragdoll: wrt the jealousy comment, I am sorry, I read so many blogs about this yesterday, cannot recall which it was on, but a comment read simply, “she was cheating on him” and then a gazillion followed that basically said “so what??” OK, completely and utterly UNverified, but just putting out there that is what I read yesterday. I imagine there will be plenty more info to immerge regarding the nature of the relationship and his “issues.”
No more speculating. “If I can’t have you, no one else can either.”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/36958656#36958656
JulieMooley, I’m with you on what the roommates thought they saw …
Or maybe they knew more about this guy and were just trying to keep things private in that 911 call on their friend’s behalf, not yet grasping the gravity of what had happened. Panicky decisions after a night out, just need to get the EMTs here to get Yeardley help, etc.
I am so, so sorry for what they went through. They love that girl and there’s no doubt in my mind they knew she was having trouble with/fearful of GH.
What I can’t figure, then, is how the apartment door was unlocked. Unless he appeared as she was unlocking it and she ran for her room … sorry, it’s just too awful to ponder.
In response to Ragdoll (May 5 @ 1:53 am) who seems to have been responding to Minnie–
The kid was from Chevy Chase, went to an elite private school and came from a wealthy family. It is my opinion that he was probably used to getting whatever he wanted. Yeardly was described as being really sweet and caring, which GH probably loved. But he was also probably a spoiled brat and when YL broke up with him, not only was it a personal insult and/or an insult to his manhood, he was pissed that she was no longer his. Not only that, but he probably sent her emails either begging her to get back together with him or possibly threatening or verbally attacking her to make her reconsider and/or pay for what she had done to him by breaking off their relationship– hurt, embarassment, etc. I think I read that their relationship was on-again off-again… which indicates that perhaps he was able to convince her in the past to get back together with him…and might explain why, when he couldn’t get her back this time, he flew off the handle. As Blink wrote once about the possible motivations of Morgan’s killer, he thought if he couldn’t have her, then no one would.
Blink, Bluewillow, SuzeeB, Alexandra, Judi, messimann, and anyone who I may have left out….thank you for your kindness and friendship! Blink is right, you are all an exceptional and beautiful group of people. You have no idea how much your extension of forgiveness has effected me. Cyber hugs just aren’t the same but…..(((((((GROUP HUGS))))))). I love you all heart and soul!!!!
messimann, my take on this is that the relationship was over, in Yeardley’s mind. I don’t believe it would be in her nature to cheat. It appears it was a volatile relationship towards the end. Yeardley made the right choice in ending her relationship with someone who has a history of abusing alcohol and anger issues. I wonder, were there any complaints filed by her or her family about George’s disturbing behaviour prior to her death? And I’m still with J2K. I think he was questioned without learning of Yeardley’s death.
I do want to commend Cheif Longo for being informative without revealing the tragic details of Yeardley’s death. He’s quite the leader and spokesperson for his community. Being a family man himself, I sense he will do everything in his power to provide a thorough and complete investigation.
God bless you all!!!! xo
I know the rocks are a Morgan thing, but I bet Morgan wouldn’t mind rocks being placed on her bridge for a sister who died in this epidemic of violence against women, dear Yeardley. In fact, I would bet the cost of postage for my own rock that the Harringtons would be honored to have a series of “Morgan Rocks” in honor of Yeardley. Just an idea. I still need to do my Morgan Rock. Maybe I’ll make it a Morgan & Yeardley Rock. I have this image in my mind of Morgan as a lovely angel governing Yeardley on her passage home.
Oh….and was there some kind of party or social gathering to suggest Yeardley was drinking? I too cannot understand why the room mates concluded it was alcohol related. There’s something to this statement. Did George and Yeardley meet earlier in the evening and have it out? The computer tossing seems more like an act of impulse rather than hiding evidence to punish Yeardley. If she was communicating with someone online, he acted like a beligerant abuser would…take away her contact with the outside world. Excersising his power that Yeardley would not acknowledge.
JMHO xo
A also want to echo the other posters’ thoughts about the unfortunate roommates who found Yeardley. I do not find anything at all unusual about the way they reacted. In the dark, they probably thought the blood in her bed was vomit or something and it being late, and they themselves having just come from the bar, it doesn’t seem at all unusual that they would run straight for the phone and call 911 to report their initial impression. God bless and protect those poor girls.
Blink says “Thanks for letting me hang out here” – that’s funny
WE feel honored that you let us into your world and are also thankfull that you gave us such a wonderful place to come and put our heads together.
With that said, the steriods theory makes sense to me. Riod rage is a yet another serious issue that needs addressed in our society and both Morgan’s and this case tell a story of a very angry, violent person. So, I think we could be looking at riod rage in both of these cases.
Okay, last post before I get back to work. Let’s all remind our daughters, sisters, and friends to make a habit of locking the exterior door before going to sleep. I started this habit in college when I lived in the dorms (otherwise drunk kids would wander in on occassion) and I continued it after encountering a bit of stalker when I lived in an apartment building. Now as a grown woman with a family, locking all the doors before bed has become as habitual as shutting off the lights. You just never know who might try to get in. And at least a lock will give you enough time to call 911.
@ redly May 5, 2010 at 9:41 am
I totally agree. Moreover, the police stated that the injuries became apparent when they moved the body. The flatmates may just have seen her unresponsive face down on her bed, with some blood on the pillow, and could have thought that she got drunk and fell.
I feel really bad for the roomate(s). That would be aweful for anyone at any age to find anyone like that, let alone your friend/roomie in their home, in your early 20′s. It must have neen terrible traumatic. I think one of the newspaper articles said that heard a woman oustide crying loudly, I imagine this was the roomate. My heart goes out.
Some legal questions….
1) If they are able to find emails or something of the sort where he was threatening her, would that not be Premeditated, which trumps manslaughter.
2) If he took her computer, would that not be grand theft as well?
1) It would support the case, but the burden of premeditation can be seconds and is attatched to the actual crime. In other words, people can threaten all they want, but the act itself is charged of it’s own merit.
2) Possible, but since he gave it up and it was secured via warrant, doubtful.
B
Ragdoll says:
May 5, 2010 at 1:17 am
To J2K:
QUOTE:
Here’s a question for you Legal Eagles: Is it feasible that the detective questioning Huguely did not inform him that Love was, in fact, deceased until after he admitted “an altercation” with her?
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But then what would LE say is the basis of their arrest when they go to his apartment? Or can they just take him in for questioning?
Daydreamer, If I were a lawyer, I would have to be a prosecutor. Defending someone who I knew had committed a crime, whether it be robbery, drug dealing, or murder would be impossible. That being said, everyone is entitled to the best defense possible. As I posted above, I know Fran Lawrence, he’s a good man, but his job is to defend his clients. From what I know, he does that job very well. I have to admit, he’s gotten some people off, or with very short sentences who I thought should have sat in jail for years and years. From my own personal feelings, I wish no one local had agreed to take this case. If Mr Huguely’s statements stand, with my non-existent legal knowledge, the only option I see is to try for a lesser offense. I think Mr. Lawrence is already working on that angle. I would guess that someone from outside of Charlottesville will actually serve as defense attorney if there is a trial.
Moon — they could arrest him after questioning him.
Great job on the pics/slideshow juliemooly – thanks for taking the time to do that so that us non-locals can see Morgan’s memorial/rocks. Who painted the swan rock? that is beautiful!
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juliemooly says:
May 4, 2010 at 10:29 pm
I think I messed up my first slide show. Here, try this link for today’s photos of Morgan’s Rocks:
http://s1030.photobucket.com/albums/y361/juliemooly_2010_2/Morgan%20Rocks%20May%2004%202010/?albumview=slideshow
I see. Thanks, redly.
Blink and Ragdoll, as I have noticed so many times here — there are wonderful life lessons, even between us posters. Ragdoll, it takes a person of integrity to admit and take responsibilty for mistakes and Blink, it takes a person filled with love to aceept an apology.
Lessons learned (each and every day) — the Son is always shining.
I’m a real estate, business, and banking lawyer. Sorry, not much help other than what I recall from crim-law class, which was mostly about intent.
Someone commented that they saw resemblance between Yeardley and Morgan. I actually think Yeardley looks just like Katie Couric (who, by the way, is also a UVA alum).
Regarding the front door being unlocked, I don’t find that unusual at all. When I was in college, the front door was only locked after everyone was in for the night. The front door remained unlocked, and you would lock your bedroom door. Last one in at night would lock the front door. Stupid I know, but I suppose it is part of the invincability you feel at that age.
would have been nice if he disposed of the laptop at AF…wishful thinking….
Yeah, 2:15 does suggest that the friends weren’t in the clearest state of mind. And I guess the roomies could have missed the hole in the door if it were dark, or maybe they saw it and thought man, she must have really been drunk to stumble that hard.
There have been some questions about why the roommates, when calling 911, called it alcohol poisoning. I may be missing some reports (am sure I am) but what I’ve read indicates that emergency responders believed they were responding to ETOH overdose. It could be the call was “Please come right away. My roommate won’t wake up, she looks hurt” and because these were students, there was a presumption of overdose & accident. They may even have asked “has she been drinking” with an answer of “yes.” This is all speculation on my part, but given that they were calling about a student, at this time of the school year, it would be a reasonable assumption on the part of 911 responders to think it might be alcohol related.
Dear, sweet girl. I am so sorry that this most wonderful time of your life came to such a tragic, unnecessary end.
One other comment. I don’t know how I would react if my child were accused of murder after having confessed to the horrendous acts that GH did, but I am puzzled by the short clip I’ve seen, over & over, of his mother & father (or stepfather). They’re leaving the courthouse (I guess) with their lawyer, and they have these weird smiles on their faces as they enter the crowd of reporters & cameras. Not a sad “I’m sorry” smile, but an out-of-place smile on such a serious day. It’s just a short clip, out of context, but it doesn’t engage my sympathy for his family, and I want to believe that they are also collateral victims of this young man’s actions.
Signed,
the rarely posting, original M.
I so agree, I kept wondering what the Love family felt when they saw that.
B
Moon, the Police could ask him something vague, but not dishonest, like “What do you know about the bruises on YL’s face, and the broken door inside her apartment?” It’s all in the phrasing. He could have thought they were there just to see what he said about the bruises or the door, and then when he admitted to the “altercation,” they ask for more details, he gives just enough so that they know he kicked the door in, or had his hands on her in some way, and boom – they tell him she’s dead and he confesses. Just a scenario in my mind, but that’s a possibility. They don’t really lie to him, they just withhold the fact that she’s deceased in the way they phrase the question.
Julie, they absolutely can lie to him he waived his rights and was miranda’d.
B
What’s the $$ amount for grand theft? Computers are pretty cheap these days, or can be.
Steroids is possible but I don’t think that’s what caused this. For every person who experiences Roid Rage, there is probably 100 (or more) that never experience anything like it. GH could have been that one though. This looks to me to be more of a beligerent drunk (which it appears this guy has a history of being) who was possibly fueled by coke and jealousy. Considering it was exam week of his senior year, he could have been “partying it up” for several days. Blink, do you think LE tested him after his arrest to see what substances might be in his body?
Ragdoll and Blink,
I applaud both of you!!!
The apology and the acceptance!
It is not easy when your innermost
thoughts are shown to the world.
Still love you Ragdoll….even more after
sharing the lesson you taught your son!
Love and {{{HUGS}}}
Your welcome Ragdoll
I would miss you if you were gone, I don’t post much, I’m more of a reader, but here almost everyday.
Blink ur so funny! “Thanks for letting me hang out here” Love it!
I looked at the pictures of the rock’s, I want to paint one, I noticed one had Morgan’s face on the side of it, it’s sooo pretty!!
This GH and YL deal is soooo sad! I wish someone would have gotten him some help.
I just drove by the apartments where Yeardley was murdered and think that someone must have heard something? The apartment buildings are so close together. I guess, though, if he was in such a rage, it may have happened pretty quickly. Kicking a door in makes a very loud noise. I know a lot of people may have been out at bars/parties/libraries and not been home, but I still think they will get some info from someone who heard something.
I was surprised driving around the Grounds that there weer no visible signs of mourning, such as little memorials, Beta Bridge painted with sentiments, but I guess everyone is in such a state of shock, as they should/would be.
M., I noticed the defendant’s parents’ smiles and thought they were creepy. I bet their son’s lawyer told them to walk out looking relaxed and confident and unworried, and this is what they came up with. Ugh.