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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I am thinking that athletics should just be dropped from all colleges and universities! I have been feeling this way for a while. I grew up being an athlete and my entire family, including my parents, were athletes (h.s. and university level). So, I am not biased against them. I thought colleges and universities were for getting academic degrees, not for sense of empowerment or “god like” status many perceive that is owed to many of them.
I have heard (rumor) that a baseball coach at a nearby university is being paid over a million dollars a year, and the football coach is already a millionaire. I don’t think this is uncommon at big and well known universities. If schools want to continue sports, just separate it from the university. Let them be the school’s official “pro” team for fundraising. Of course, if he or she can meet the university’s SATs, admission GPA, etc. they could be a student.
OR they could work an “on-campus” job just to play on the team and EARN the school MONEY! I am not talking about UVA and the lacrosse team in particular because the young man obviously met school requirements for admission. I am just saying, get them OFF THAT pedestal! Further, when I was an undergrad “years and years” ago, there was a rule that if you are underage and caught drinking within 50 miles of campus you were KICKED out …no exceptions. Now EVERYTHING is this big secret and people are getting hurt. It really, saddens me.
P.S. FINALLY worked up the nerve to see the movie recommended months ago on BOC: The Lovely Bones. It is a must see.
Peace to all….and hopefully…Morgan’s case will be solved SOON! I am praying!
I also remembering when I applied to college (in the old days), my application form asked if I had been arrested or was seeking help or diagnosed with a mental illness. What has happened to that rule? I had a friend to tried to commit suicide in high school, and she was still admitted to my university but she was required to be under psychiatric supervision….now NO ONE dare asks….
I just had to get this off my chest. I am a breast cancer survivor and I am more for seeing the university cancer researchers getting the million dollar a year salary instead of the football coaches and baseball coaches.
Now, as my sweet deceased mother would say “there has always been evil in this world, we just hear more of it today via the media, etc. Although I try to believe that to be true, (I really do), but I don’t know.
I am “down” because I live near VA Tech and my school was in lock down when the students were killed 3 years ago….it still hurts….then Morgan, then Yeardley…..Further, most of my male students IDOLIZED the athletes and desired to be “basketball or football stars.” Even when they were arrested or bad things were in the news they maintained them as role models. (I taught 4th graders.) I never heard them once say they wanted to be a “Stephen Hawking!”, or an environmental scientist or even BILL NYE the SCIENCE GUY! I can’t change things….athletes ARE role models…so let’s clean sports UP!
Gee…sorry my post is disjointed….I must have keyed in the P.S. when I “thought” it was the bottom.
Also, sorry to get OT.
Also, I was really impressed by UVA police department on NG and news reports.
I am trying to have faith that all of LE are so, so close and just want to make sure the case sticks.
Now, with Occam’s Razor viewpoint: Could it just possibly be, that the murderer wasn’t placing Morgan on AF to send a message…..that, he/she or both, drove through the gate and drove as far he could and then went even further to hide the body…Maybe even no connection to the farm, but the Charlottesville area in general…..Driving in 4 wheel drive up the field, to the creek and where the vehicle would have difficulty, then carrying her the rest of the way…..hiding as far away from where he lives as possible ….maybe a little familiar with AF but not totally….maybe just darn lucky (for now….).
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That said, I am of a reasonable certainty that there are other female abuse victims from this kid, that have never come forward.
B
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Blink, this is a frightening realization. How many women came forward to report abuse against GH or other campus athletes, only to be dismissed or discounted for their claims. This is a universal problem throughout campuses everywhere. It’s about protecting the ‘elite’, not the victim.
I hope that if there are other victims, they now find the courage to come forward. Maybe now this rampant violence against women will be taken more seriously.
29.Eloise says:
May 6, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Eloise, the marine thing made no sense to me! Thank you bringing it up. Never thought about associating it with boating/alcohol….etc. I would bet that $ resolved this issue. That’s probably how GH has gotten off in the past.
I wonder if GH’s parents are wishing they handled their son’s problematic behaviour differently. Yeardley’s death could have been prevented altogether. Drugs and alcohol are polluting promising futures all over. When will the enabling stop and the mentoring begin???????
B says … I am telling you he was booted from DKE. I have to say it is freaking me out totally how this kid got a pass at every turn.
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This is freaking me out, too. You must have to do something really bad to get kicked out of a frat, for gawd’s sake. Most frats do require that members maintain a certain GPA, but usually, it is the same, or close, to what would get you put on academic suspension from the U anyway. So, since he was supposedly on schedule to graduate, doesn’t seem that GPA would have been what got him booted. Was it the alleged recent incident of him having to be pulled off of Ms. Love at the DKE house? I’m sorry, don’t have the link at hand, but am sure you’ve all read it in various news accounts. Could also have been a group act, that got several members booted at once. Am looking forward to the expose on exactly what prompted the frat booting.
>>>>>>>>>Eight of the team’s 41 players have been charged with booze-related offenses — including underage possession of alcohol, using a fake ID and driving while intoxicated — while enrolled in the university, according to the Washington Post. <<<<<<<<<<
Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/breaking/New-details-emerge-in-U_Va_-lacrosse-murder-92888454.html
It looks seriously as though this is just the tip of the iceberg for this LAX team. Eight (that we know about) members of the team have had offenses (nine if we include GH), let’s see, that’s about one fifth of the team. Anyone want to guess how many others either got off for their offenses because of rich families, or it just got swept under the rug?
Hey UVA-good to know how screwed up some of your athletes are and still remain on the team being “role models” for young kids and “representing” your college! I also know it’s not just UVA that does this, sadly, most colleges and high schools are guilty of hiding the conduct of their athletes, no matter what, simply because sports teams (even in the only high school in my little town in the Pacific Northwest) are treated like royalty and they do not want to lose important players and will do anything to prevent that. It’s time for that to stop and players to be held accountable for bad or dangerous behavior, not encouraged in it by getting to remain on a team, any team, any sport.
I’m with ATG on this one. I say don’t take the scholarships away quite yet- but they sure as hell need to do an immediate, up close examination on what exactly fuels this team, and how many other players may be about to boil over.
Sorry, OT, but is Skyler still here? Miss her posts a lot, they always get me seeing a slightly different perspective, but one to which I can still relate?
She is, she just got a new computer and is getting back online.
B
Extremely good read from someone inside the “lax” culture. He has friends who knew both Yeardley and George:
http://www.sbnation.com/2010/5/6/1459030/george-huguely-yeardley-love-uva-lacrosse-murder
I so agree with your post Slowroller, good job!
Slowroller says:
May 6, 2010 at 2:26 pm
snip:…………”That being said, it is naive to try and make us think that along with wealth, especially old money, and as you said, family tradition, doesnt come a belief of some level of entitlement”……….
and Blinks comment back to
(destingirl says: May 6, 2010 at 1:42 pm)
“I do not want to get into the separation of classes debate, but I will tell you this, I have first hand knowledge of a cover up involving a student at St. Anne’s that I will be writing about, and there is no doubt in my mind preference was given.
B”
What popped into my mind was a poor kid arrested for something and a rich kid arrested for the same thing-guess which one will have their crime covered up? Well, unless the poor kid is connected to a mob family, it certainly won’t be them!
I’m not saying all wealthy people are bad or will cover up criminal activity, I am saying though they are capable of that, while the poor class is not.
I would really like to hear more about the incident between them that happened on May 2 in a bar or restaurant. I would also like to hear more about the incident from a couple of months ago when Huguely had to be pulled off of Love.
On a side note, when I taught high school, several kids would come and eat lunch in my room while I graded papers, and prepared lessons (and eavesdropped, of course). Many times their lunch time conversation revolved around the lax players. Even in high school, lax players are notorious for their partying, and womanizing.
I personally wish every one every where would not refer to GH as a “kid”. To me this almost implies a subliminal excuse, as in “oh, he was just a kid, he didn’t know better”, etc. He is a young adult, and should be referred to by name, intials, or accused killer.
That’s ridiculous and petty. It’s an age perspective thing only.
Secondly, if the only time you care to post here ever is to correct someone or be negative, you are not welcome. Bring something new and constructive and I will cheer you on.
I do not subject my contributors to that kind of negativity. It is counterproductive.
B
zeusrocks says:
May 6, 2010 at 8:34 pm
I’m not saying all wealthy people are bad or will cover up criminal activity, I am saying though they are capable of that, while the poor class is not.
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No they are not. In fact, they are far less likely to commit crimes, including murder and rape, than non-wealthy people.
I don’t know Redly-are the wealthy far less likely to commit crimes like rape and murder, or far more likely to be able to cover it up or frighten and intimidate people into not telling? I don’t think there is a statistic out there that will cover this one.
I guess how one feels about this issue comes down to which class you grew up in or were involved with. And I guess no one will ever know.
Saramom says:
May 6, 2010 at 7:01 pm
Is G.H. a former frat boy as of being arrested for murder, or was he asked to leave DKE prior to most recent arrest?
I am telling you he was booted from DKE. I have to say it is freaking me out totally how this kid got a pass at every turn. I am very good at what I do. I can say that, because I suck at more than I excell at.
That said, I am of a reasonable certainty that there are other female abuse victims from this kid, that have never come forward.
B
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Now that GH is in jail and can’t attack or abuse any more young women, these young women will hopefully come forward. You do not all of a sudden, at the age of 22, start being abusive towards females. I would bet my life that GH has multiple victims. I just hope these brave young women come forward NOW and help convict this POS.
Do it for Yeardley. Do it for all women, all ages, everywhere.
Please.
In memory of Gini-To be accurate, which I think we all want to be, Yeardley was not killed on grounds. She lived in an apartment on 14th street, several blocks, maybe as much as a mile from grounds. I don’t know where George Huguley lives (now at the joint jail complex) but I get the impression his residence was near Ms. Loves. That is the reason Charlottesville PD made the arrest and will handle the investigation. I have a great deal of respect for Chief Longo. Even if UVa attempted to do so, I do not believe the school’s administration will have any influence on how the case is handled by Chief Longo’s department. I hope the respect I have developed for this man during the years he has been in Charlottesville is justified.
PamVa., that was my exact thought too when I saw his mother and step father! He must have been a real handful, no?
George was a virtual time bomb. Of course, you’re right Blink, there are others. If the judge allows their testimony, then George has no chance at all. Not that he ever did, anyway.
Hopefully for all concerned, George will plead and avoid an exhaustive trial.
I agree that we cannot rule out a Morgan connection, albeit unlikely. The lacrosse player finding the purse, well that is just too ironic…
zeusrocks says:
May 6, 2010 at 8:10 pm
>>>>>>>>>Eight of the team’s 41 players have been charged with booze-related offenses — including underage possession of alcohol, using a fake ID and driving while intoxicated — while enrolled in the university, according to the Washington Post. <<<<<<<<<<
Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/breaking/New-details-emerge-in-U_Va_-lacrosse-murder-92888454.html
It looks seriously as though this is just the tip of the iceberg for this LAX team. Eight (that we know about) members of the team have had offenses (nine if we include GH), let’s see, that’s about one fifth of the team. Anyone want to guess how many others either got off for their offenses because of rich families, or it just got swept under the rug?
Hey UVA-good to know how screwed up some of your athletes are and still remain on the team being “role models” for young kids and “representing” your college! I also know it’s not just UVA that does this, sadly, most colleges and high schools are guilty of hiding the conduct of their athletes, no matter what, simply because sports teams (even in the only high school in my little town in the Pacific Northwest) are treated like royalty and they do not want to lose important players and will do anything to prevent that. It’s time for that to stop and players to be held accountable for bad or dangerous behavior, not encouraged in it by getting to remain on a team, any team, any sport.
I’m with ATG on this one. I say don’t take the scholarships away quite yet- but they sure as hell need to do an immediate, up close examination on what exactly fuels this team, and how many other players may be about to boil over.
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Coach Starsia said himself that lacrosse and alcohol just go together. Lax and alcohol just “went together” when he was at Brown and it just goes together at UVA.
OK, I am not blaming Coach S for GH’s violent attack and murder of Yeardley, but please don’t go around telling your players and have my children looking up to you and your team as role models while making such a careless statement.
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2010/05/06/yeadley-loves-muder-shines-light-on-domestic-violence-alcohol-abuse-and-lacrosse/
“Alcohol and lacrosse have gone hand-in-hand since my days at Brown [University] in the 1970s,” Starsia told The Washington Post at the time. “Whether it is post-game celebrations or just in general, there was something about the sport and alcohol, and Virginia was no different.
Really? Do they play drunk? I didn’t think so.
B
First, I find it very offensive for an accused murderer to be refered to as a “kid”.
Second, the vast majority of my posts on THIS site have merely been stats, or to correct a flagrant mistake, or to simply state facts that I have researched (as you complimented me on my ability to do.)
Third, I see nothing negative in stating my opinion of the term “kid” being used; after all, that was not directed at anyone in particular, but everyone, forums, media, etc.
Ross, I know how much you like to spat with me, in fact you put so much time and effort into it , I find it endearing and flattering.
Perhaps you might leave the moderating up to me…
Thank you Kindly.
B
Are sports and frats are just gangs for rich kids? Discuss…
I have read every article I can find on YL and GH- No where can I find I direct amount of time they have been dating. I understand that they had an “on again off again” type of relationship. But every relationship has a beginning.
Blink or anyone- When did they begin dating?
14.MsL says:
May 6, 2010 at 9:25 pm
In memory of Gini-To be accurate, which I think we all want to be, Yeardley was not killed on grounds. She lived in an apartment on 14th street, several blocks, maybe as much as a mile from grounds. I don’t know where George Huguley lives (now at the joint jail complex) but I get the impression his residence was near Ms. Loves. That is the reason Charlottesville PD made the arrest and will handle the investigation. I have a great deal of respect for Chief Longo. Even if UVa attempted to do so, I do not believe the school’s administration will have any influence on how the case is handled by Chief Longo’s department. I hope the respect I have developed for this man during the years he has been in Charlottesville is justified.
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MsL.
I agree that Yeardley and Morgan both were not “technically” on UVA owned realestate. My point is that where Morgan was, is the road leading to JPJA which is UVA’s arena, Where Yeardley lives is an apartment/condo area where UVA students live due to the proximity to UVA. IVA may not own the realestate, but both places most certainly are tied to the University.
And my comments are not to reflect on the work of Longo, but if you seriously don’t think the University can “influence” LE as you state, please answer this. Has the University handed over any video taken from JPJA the night Morgan disappeared from the concert? Does Longo have them or has he seen them or for that matter, has he been told they even exist?
I am telling you he was booted from DKE.
Blink – Do you know when he was booted? Was he an initiated brother and then he was shown the door or was he a DKE pledge who was black balled before he got initiated? Timing would be an important factor.
Ragdoll says:
May 6, 2010 at 7:35 pm
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That said, I am of a reasonable certainty that there are other female abuse victims from this kid, that have never come forward.
B
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Blink, this is a frightening realization. How many women came forward to report abuse against GH or other campus athletes, only to be dismissed or discounted for their claims. This is a universal problem throughout campuses everywhere. It’s about protecting the ‘elite’, not the victim.
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These comments make me think of the story I shared earlier this evening about a lacrosse player raping my suitemate in college. She never reported it. It’s not just about protecting the athletes. In some weird way it is also about the women protecting themselves– or at least perceiving themselves to be doing so. To report these crimes is to admit that they happened. That risks everyone finding out about it (including your parents), potentially being judged by others, and having to relive it over and over again every time you tell the story to a police office or in a court of law. I don’t agree with the thought process, but I understand it and can at least sympathize with the victims. That said, hopefully any women who may have been mistreated at the hands of GH in the past come forward now… do it for Yeardley, and for yourself, and for all the rest of us women.
Strong Point BP
It resonated with me because I referred to GH as a pirate in a private email to someone, made me think of you fondly. Him, NOT.
B
I have taken a hiatus the last few days from posting here or anywhere else, i.e., FM. While I’ve tried to read the posts, I’ve not been able to bring myself to post, as this has been an extraordinarily difficult time in a myriad of ways.
As B knows from our off-line convos of the last few days, I continue to share in the devastation of the entire UVA community at the brutal murder of Ms. Love. Words cannot express the profound sadness that so many of us feel at the tragic and senseless loss of this once-bright star. Most especially, my heart has been heavy for the Love family.
Likewise, my outrage at Mr. Hugueley’s actions is palpable. I wish there was an appropriate outlet for the fury I feel as a result of his violence against Ms. Love.
My sadness and outrage are based on several things, least among them my obvious and stated affinity for UVA. Beyond the obvious though, I am crestfallen that yet another woman has become the ultimate victim of domestic violence. After having worked for almost two decades with women who have suffered abuse of all kinds and women who have been the target of sexual assault, it is enormously disturbing to witness yet another victim. Candidly, I can do little more than shake my head, sigh deeply, and ask myself “When will it ever end?”
People who have dedicated their lives to understanding and ending the cycle of violence, who have worked tirelessly in the hopes of making a difference, are devastated at Ms. Love’s murder.
There are predictably many more things I’d like to say, and many comments I’d like to share in response to the 300+ posts on this thread; however, I am trying to quietly bide my time to organize those thoughts in some coherent, responsible fashion. I will offer the following now, however, in direct response to one of B’s comments, and related comment by Concerned Mom:
B stated: “…I am of a reasonable certainty that there are other female abuse victims from this kid, that have never come forward.”
Concerned Mom said: “You do not all of a sudden, at the age of 22, start being abusive towards females. I would bet my life that GH has multiple victims. I just hope these brave young women come forward NOW and help convict this POS.”
TO B: I am not only “of a reasonable certainty”; I know this “to a moral certainty”. Just wait.
TO Concerned Mom: You are more correct than you may realize. It will take one–just one–brave, young woman to haltingly and hesitantly speak up and speak out. More will follow.
In anticipation of that moment–that will assuredly come–I say now to that first, frightened young woman:
Thank you.
Thank you for your courage.
Know that you are not alone.
Oh O.
I know this is particularly difficult, I just wanted to acknowledge your strife.
I applaud your message.
As you know, that is all I got left today. There is nothing more of a “crime” than a preventable death, imo.
B
In memory of Gini…no offense, but we don’t know the situation with the JPJ tapes…not you or anyone else for sure on this site (maybe Blink or Observer?) You all can continue to insist that UVA is intentionally obstructing justice or hiding evidence but I STRONGLY disagree…and there is certainly no proof of that. I believe everyone i the UVA community (cant speak for Albermarle or surrounding jurisdictions), is sad and shocked at what happened. I look forward to hearing all the evidence regarding this tragedy and Morgan when the truth is finally all told…but do I think somehow the “powers at be” at UVA either want to or are trying to cover any of this up???? EMPHATICALLY no…they have nothing to gain and everything to lose by doing that. The truth is ugly enough.
I just want the person(s) responsible for taking Morgan’s young life put behind bars. I don’t care if they are a local RSO, an athlete, a groupie, a weirdo loner, a group of BIB, a student at a major college, rich parents or poor parents… I DON’T CARE. We cannot continue to allow ourselves to be turned into opposing factions that bicker over everything.
Where is the constructive debate that drew my attention every day? Where is the unified focus to turn over every stone, to do any little thing we can do to support the Harringtons and find Morgan’s justice? Where is our objectivity?
This is why crimes like sexual assault and murder devastate more than just the victim and families. Or even the perpetrators family. They wreak havoc on entire communities.
I just want us all- no matter which forum you post on, or where you live and work- to regain focus on what we are here for. To help find Morgan’s killer. Let’s get back to being a team. I’m all for a healthy debate, and differing opinions. But lets do it constructively.
To play off the the famous cliche-
United we stand. Divided we FAIL.
Maybe Morgans murderer was a reclusive stranger that nobody knows. Maybe they are someone wealthy and popular, known to many good people.
Either way, they need to be removed from society. I don’t want to see yet another young girl stolen from her family while we’re standing around arguing.
Above bolded by me.
Brilliant and simple. Not about us. Let’s work.
B
BRAVO TA. Couldn’t have said it better.
I was rather verbose last night, but I am concerned about the schools in Virginia. My ancestors were sent by the king to Virginia to form a colony so I have roots there.
I am a crusty old guy who believes in good values and respect from young people. When I teach, which I still do with private lessons, I give love and encouragement plus knowledge to each student. I get many recommendations from mothers to teach their girls because they know that I would give my life to prevent harm to any one of them.
One of the real problems in our society today is that we have lost our sense of responsibility for one another. We used to be a decent, elegent, GOD fearing and caring society. My wife and I recently had a discussion about whatever became of elegence and manners?
Until the Universities around the country step up and do the right thing about checking the students background and quit letting the athletic department be the driving force of the school, we will continue to see this type of event.
Maybe the governor needs to step in and create a commission of concerned citizens to look into the behavior of the university and take steps to correct the situation as has been done for the University of Texas twice since 1962. It too was a party school until a commission of business people made them clean up their mess.
All of my girls, daughters and granddaughters are taught to shoot a pistol and they have concealed carry permits. Had this punk kicked the door down on one of them, it would be he that was in the morgue, not them. We have to teach our girls to be careful, but not to take abuse from an out of control male animal. I deliberately use the words male animal because that is what about twenty-five percent of males behave like.
O Tex Grandpa-
Their is a dying shortage of people raising gentlemen today. I so agree.
B
Observer, I am so sorry. Thank you for your work with victims. Please don’t feel as though you failed Yeardley or any other victim. I look forward to your next post, Observer, take care.
Unfortunately, I do not think this will be the last case of violence that could have been prevented. We can only continue educating our sons and daughters. We need to teach them to recognize the warning signs of an abuser, and report any incidences of abuse. Victims of domestic violence often times act as a buffer or protector for their abusers, unwittingly.
I believe we have to make sure that our sons and daughters understand domestic violence is not just physically harming another person. Domestic violence is using words to hurt, demean or control.
It is threatening your partner in words, actions or writings. It is causing damage to property in a threatening manner- throwing things- breaking doors, punching walls ect.
It is manipulating your partner in words and actions- threatening suicide if the relationship is over, stalking, jealous or obsessive behavior ect.
Often times, especially young people, at first, take many of these warning signs as proof that their partner loves them. “Wow he/she really loves me, look how upset and sad he/she gets if I mention my old loves name!…” We need to teach our children from the start that their is such a thing as inappropriate reactions in a relationship, and that obsessive behavior is never good.
Like other victims, Yeardley may have thought/felt conflicted about what to do. She once loved him, and probably was hoping, either he would get over her, or that she could wait him out until graduation, mere weeks away. I am sure she did not want to believe he was this disturbed, nor did she want to believe he would follow through with his threats.
She probably felt like if she reported the threats, she would be overreacting, and she may have felt like reporting GH, would be the cause of ruining GH’s future. She probably blamed herself in one way or another, perhaps thinking- she was partly to blame for not being able to change him, or love him “enough” We need our children to understand, that if they are ever in this type of relationship, they need to seek outside help. They are in no way to blame. Their loved one needs treatment, or the cycle will continue.
You’re right Observer, GH probably has a very long history of inappropriate behavior. The arresting officer in his earlier charges is quoted as saying- “He was by far the most rude, most hateful and most combative college kid I ever dealt with,” [NY Times]
I am sure there were many warning signs in GH’s life, to which his family, teachers, friends, or girlfriends picked up on, but brushed off, or thought perhaps- “He’ll grow out of it”
In 2008, a “Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office report details an incident in which Huguely got into a “very heated” argument with his father and cousin on a 40-foot fishing boat.
Deputies said Huguely wanted to go back to the beach, but his father would only take him home, so he dove into the Atlantic Ocean to swim the quarter-mile to shore. A passing vessel picked him up. No arrests were made.”
Perhaps, if these earlier incidences had been treated more seriously, GH could have received the mental health treatment he needed. Instead of receiving anger management classes, alcohol treatment and/or jail time ect- he paid a $100 fine, was placed on six months’ probation and was given a 60-day sentence, which was suspended.
Clearly, he should have received help early on, perhaps two young promising adults would have bright futures ahead of them today, instead one is dead and the other charged in her murder.
In Memory of Gini,
I won’t accuse the University, or for that matter any individual, of wrongdoing that I do not know to be a fact. I’ve seen firsthand the damage such accusations can do to a life. I do have my own opinions about certain individuals and institutions, but I choose to keep those opinions to myself and off the internet. When I feel others have spoken out-of-line or are in error, I try to comment respectfully. I hope I do so, my intent is never to insult someone with my own opinions. With regards to videos, I’ve been to the arena many times, and I know the crush of people in the concourse areas before and after shows. I can believe Morgan was not picked up with a certainty inside due to the crush of people. I do have more trouble believing she would not have been picked up on camera leaving the arena. My point about where Yeardley Love died had nothing to do with defending UVa because she did not die on grounds. The distance of just a block in our area can makes a difference in who investigates a crime. I’m not criticizing the UVaPD or questioning their integrity, I know very little about that department. I believe, from what I have seen of the man since he came to Charlottesville, that Chief Longo is a man of integrity and will not bow to outside influence. If I am wrong in my judgment of the man. I will be very disappointed.
fwiw, I was very impressed with Chief Longo.
B
At what point can we assume GH is not implicated in Morgan’s murder? Seems like sometimes charges get brought so quickly that i’m wondering—since there haven’t been any here—does that in itself mean anything? Or not necessarily?
Blink, was the lacross player who found Morgan’s purse, Male or Female?
Male
B
Warrants have now been sealed:
http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/local/article/why_were_warrants_sealed_in_uva_slaying/55867/
TO: lee: You stated earlier:
“…no offense, but we don’t know the situation with the JPJ tapes…You all can continue to insist that UVA is intentionally obstructing justice or hiding evidence but I STRONGLY disagree…and there is certainly no proof of that. I believe everyone in the UVA community (can’t speak for Albemarle or surrounding jurisdictions), is sad and shocked at what happened. I look forward to hearing all the evidence regarding this tragedy and Morgan when the truth is finally all told…but do I think somehow the “powers at be” at UVA either want to or are trying to cover any of this up???? EMPHATICALLY no…they have nothing to gain and everything to lose by doing that. The truth is ugly enough.”
Very well said, lee. You express above some of the same feelings I have had since early on.
TO: Mom3.0: Thank you for your always-kind words. I encourage readers to heed your following sage statements:
“We can only continue educating our sons and daughters. We need to teach them to recognize the warning signs of an abuser, and report any incidences of abuse. Victims of domestic violence often times act as a buffer or protector for their abusers, unwittingly.
I believe we have to make sure that our sons and daughters understand domestic violence is not just physically harming another person. Domestic violence is using words to hurt, demean or control.
It is threatening your partner in words, actions or writings. It is causing damage to property in a threatening manner- throwing things- breaking doors, punching walls ect.
It is manipulating your partner in words and actions- threatening suicide if the relationship is over, stalking, jealous or obsessive behavior ect.
Often times, especially young people, at first, take many of these warning signs as proof that their partner loves them. “Wow he/she really loves me, look how upset and sad he/she gets if I mention my old loves name!…” We need to teach our children from the start that their is such a thing as inappropriate reactions in a relationship, and that obsessive behavior is never good.”
Wise words–as usual–Mom3.0. You can always be counted on to demonstrate a wonderful combination of insight and compassion. Thank you again for educating readers as you have.
Could GH IV have been one of the investors in the LLC that previously owned both Blandemar Farm and Anchorage Farm?
Friend: Huguely ‘obsessive’ about Love
A friend of George Huguely who played lacrosse with with him in Landon School summer leagues told The New York Daily News that Huguely “partied really hard and when he was drunk or f—– up, he could be violent. He would get out of control.”
Huguely, accused of the violent murder of his former girlfriend Yeardley Love, who played on the women’s lacrosse team at the University of Virginia, was described by the summer league teammate as “obsessive,” constantly texting Love to the point that people close to her worried about the relationship.
The Daily News reported that a former Virginia student who was friends with both Love and Huguely described a disturbing incident in which Huguely recently reportedly attacked Love, then had no recollection of it the next day, which precipitated their final breakup. “He was really messed up and punched a window of a car on the way over to her apartment that night,” the friend said, speaking on the condition of anonymity out of consideration for Love’s family. The friend said Huguely had been seen breaking bottles at another party before Love’s death and had told people he was going to her apartment to get Love back.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/local-breaking-news/friend-was-huguely-obsessive-a.html
Hi Blink,
Your option whether to post. Right after Morgan’s remains were located, someone commented on a local news article regarding a creepy guy whose name began with J, and formerly lived on Anchorage Farm. Has that guy been discussed? Did he live in the third house on AF that was torn down?
The last few sentences above sounds like grounds for pre-meditation, does it not?
Has a mug shot of GH been published that shows his profile?
I fell terribly sad for the Love family, Yeardley Love was let down.
George Huguely’s past was filled with red flags, a checkered history of violent tendencies and actions. Unfortunately, we now live in a society that views accountability as the exception and not the rule. Again, we are forced to hear about a person, where there was opportunity for intervention, but NO course of action was taken. The end result, another senseless death that was just as preventable as the last.
I fell terribly sad for the Love family, Yeardley Love was let down.
During the recent vigil held at UVA for Yeardley Love, President John Casteen (who was mistakenly identified on The Today Show today as “President James Casteen”) was visibly shaken as his voice broke several times during his remarks at the vigil.
Taken from a New York Times article published on May 6, 2010, titled “At Virginia, Vigil and the First Attempts at Healing”:
“…John Casteen, the university’s president, urged students to use Love’s death as a valuable lesson. He said he hoped her death “inspires an anger and a sense of outrage” about violence.
“If your relationship is toxic, seek help,” he said as his voice cracked. “Don’t hear a scream, don’t watch abuse, don’t hear stories of abuse from a friend. Speak out.”
Casteen said he was startled to learn that universities were not automatically notified when one of its students had been arrested. From now on, he said, Virginia will be periodically checking a statewide database for any of its students, especially athletes, who are arrested and charged with a crime.
“We should be using it in a defensive way to protect our students,” he said.
Still, Huguely had no record of aggressive behavior or discipline issues at Virginia, university officials said.
“There is absolutely nothing in my office to indicate that there was any problems or conduct issues with Mr. Huguely,” said Allen Groves, the dean of students.”
Gil Harrrington’s Blog from may 7th
My heart is so heavy. I am overwhelmed by the violence and negativity. What is happening to our world? In 2010 we should be working to establish respect, or maybe cherish, between people. Yet we are stuck, still battling for basic safety- please don’t hurt me, again!
The reign of indifference and the culture of complacency that provides the breeding ground for this festering violence is a formidable obstacle to change. Not sure I have it in me to stand against such an entrenched and strong status quo. Thought I only had to take on Morgan’s killers, not the system that created them.
I pray for strength. I pray for direction. Not proud of those please, please prayers, but please.
Mogo-241
Good morning all. I believe we will come to find out that GH likely suffered from untreated mental illness. Unfortunately, this is something I have seen first-hand. When my daughter was 13 she was stalked by a boy she “liked” for a time, then “broke-up” with. Thankfully, this child’s parents recognized immediately that he needed serious medical TREATMENT. He had, even at that early age been self-medicating with alcohol and illegal drugs. He was institutionalized for a time and with much trial and error with medication and therapy he is stable and clean.
Not only do we need to teach our children to respect each other and to be intolerant of abuse of ANY KIND, we also need to, as a society, remove the stigma from mental ILLNESS and get people who SUFFER with horrible ILLNESS the TREATMENT that they need.
My guess is that the folks who surrounded and supported GH hid his illness. IMO, this is the issue, not his ‘privilege’ status. Mental illness effects all socio-economic groups.
Texas Grandfather — UVA does make students say whether they have been accused of any criminal act, lying cheat ing or stealing on their application. They cannot check the veracity of the answer of course but I think you would find that the University s in general a pretty good place crime wise. It is rare that you have to worry about your stuff being stolen or any other problems. The athletic department certainly does not run the University at UVA. It is a pretty small part though the non-revenue sports are among the best in the nation (the revenue sports are unfortunately another story). We do not take our sports or athletic department as seriously as Texas or its brethren.
All student athletes are drug tested twice a year by the NCAA. They basically know when those tests are coming. UVA has a separate, random drug testing program for all athletes that they do above and beyond the NCAA regs. As noted, it is random (I have known someone who got tested two days in a row because his name came up twice).
My experience there is that UVA athletes (outside of the club sports like rugby) do less drugs and drink far less than the normal student body. In fact, a lot of them were lightweights and didn’t know how to handle their drink all that well. It is hard to be an elite athlete and party like a normal college student. Lacrosse does have a culture of partying. To combat that, Starsia instituted a policy years ago allowing them to drink only one night a week. If they got caught violating that, they were to be suspended. Again, these are essentially adults (GH was an adult at 22) so policing this isn’t easy.
A “party” atmosphere didn’t cause this. I partied as hard as anyone and I never wanted to kill someone — nor did anyone I knew. GH obviously had something wrong with him — alcohol perhaps made him unable to keep the beast within down (though from what I have heard he was not well liked and was an ass sober too) but that is his fault, not the party atmosphere.
Gini — yes, there are plenty of available statistics that show that richer people commit far less crimes than poor people. I will look for them but where I live there are about 100-150 murders a year. Maybe a handful of them will be by a homeowner with a good job. If it was just that people were afraid to turn them we would be awash with 1000s of unsolved murders by now.
Here is a little article about GH. I’m not blaming the people at the party, I just someone stopped him that night. It’s so sad. RIP Yeardley <3
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/local-breaking-news/friend-was-huguely-obsessive-a.html
Considering the location of GH’s apartment and the location of the bush where Morgan’s t-shirt was placed it is obvious that they should be including a check for Morgan’s dna in GH’s testing for matches. Just the fact that Morgan’s killer kept the t-shirt says a lot. The fact that it was placed on the bush on 15th Street says more.
Hi all. The contributions here are amazing and I just want to say I am so grateful to be a part of this community of people working to end violence. This forum has really helped me to grow into who I am becoming and I thank you all so much for that. Yesterday I was driving to what felt like a really meaningless meeting (a meeting of creditors in a chapter 11 bankruptcy of a guy and his umpteen corps that owe my client slightly under 5 mill) and I thought about how life is so fleeting and I thought to myself, this work that I am doing right now means nothing to me and makes no significant difference in the world and I need to find a way to spend more of my time contributing to others with my most valuable gifts. I am a good writer, speaker, and thinker. But most of all, I am an excellent survivor.
I grew up in domestic violence with an alcoholic dad who threatened my and my brothers’ lives and my mother’s life on what evolved into a daily occurence. When he wasn’t passed out, he was violent, so we were always careful to be quiet and step over him wherever he landed (stairs, hallway, driveway, garage).
I don’t need to go into the gory details here because you know what it was like. He sexually, verbally, physically, emotionally abused me when I was girl and only stopped when I was numb and angry and apathetic about my own physical survival enough to scare the shit out of him right back with his own guns. That was when I was thirteen. It was me who made him leave, not my mother (though she knew everything about the abuses that were taking place in that house) and it was me who kept him away because he was terrified I would kill him, which I would have. It was me who sought therapy, who refused to be ashamed of what I was born into, who forced my brothers to talk about it. I was the first in my family to go to college (I slept on the floor of a generous and kind friend’s dorm my first semester because I couldn’t afford anything more than tuition and ramen noodles). And I fought everything that tried to hold me back until I had created the life I wanted.
And now here I am–40 years old and I have a beautiful life. I am so grateful for the luck, the love of others, and the persistence that it took for me to survive coming from a world of intense violence. I thought when I got here that I would be done, that this is how it would be for me and I would just maintain and enjoy. But being “here”, in this place of health and happiness, I realize that there aren’t that many people like me. I see more who get stuck in addiction cycles or get killed or end up in prison. They don’t make it here and I wonder why I did. I don’t feel “survival guilt” by any means. I worked my ass off and I deserve every second of peace in my day. But I do look at the love, the luck, the mistakes and false starts, the insights, the helping hands, the advantages I had in my journey and I wonder if there is something I can pull out of that to give to others, to help them make it here too.
I’ve felt something rising in me recently and I guess I always knew it would. While at times I felt I was about ten years behind my chronological peers, I’ve always known that my survival journey has given me an invaluable and very rare education. I realize now that it is time for me to broadly share that experience of being a survivor of violence with the goal of leaving this world a better place than how I found it.
I am not going anywhere; this isn’t goodbye or anything like that. I just plan to add a new project (meeting with a team about speaking and writing engagements in the near future) and wanted to say thank you to BLINK and to the rest of you who come here and have the courage to jump into the perpetually confused waters of wisdom and good intentions with the faith that we can change this world. You help me to see my part in this process. Thank you. Namaste, dear friends.
Jackie Kennedy:
If you bungle raising your children, I don’t think whatever else you do matters very much.
For A Good Texas Grandfather,
I’m a Texan as well with 4 grown sons and a daughter still home in high school.Your words are as solid as it gets.
First it was my husband who set the tone and the standards as a male in our home.He is wonderful.Calm ,kind and always there for the whole family.We nic named him the human qualude because he’s just so easy going and life loving.We are Blessed!
Your girls are too!
We have done our best to raise our boys to respect women.So far so good.Our daughter thinks they all hung the moon and they feel the same about her.They want the best for her.
I wish parents would rethink the boys will be boys standard of behavior as it is often not only harmful to women but to the young males and society as well.There is also the mob mentality that can come into play,especially with highschool and college age males.
The gross destortion of the sexualized female and the co-mingling of sex and violence that is readily available to the American male(and the world) via computer, is mind blowing and unbelievably disgusting.And its just getting worse.
My parents were attacked by a man who was an example of this mix of degrading sexual violence and by the time he got to them he was also a profesional theif.But it was the inflicting of sexual violence that he craved the most even more than the money from the thefts.
He would rape and degrade the females in the home infront of the other family members.In all there were around 150 or more thefts and around 70 or more of those involving rapes.
And you cannot base an opinion of the “college student” with an active athletic life and good grades from a “good” family to be what he appears to be.
Jon Barry Simonis(the ski mask rapist as he was known) ,who violated my parents was a cardiologists assistant an educated professional .He occasionally had accomplices 1 was a pharmacist the other a musician.Jon Barry Simonis being the lead with this vicious appetite.
So if there is a male in and around the Charlottesville area who has this drive and has involved an accomplice.They are not going to stop. This person is craving this type of sexual violence and will possibly strike again alone or with another male.
Could this be an educated person from an uppercrust family that knows he has “problems”?Yep,I think this is the case with GH as far as the.. “he’s got violent tendencies towards women” ..and the family keep bailing him out kind of up bringing.
What puzzles me in Morgan’s case,and quite frankly there is a lot that does,is why no real warnings and alerts to the students and their parents about the safety of the community (college,city) unless LE knows who are the ones responsible and they are watching him/them.
Finally,dear Yeardly,I would be interested to know just exactly what actions were taken by the parents of GH. He has been in trouble for violent behaviour before.Also if they were made aware of his behaviour towards Yeardly .
I’m praying Yeardly and her family will get justice and not watch a defense that is well, indefensible in court. I have a feeling due to his past, this is a tragedy that could have been avoided by those in the know about GH, taking action. God Bless,Radiogirl