Beauty and The Beast: The Predictable Murder of Yeardley Love By George Huguely
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Charlottesville, VA- At approximately 9 PM the evening of May 2nd, George Huguely, V left a golf outing he drank at all day, visibly intoxicated according to fellow attendees. It was the beginning of the end of a rancorous binge drinking track record for the prodigal son of George and Marta (Sanson Murphy) Huguely.
It was the gruesome end for star athlete Yeardley Reynolds Love.
Yeardley said ITS OVER to the heir of Huguely’s family’s century old lumber business and spent the last weeks of her life in fear George would make good on his threats.
Sources inside the circle of Love and her family have stated that the most recent threats and public observation of the couple occurred at Huguely’s former frat, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Following this incident, Yeardley left campus and stayed at her Cockeysville home where her Mother, Sharon Donnelly Love, begged her to file a police report.
Yeardley refused as she did not want it to interrupt the last weeks of both teams winning seasons. She believed because the last scene was so public Huguely would have no choice but to back off for fear of compromising his status on the UVA mens team.
For anyone unsure about the locker room brethren, as reported by NY Daily News:
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.
D K E
While Huguely is not listed as an active brother on DKE roster, this Falls newsletter touts an impressive Rush week which rounds out the Dekes with 14 Varsity Athletes; 12 of them from the men’s Lacrosse team. The DKE roster has not been updated to reflect active brothers since 2008 and an email request to alumni affairs director Ian Graham has not been returned. The DKE facebook account has been deleted.
By all accounts, in retrospect, Yeardley’s murder was a predictable incident. Preventable.
Not inasmuch as it could have been foreseen per se, but Generation George was a time bomb.
Incidents abound from his days in Palm Beach where he jumped ship after an argument with Generation G4 whereby he swam to shore as well as his arrest for drunken swearing and THREATENING TO KILL A COP WITH A SIDE OF RACIAL SLUR in November 2008.
There are 8 UVA Men’s Lacrosse members that have had alcohol related arrests in the last two years.
Nationally ranked 2008 Team Captain Will Barrow stunned the entire lacrosse community when he committed suicide two weeks after Huguely’s Rockbridge County arrest.
Ryan Nizolek, #24, was arrested in High School for smuggling steroids into the US from Mexico on a family vacation and brought them to school in a Rolaids bottle.
As the news broke of Yeardley’s murder I have been inundated with emails and texts from several UVA students and their family members that have been admonished not to speak publicly, not to accept new facebook friends and not to answer any questions from the media on or off campus.
The paradox of telling the grieving and concerned matriculation to effectively zip it, after doing just that may have cost Yeardley Love her life, is absurd.
A witness who observed the last physical confrontation between Love and Huguely email excerpt to blinkoncrime.com provided on the condition of anonymity:
…”You have to understand.. He is a big dude with a bigger personality. If anyone has ever told him no, I am not aware of it. It was obvious she did not want him near her. She told him that, and it took 3 of us to hold him back. She was a little thing and she put on a good face, but I walked away feeling like that was not over. I said to lax(xx) that asshole is going to get himself killed or kill somebody. He was nicer on the turf for f*cks sake, I didn’t get it…..”
We are all obsessed about our last year in the game. Everyone parties like rock stars because half of us have more money than rock stars. Well, our parents do.
That is bullshit about him not being a Deke, btw. He beat up a fellow brother in his sleep drunk off his ass one night because he was sleeping on the couch he wanted to sit on, or go to bed on or whatever- He was booted and his friends wanted to stay. That pissed him off royally. His Dad partied with us once in a while. I remember wishing he was my Dad, and then I saw those two go at it. I would still have been cool with a Dad that is that loaded, but not if it meant Huge was my bro.
It wasn’t so much that he was raging all the time. It was weird. It was more like he was 2 diff people. You know what I mean? Like a mood swing on crack. DON’T publish I said he was on crack. Roids for sure and there was mention of an 8 the day of the murder. It was almost like he felt like he was insulted when he was around better players than him. He loved the sport but he had no respect for anyone if they were better in the X.
Do I think anyone intervening could have stopped a murder? I am not sure if that is a fair question or a set up.
My Mom asked me the same thing. I told her I did not get it. There is tons of Hoo Pumpers everywhere, especially this season. I never saw him without some chick, so I don’t get that part. He was a big clamper I heard though, if he didn’t have something cookin. It was not like he could not **** anyone he wanted. He was always like .. Give and Go Bro, everytime I saw him and I had a date. Tell me if you don’t know the lingo but I think you might. I heard ya got skills.
Lol, I am aware that only happens in college before you say something lecture-like.
I really wish I knew that nobody knew what was going on with him. We woulda pulled that scared straight shit on him. Like his version, shop at target instead of Abercrombie for the rest of his life no beach houses. That mighta been harsh of me to say before now. We just hate what he did to his girl, and our last year. I worked my ass off, we all did, and it should have been our thing to remember. Instead, it is fu***** lockdown.
I have reviewed UVA Athletic Director Craig Littlepage quotes on the matter.
Frankly, as an editorial, that verbiage would not have flown from any coach I have ever had, or respected, regardless of the sport.
“They never told me, nothing was reported to me” is the equivalent of ignorance of the law, which is no defense.
How do 8 arrests and a suicide, among other “not so documentable” infractions NOT constitute a red flag, or an intervention?
Safety does not come with a price tag. It comes from accountability and awareness. Huguely posted bond following his arrest on November 15, 2008.
Somebody had to know he was incarcerated. He had a public defender in that case so the question is– Who posted it and how was the fact he was off campus for a few days prior to the Thanksgiving break missed by his coaches?
At the time of this writing, the Virginia Commonwealth has issued an order sealing the search warrants in this case retroactively.
While the justification of that request by Charlottesville Police has not been released, it is an unusual move in a case that has not even seen its first bond hearing or an indictment.
Could it mean that Huguely is connected to the murder of Morgan Harrington?
Virginia State Police, who maintains jurisdiction in the Harrington case is emphatic it is not.
..”It was a Lacrosse player who discovered the purse. However, there is no evidence to indicate any connection between Morgan or the Love homicide. .. There is no connection between these two homicides, so I am not going to even entertain the additional questions. We are not identifying the individual who found the purse…” Corrine Geller, PR Manager VSP to blinkoncrime.com
Morgan’s purse was located by an unidentified male lacrosse player on the way to boarding the bus to an exhibition match in Annapolis, MD.
We have a player accused of first degree murder that by his own statements has had violent encounters with others he has not remembered.
We have players with land connections to the area of North Garden as well an individual who has personally preformed site survey work on Blandemar and Anchorage Farm.
Have all the Lacrosse players been questioned about the circumstances of finding the posession of a missing and murdered woman who was last seen on the UVA campus?
The cases may be may be unrelated.
The Harrington’s buried their daughter Morgan.
The Love family is burying their daughter Yeardley.
Isn’t it time for a little disclosure as to whether or not these lingering questions have been asked and answered?
Yeardley Love, will receive her Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science with a minor in Spanish posthumously with her class from the University of Virginia.
Love’s family and friends begin receiving those wishing to pay their respects today where she will also be laid to rest tomorrow, in Maryland.
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Good Morning,
I have a question to SKY & or J2K:
I am not sure where you mean in regards to Chopin. Are you meaning the little house w/ the weird circular thing on their yard? B/C the culdesac seems so far from the ‘back yard’… So they would leave the car at the culdesac & travel which way w/ her in tow? I think I must not be seeing it as you all do, b/c it seems difficult to me. ??
I always liked the utility path off Blandemar myself, but I’m an ex NY’er and farms are sooo big to me. I don’t have trouble envisioning a perp from back that neck of the woods, not necessarily aiming at AF.
Gosh, I really can’t get over the fact that we haven’t gotten any farther after all this time. Today is just one of those days.
Question for you Blink, Is there anything other than intuition that Miss Morgan was placed by AM of the 18th? I mean I don’t picture it being much after, just wondering if there may have been a delay due to the dilemma of ‘what to do’?
Thanks all!
I have mixed feelings about the Ross dialogue. I see both sides – Blink et al.’s critique of the lack of original theories and Ross’ skepticism. I, too, come here without the desire to pose theories of what happened. I do not pose alternate theories because I know that I do not have all of the relevant facts that LE – who are trained – has and so… I know that my theories are unlikely to reflect all of the elements of the investigation and are likely fruitless. Nonetheless, I come to this site because it satiates my need to feel involved and somewhat quenches my need to see that something is actually happening in the case… a need that is anything but satisfied with LE’s public progress on it. At the same time – and this is why I sympathize with Ross – I find that I am occasionally unable to hold back a response or critique of some statements.
And while I am unwilling to invert a lot in theorizing with limited information, I also appreciate the theories of others who post and I think it is quite possible that there is energy generated here that furthers research and can be helpful to LE in their progress on the case.
inveSt, not invert. And I am referring to Morgan’s case as “the case.”
FWIW: We reside on 1000 acres of farm land in VA, with a dairy herd of 400-450. I’m sorry to say, even if we had heard there had been a local missing person case, we would NOT think to get on the tractor and look on the farm for said person. We see buzzards daily and never check to see what they are circling. I suppose, however, if one of our pets was missing, we would (we do not have horses.) Just think of the possiblities of circling buzzards… deer, beaver, deer, fox, deer, rabbit, deer. (Sorry, but there are SO MANY freakin’ deer all over the place on lg. farms in VA – dead and alive.)
Blink – are there any new leads or progress with any POI in the Morgan Harrington case?
As for the bullying, domestic violence, anger issues with young men, etc., I am going to put a thought out there–
It may not always be called for but sometimes a lil a** kicking by a peer/friend/brother might be in order. I’m not saying always and I am not saying in GH’s case (he has deep issues), but sometimes a bully needs to be bullied. Remember when our kids were little and there was a biter in pre-school. Well, bite ‘em back? IDK
But I do know that the boys/brothers/men in our family would take care of someone who tried to dominate the girls/ladies/daughters in our family. (That is not coming out exactly like I want it to sound – but maybe peers can get the message across a lil clearer?)
Nevertheless, in GH’s life, no one seemed to step in and set boundaries for this boy. It was a total breakdown from home, school, family and friends with a tragic, tragic result. Channeling anger is a battle for many people of all walks of life. And you will find that some turn to sports in the hopes that this helps. Ironically, some of the best athletes have issues of these types – or some I have seen. (I can’t cite anything on that – JMO).
We just all need to watch out for each other and each other’s kids – yeah, see something? Say something.
You have essentially solved this case you have.
J2K Kibbitzed:
As far as the good-tracks-kid/bad-tracks-punk crime-and-cover tag team… Let’s just say that non-perp-body-dumper must have owed killer BIG-Time to get involved in the disposal of a young woman’s body post-facto. I don’t even think it’s a given brotherly love goes that far.
Do you see that those 2 profiles continue to re-emerge in this case?
B
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This is exactly what I believe is going on in this case.
Hypothetically, and with no direct accusations or allegations to any particular individual:
Sound of Phone Ringing
Bad Guy #1: I effed Up, something Very bad happened and I need your help right now.
Bad Guy #2: I ain’t going near that shit bro, you got money, use it.
Bad Guy #1: Yeah, I got money, and lots for ya, but if I go down, they find out who you are, and you go down with me. Who do you think gets out of this?
Bad Guy #2: Let me make some calls and I will be right there.
2 Profiles, same result.
B
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Blink,
Hypothetically speaking…lets say that one kid/local, hardworking, good kid, entrepreneur type of go getter, tries to “fit in” with the rich, athletic, frat boys. Let’s say that he knows everybody in the community and has connections to both “good-tracks-kid/bad-tracks-punks”. He happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Things happen and this kid know that he does not have the $$$, the power, the high powered attorney’s and as stated in your article: “…”You have to understand.. He is a big dude with a bigger personality. If anyone has ever told him no,”
What real choice does someone like that have? He too could have been bullied, intimidated by power, by the thought of ruining an athletic winning streak…What if the fear of doing the right thing is scarier than the fear of being forced to do the wrong thing????
I hope everyone here understands my motivation is not in who is right, who is wrong and/or to pat myself on the back here. I’ve come up w/ some crazy theories, and everyone here is a contributor. Edison tried like 1000 times before he got the lightbulb to work, and commented those 999 were not failures, but steps to finding the correct path. I encourage you all to read J2K’s post >>27.J2K says:
May 13, 2010 at 5:35 pm << not because of me, because she says it better than me, and I compliment her on that.
I have not been able to get “location, location, location” from the front of my mind since my spring visit to Blandemar and the AF area. I hate using this analogy. A friend died in the 9-11 attacks. But “location” technically was the United States, but the twin towers, pentagon and PA were points of entry or *targets* — I strongly believe that the hay field in AF is the target, location is Blandemar due to its familiarity by the person who chose the spot to hide her and assisted in placing her body.
I believe Morgan was killed in a drug-induced fit of rage — I had a friend whose little girl had fits of rage — in one instance she broke every piece of her little beloved china tea set — when it was over, she realized what she had done, picked up several pieces and looked at her mom and said: fix, mommie, fix. I think that’s what happened here.
I believe that someone who did not directly participate in Morgan’s murder, but who may have been present, realized in that instant their life as they knew it was over, and called on someone they trusted w/ their darkest secret — not because they owed them a favor or a threat — and the person responded because they wanted to protect them, and in those few minutes to formulate a plan, drew on their knowledge of the AF field and the relative easy access thru Blandemar.
I believe the “hider” works/worked in that area and was able to keep an eye out and probably came close to heart failure when her remains were found.
I also can’t get the 23rd Psalm out of my head: He maketh me to lie down in green pastures — He leadeth me beside the still waters …
My only peace in this horrible situation was the peace and beauty of AF – the lush green grass swaying in the gentle spring breeze — a sky so blue Monet could not have captured it — and the beautiful “Mother” mountains of the Blue Ridge in the distance.
I believe the person responsible for hiding her body in that spot has a deep love of nature, a strong sense of right and wrong, but their relationship — which may be familial — w/ the person who called on that cold rainy night, outweighed their sense of right and wrong.
I had come to believe that Morgan’s murder would never be solved. I don’t think that anymore. I hope the person who did not kill Morgan, but who may have been present, and therefore, guilty by association, will gather all their courage and do the right thing and report this to authorities before the authorities come to them. It is their only chance to deal and to have any hope of a life outside of prison. If we’ve come this close, LE has to have come closer, and it’s only a matter of time. The truth will be told. Once LE knocks on your door, and they will, all hope for deals is lost.
Call a family meeting, tell what you know, allow your family to support you and get you good legal counsel, go to the police.
Happy TGIF everybody !!!! I read here several times a day to see if any big news or any news breaks. Keep on keepin on and hoping the answers come sooner than later.
2.critterbug says:
May 14, 2010 at 9:37 am
&&&& Nice post and well said, Critterbug.
I can definitely relate to this….”I find that I am occasionally unable to hold back a response or critique of some statements….” Not wanting to sound too critical or start a ruckus, I usually just slap myself on the hand and move on!
Mom3.0 says:
“I find it interesting that so many one time posters have come to this sight with one agenda- To say that Blink’s source on this article is full of it and that there is no tie to GH and DKE- they never further the discussion, or offer a reason or any evidence on why we should take them at their word, just post and leave.”
The only people so hell bent on proving GH wasn’t a DKE would be DKEs. So guys if you’re reading, just answer one question. It’s obvious that you stand by the statement that he was never an INITIATED BROTHER. Was he or was he not EVER a Delta Kappa Epsilon pledge or Honarary brother? Or are you claiming he was always a GDI with NO pledge affiliation to DKE?
IMOG said
What real choice does someone like that have? He too could have been bullied, intimidated by power, by the thought of ruining an athletic winning streak…What if the fear of doing the right thing is scarier than the fear of being forced to do the wrong thing????
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Well, at this point such a person has a pretty clear choice: Fear of doing the right thing now and facing whatever consequence comes, head on and of his own volition, knowing that whatever the consequence is, it’s better than the consequence of choice #2, which is a steady, growing, incapacitating fear until the certain knock at his door eventually comes, and he finds himself handcuffed and with far less control of his fate.
Dan Harrington says:
May 14, 2010 at 9:08 am
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As usual, Gil has put her finger squarely on the issue.
She is a gift.
Word Girl: “Please tell us what you think happened and why.”
As far as Morgan’s case is concerned? In my opinion, as I have oft stated to the dismay of many readers for being repetitive, is that Morgan was a target of opportunity due to the circumstances that happened that night. I believe she was under the influence of either (or both) alcohol and drugs, got outside the unre-enterable JPJA, caught the attention of unsub who fits the profile of, but is not neccesarily GeoH, a wealthy, good looking, spoiled brat, who attends UVA. He coerces her into going some where with him to party, she does, but then decides the type of partying he wants to do isn’t what she wants to do, things escalate. He, in a rage, kills Morgan. I do not believe he picked her up with the intent to kill her, just to have what in his mind, is a little fun. He is most likely a senior, and having atten ded UVA for four years, knows the high ways and by ways surrounding Charlottesville, and heads out to one of the deserted areas he has driven by in the past. He parks, carries, or drags Morgan to where she was found, and leaves her body there.
The only thing I can find an explanation for is her shirt. Perhaps LE “planted” a decoy shirt there to rattle possible suspects, perhaps the unsub had the shirt and left it at a party at onme of the apartments in the area where it remained un-noticed till one of the residents discovered it, and thinking it belonged to a neighbor party goer, left it on display, perhaps the unsub discovered it was still in his vehicle, and placed it on display for reasons known only to him.
I hope this has answered your question Word Girl.
Beating the horse that are dead buzzards; wouldn’t the multitude of time lapse and/or motion activated hunters cams been activated by the arrival and departure of buzzards?
J2K “Does anyone else think ross is kind of a d*ck?)”
Coming from one who once questioned the integrity of one of the findmorgan forum admin’s, I’ll take that as a compliment.
Buzzards
Okay, so here goes.
We have a farm of over 135 acres. We pay attention when we see buzzards circling overhead or sitting on fence posts. Often you have a cow birthing a calf and the buzzards start coming before the cow has cleaned up everything. We check it out in case we need to assist the cow. One of the cows had twins and the buzzrds came before Mama cow had cleaned up everything. We assisted with cleanup w/trash bags.
There are neighboring farms next to ours and we observe theirs too in case we need to make a phone call to them or go in their fields to help assist the cow or call a vet to their farm. After all, we are neighbors and we all try to help each other.
There was a case last year in which a lady was murdered in her trailer and her neighbor went to see what was going on because he saw buzzards circling her yard. He saw buzzards and large flies outside her trailer and called the family who called police and med. personnel. They broke in and found her dead on the floor. It was in the summer months and the neighbor had cows in an adjoining field near her home. She was beaten to death by her brother-in-law over money.
Deer occasionally get caught in fences, can’t get out and die. Therefore, buzzards again.
It is smart to be observant of all around you.
Hi, Eloise — to answer your question, the only thing I can tell you is: the google overheads are deceptive in space and nature — google shows chopin as a road — it is not a road — it is a gravel driveway which may now be a public road — I don’t know — but you can pull into that little gravel path w/ a vehicle — you’d have to pull thru the cul de sac, drive just a few feet – pull over on the shoulder — grab her out of your car — carry her about the length of two football fields, hop over the AF fence — walk 100 ft thereabouts — place her in the tree line and then hoof it outta there — honestly, probably under 15 mins., but certainly in 20 — if you go in the middle of the night or the early AM before dawn, you probably can go in silently — it’s why no one heard anything — hop back in your car, don’t even turn the headlights on until you’re out of the cul de sac and you’re gone —
>>1.Eloise says:
May 14, 2010 at 9:37 am
Good Morning,
I have a question to SKY & or J2K:
I am not sure where you mean in regards to Chopin. Are you meaning the little house w/ the weird circular thing on their yard? B/C the culdesac seems so far from the ‘back yard’… So they would leave the car at the culdesac & travel which way w/ her in tow? I think I must not be seeing it as you all do, b/c it seems difficult to me.
GH is from Chevy Chase, Maryland, a very wealthy suburb of DC. Blandemar Farms, which begins only several feet from where Morgan was found, is a very wealthy suburb of Charlottesville. The rich tend to hang together; just an odd thought that a connection might be with GH and someone who lives, or lived, at Blandemar Farms?
i don’t know why LE / EMS / FIRE have been ruled out as POI / SUSPECTS … the lack of arrest / evidence means that there is a very real possibility that a member of LE is involved in Morgan’s murder. nothing has been released to suggest otherwise.
J2 said>> Who would be familiar with Blandemar Farm Estates (built largely circa 2001)? If the perp/co-conspirator is around the age of 19-22 (speculatively speaking, natch), that would put him between the ages of 11 and 13 when the back-end of AF and portions of BF became accessible for youthful exploring/trespassing. (I imagine sprawling, privately owned, intraversible farmland in the 1990s before it was sold to a developer for residential subdivision growth.)
I wonder whose adolescent years were spent within biking/walking distance of said cul-de-sac… and, in turn, the rolling hills, climbable trees, and south fork of the Hardware River that punctuate AF and BF in that border-blended area? Who in his/their youth, praytell, “discovered” a certain sweet, secluded, tree-shrouded, fort-worthy clump of land surrounding a narrow tributary shooting off the river…?
Expand that a little — who may have older family members who are/were employed in that area for development then and now — not necessarily the developers — but what has to happen in the intial stages of a development and ongoing as the properties are parceled and divided, and what annual benefit does a county or city derive from property — and who makes those assessments ?
Thanks, Barney! I was beginning to think I was a dumb city slicker for being attuned to buzzard activity (and other stuff—you gotta’ notice everything on a farm, I think).
Gil will be on JVM this evening 7pm ET CNN Headline News.
Dan and Gil both on JVM.
I do have one question – who is it that originally said there were no buzzards over AF in the first place? Was it Mr. Bass, or some one that lived adjacent to AF? Serious question Blink, where did the lack or of buzzards or not come from?
By the way suz, would some one trespassing on your farm, and possibly leaving something be one of the things “you gotta notice?”
I have never read, nor am I aware of, a verified account, of any lack of buzzards, over AF.
Therefore, I would not be able to speak to that. However, to your point, I do believe such observations are logistically relative.
B
Thanks Sky for explaining the location for me. I looked into the owner of that home. I am unable to tell if there are kids/teens etc.
I suppose under the cover of darkness any of these entry ways are possible. I still wonder what that clearing in the woods was for. May have been a hangout location. I guess we have no knowledge of any nephew or someone who could have stayed summers with the last little White family member who resided there? There has to be someone we are overlooking.
Suz, Mr Bass may have missed any possible buzzards while he was in the Bahamas. So it doesn’t mean they weren’t there.
The most frustrating part is, any number of scenereos we all have pondered over may actually in part be correct, yet we have no way of knowing that.
And Ross, your post on what you think may have happened to Morgan was good. I agree with just about all. Interesting thought on the t-shirt being planted by LE, I hadn’t considered that. See how nice it is to just share your thoughts? All good until the end, but you couldn’t help yourself could you? You should give it a try, you may find you just might like it.
J2K
I am not only going to use ‘rigormoral’, I am going to over use it and drive my family nuts! Then I’ll say it’s your fault. JK!
You are a gifted soul, sista friend xo
I am thinking more and more that the party people (DKE’s) took Morgan to a party and took advantage of her impaired state. Has the burned house been carefully investigated forensically?
I don’t believe she was killed the night she disappeared, but was kept for several days for sex and finally killed by someone in a rage because she fought them.
These cases are getting national spotlight and we find that the Governor is getting involved. Now Jayne Mitchell has someone on her show that states the University was trying to keep this out of the media and prevented women from reporting asualts on or near the campus. If this is true, that violates federal law and should get some traction from the FBI.
HokieHi says:
May 14, 2010 at 11:11 am
“The only people so hell bent on proving GH wasn’t a DKE would be DKEs.”…
&&& I’m thinking, whether he was or he wasn’t, they might want to disassociate with GH and recent events to deflect attention from their own transgressions?
Does we know the full name of the appraiser with initials CRB and with which company he/she is affiliated?
Ross, I’m a landless wastrel, but on my friend’s farm, we definitely notice the trespassers. Dogs, bears, coyotes, and people all pose threats. In fact, someone has been cutting her chain that locks a gate that leads from her 70 acre farm to the adjacent 100 acres of land in conservatorship (where everyone rides their horses, ATVs, etc.—has a cool old cemetery like AF, and an abandoned old blair witch house). Think it’s someone on an ATV with bolt cutters who snips the big chain next to the NO TRESPASSING signs; a couple of times we saw someone on an atv down at the dam on her pond. We do go look around (and relock the gate) once the coast is clear. She yelled after the person a couple of times but no reply. Thought about giving chase, but that seemed risky.
I’m sure this isn’t related – but everything is in til it’s out, right? I’ve been thinking about Skyler’s suggestion that the link to AF is really about Blandemar Farms. Is there any possibility there is a connection between the ex UVIMCO CEO’s home on Blandemar Drive (3035) and AF? In other words, could CB (ex-CEO) have hired, say, UVA athletes to house sit for him when his family was out of town or, since he has been in C’ville since Nov. 2004, could he have used a local high school landscaper who lived in the area for yard work? I could be wrong, but it also looks to me like his past employer was in th DC area. Could his home be connected to any athletes from the DC area? Just trying to rule out any connection. His Blandemar house is on the market and I understand they are moving out of state. I’m not sure how close 3035 Blandemar Drive is to Chopin, but you can definitely see Chopin Road on the map.
http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=141404064432695&ShowArticle_ID=11800904104653128
Also – as to the question of whether GH was or wasn’t a DKE – my question would be, if he pledged DKE, why was he never initiated? I can’t imagine it’s grades, that would keep him off the LAX team also.
“Now Jayne Mitchell has someone on her show that states the University was trying to keep this out of the media and prevented women from reporting asualts on or near the campus.”
I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man
Thomas Jefferson
Is this website legitimately supporting the Yeardley Love Funds at UVa and Notre Dame Prep?
The merchandise looks suspiciously tacky. I can’t figure out if this is a scam or a well-meaning citizen.
http://www.yeardleylove.net/
IMO, FWIW, LE did not process Morgan’s car because they knew without a doubt it was in no way connected with her disappearance and death. How would they know? If there was very reliable evidence that she arrived safely and entered the arena. We haven’t heard from any members of the security staff. Perhaps for a very good reason, they have information LE does not want made public. Perhaps one of the door attendants, and there are several stationed at each door while shows and sporting events are in progress, did talk to her as she left and was able to give a positive identification. Perhaps door attendants were able to positively identify her as the young woman attempting to re-enter the arena. Perhaps people working the ticket booth were able to positively identify her if she did try to buy another ticket or have then intervene on her behalf with door staff. It’s been reported, though I don’t know that LE has stated this as fact, that she did not have the keys to her car. Is it possible that all of her keys were accounted for, one set with the designated driver and maybe one set with her parents or at her apartment? Her travels across the various parking lots seem to have been observed by a number of people from the Richmond CPA, to members of the basketball team. As far as I know, we are only speculating that LE has not identified the 4 BIB who were seen walking with a young woman resembling Morgan. Perhaps LE knows without a doubt after talking to these unnamed witnesses that she never gained access to her car after it was parked at the arena. If, and only speculation on my part, LE knew she arrived and entered the arena, someone else kept her keys while inside the arena, she left the arena, never was able to re-enter her car, and then disappeared on or near the Copley Road Bridge, there would have been little or no reason to process her car unless there was some thought that an unidentified individual had traveled with the group from JMU.
March–I have looked & looked for the owner of those initials too. No luck so far.
re: People Magazine
“George Huguely IV is one of these guys who thinks the rules don’t apply to them,” says a business peer who moves within the same social circles. He adds, ” The younger George V grew up watching his father thumb his nose at authority.”
Interesting article from March 2010 with Radar saying that fraternities possibly partied at AF with out the owners knowledge.
The Cavalier Daily | Harrington killer knew area terrain
http://www.cavalierdaily.com
I held this for a day so I could cache it.
Note the comments from Yorke.
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Buzzards also hover around roads – snakes, rabbits, mice and other road kill – a 24/7 buffet…. I still think Morgan was killed in another location and only after she was totally reduced to bones was she placed where she was found. Bleached bones rarely give up DNA from a perp.
Interesting video about ineffectivness of UVA to deal with violence on campus and culture of silence:
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2010/05/11/jvm.yeardley.culture.silence.cnn
Blink, regarding Morgan’s purse:
Is it safe to assume that any evidence from Morgans bag was utterly compromised? It was left in the lot (we’re assuming), picked up by a LAX player, and turned over to UVA police. How many people handled it at that point? Many? Was it bagged, or just thrown into a lost-and-found pile? She wasn’t even reported missing at that time.
Was forensics able to detect any unidentified DNA or fingerprints from it? How about her phone? Did they check the inside of the battery cover for prints and DNA? The cover should have protected possible transfer from other people.
Did a lone person discover the bag and turn it in? Or was it more than one person? This could be important in determining that the bag WAS indeed left in the lot on the ground. If the person was “alone” when they picked it up, it could have come from anywhere. Can LE at least tell you THAT?
Was the LAX player who turned the purse in required to submit a DNA sample and fingerprints for cross-refencing with whatever was found on or in the bag?
If the LAX player did indeed submit samples… if for nothing more than to eliminate that source from the bag- can the submitted samples later be compared to any DNA found on her shirt or body? Or would they need a separate warrant to test?
Did LE run forensics on any vehicles that the LAX player (who turned the purse in) had access to? What would they need in order to do so? I’d like to know if this person has traded vehicles since Oct 18th.
“there would have been little or no reason to process her car unless there was some thought that an unidentified individual had traveled with the group from JMU.”
What if Morgan encountered a person on the bridge she knew casually and that person had been in her car in the past? The car should have been processed in my opinion, as should her apartment.
Blink, in your opinion, why do you think LE rushed to announce that there was no connection between the Yeardley Love murder and Morgan Harrington? How could they have possibly known that so soon? With their close-to-the-vest stance and dedication to silence, why do you think they would make such a statement so quickly?
I do not think either adjective applies.
I can tell you for a certainty what they stated was in response to my question.
No independent statement was made. VSP is never going to offer evidentiary information in an active case, if they did, I would be all over them .
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Blink, is there any recent progress on any POI in the Morgan Harrington case?
If your asking my opinion, the answer is yes.
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Ross said: “Contrary to what some here want us to believe, the general population of Charlottesville/Albemarle is very apathetic to Morgans death.”
I disagree completely. Many, many people in the community were and are still are affected by this. I am a Charlottesville resident who is deeply distressed by Morgan’s death and now Yeardley’s. I have to drive over Copeley bridge every single night, right past Morgan’s memorial. I drove over that bridge the night she disappeared, probably an hour or so afterward, and so many times I’ve wished I had seen something that might help. I don’t have the time to read blogs constantly or post my opinion, but I have from time to time checked this site and read The Hook’s articles on the investigation because I am hopeful that this crime will be solved soon, for the safety of all women and also for the Harrington’s peace of mind.
Ross is correct that buzzards are a very common sight in the countryside here. I don’t think anyone should be suspicious of Mr. Bass’ failure to notice buzzards or investigate. In fact, I’m not sure what relevance buzzards have to this conversation at all.
Critterbug, I agree 100% with your post.
Suz, sounds like it’s time for your friend to get an electric fence.
Some folks have alot of nerve trespassing. I live on 23 acres up a long drive. I went outside one day to find a lone man sitting in a car outside my house. When I approached his car and yelled from a distance to find out what he was doing, he said his daughter used to live here and he just liked to check on things and that he liked my dogs. It made me uncomfortable to say the least. I quickly went in the house and he left. I also get people out here looking for lost pets, addresses, and even selling things. Most that come out here I do not know. It amazes me because I am so far off the beaten path. Could be like Anchorage Farm, maybe not a direct connection with the perpetrator in terms of living near there or working near there, but maybe just knowing it’s there. Could easily be someone who just passes by there on a driving route or someone who knows someone who lives on the neighboring plot of land. Who knows? I would still like to see the outgoing and incoming texts on Morgan’s phone that entire evening leading up to the concert, during, and after.
The buzzards, or rather the lack of a buzzard sighting by the locals—-that whole conversation is really just a lament about a missed opportunity for finding her earlier, when there would have been loads more evidence. That’s all. Just another thing we wish had gone differently for the poor girl.
Thanks, Ross, for taking the time to reply. I’m sorry to hear someone called you a Duck–I didn’t see that or I would have called fowl. You definitely know your buzzards, as do some other farmers who agree with that is how they care for their own and neighboring property.
I, being a wastrel, as well, living in only very large cities, wouldn’t know much about these large predators. I occasionally see them working along highways. With or without orange jumpsuits.
It’s interesting that other farmers don’t feel alarmed by them or pay them much attention.
Ross, I keep thinking about your comment on MH’s shirt being a possible “plant” by LE. I, too, see it as a “plant,” but by someone who is immediately or peripherally involved in the murder. LE would not “smooth out” a planted item to see if they could get a reaction. Unless it’s an all-Project Runway squad….
One thing I took from your post was that you believe that a single person abducted, acted rashly in anger, and accidentally killed Morgan Harrington. That same person acted alone in disposing of her body. Valid point-of-view–some may disagree–I’m still on the fence.
Thanks again for taking the time and effort to speak up. You do seem to care a lot about this case.
saramom and marchmallow – regarding initials -
Go get yourselves a snowcone in downtown Charlottesville. Nevermind – that guy isn’t there anymore. How about a can of “Mmm-mm good” soup instead?
Still here reading everyday. Love to all. -yosh
Luna, I think in the AF location you are correct – she was already a skeleton when her remains were placed there. That’s what I think. Nancy Grace had a doctor on her show last night and she brought up the skeleton bit and he concurred that bones alone will not always reveal the cause of death unless a bullet hole or knife marks are evident. Unless there has been an update that I missed, the coroner has stated Morgan’s death was a homicide but he was unable to determine the cause of death. Have there been any updates on cause of death?
I am aware of the working theory, but there has been no release from the ME office or VSP, nor do I expect one. Under VA statute, they are not obligated to.
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