A senior lacrosse player at the University of Virginia was charged with first degree homicide Monday, the Washington Post reports. George Huguely, 22, is suspected of murdering Yeardley Love, a 22-year-old female lacrosse player. It’s believed that the two had a romantic history.
UVA Lacrosse Player Charged With Homicide In Death Of Female Lacrosse Player
The crime was initially reported around 2 a.m. on Monday morning, when police found Love in her bed and quickly determined that, given the signs of force, this was a homicide. Police were at Huguely’s apartment by 6 a.m., at which point he was taken into custody. And, as reported, he’s since been charged with homicide.
Though the investigation is still in the early stages and authorities are awaiting the results of an autopsy, Charlottesville Police Chief Tim Longo offered the following statement. Via Charlottesville’s CBS affiliate:
There was obvious physical injury to [Love's] body... Detectives and forensic personnel spent the better part of the morning at the scene. George Huguely... became the focus of our investigation. Suffice it to say, probable cause existed to take him into custody. Once an autopsy is conducted, we'll have more information regarding the specific cause of death. To my knolwedge, there is no weapon involved at this point. These are two young people that stood at the threshold of the rest of their lives, and this is very difficult on their families. It's difficult for the entire university community. There's a lot of people hurting after this.
University of Virginia president, John Casteen III, offered this statement:
“Although we know nothing other than what appears in the Charlottesville Police Department’s more recent statement, this death moves us to deep anguish for the loss of a student of uncommon talent and promise, and we express the University’s and our own sympathy for Yeardley’s family, team-mates, and friends. That she appears now to have been murdered by another student compounds this sense of loss by suggesting that Yeardley died without comfort or consolation from those closest to her. We mourn her death and feel anger on reading that the investigators believe that another student caused it.”
Stay tuned for updates, but obviously, it’s an unspeakable tragedy for the victim, her family, and everyone in the UVA community. Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone involved.
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