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Virginia men's lacrosse player accused of murder
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CHARLOTTESVILLE,
"We know that there was previously a relationship between the two, although we don't know
CHARLOTTE:
Students at the University of Virginia and across the region were stunned Monday after a varsity lacrosse player was found slain in her apartment and a member of the men's team was charged in her murder.
"We know there was previously a relationship between the two..."
TIMOTHY LONGO SR.
Charlottesville Police Chief
Yeardley Love, a 22-year-old senior from Cockeysville, Md., was discovered by a roommate who called police with a report of possible alcohol poisoning.
Officers who responded to the 2:30 a.m. call immediately realized "that this young lady was the victim of something far worse," said Charlottesville Police Chief Timothy J. Longo Sr. "There were obvious physical injuries to her body."
Hours later, they arrested George Huguely, 22, a Chevy Chase, Md., native and varsity player on the men's lacrosse team, and charged him with first-degree murder. He was being held in the Charlottesville-Albemarle Regional Jail.
what the relationship was now." Longo said, adding that there are no other suspects. Love was
Love was dead when police arrived, said Longo, who would
not disclose details of her injuries. The cause of death would be determined by an autopsy, he said, adding that no weapon was involved.
Love and Huguely were expected to graduate later this month.
News of the murder sped through the network of high-level lacrosse players, shocking not only them but their families, friends and educators, who immediately began mourning the loss.
Love's coaches and teachers described her as a fun-loving teammate and fine athlete who left an indelible imprint on those around her.
"She was our lauter and she was the core personality" of the 2005-06 team at Notre Dame Prep, said Mary Bartel, the school's lacrosse coach. "She was a happy-go-lucky kid. She was a good soul."
Chris Robinson, the head girls lacrosse coach at the rival McDonogh School, said his inbox filled with "so many texts and e-mails within a two-hour period this morning, everybody saying, 'Did you hear? Did you hear?'
"It is a very small close-knit community who really care for each other and we're not used to some sort of tragedy like this," said Robinson, who never coached Love but remembered her skills. "The community is all behind Notre Dame Prep and the family, and our sympathy goes out to them."
A knock on the door at the family's home at the edge of Oregon
Bartel, a had visited
would have no comment.
After being notified of the death by a Baltimore County police officer, Love's mother r. Shannon Donnelly Love, travelled to
Charlottesville investigators will examine whether Huguely had been the subject of prior violence complaints, particularly during his relationship with Love, the
The women's team, ranked fifth by the Sun, has a 14-4 record. Both are expected to play in the NCAA post-season tournament which will crown its champion in Baltimore this month.
The Virginia men's squad finished the regular season with a 14-1 record, and is ranked No.2 in a Baltimore Sun poll released Tuesday.
Ridge Park was answered by a woman who said Love's relatives
"It is a very small close knit community who really care for each other..."
back on the football team. Listed in the Virginia athletics media guide as 6 feet, 2 inches tall and weighing 209 pounds, he played midfield.
CHRIS ROBINSON McDonogh School head coach
Charlottesville on Monday, according to the funeral home handling the arrangements. The girl's father died in 2003.
police chief said.
coach for 29 years, the family and said they were doing as well as could be expected.
Hugely was a lacrosse All-American at the Landon School in Bethesda, where he was a quarter-
The Virginia men's coach, Dom Starzia would not comment Monday. "We're still trying to figure things out," he said.
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Professor Jay Gers's office was empty. As were Professor Rick Sterling and Dr. Denise Carrol's. Where was everyone during the last-minute question frenzy? Apparently, tailgating.
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