<p>A University of Virginia mens lacrosse player has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a U.Va. womens lacrosse player, according to Charlottesville police.</p>
<p>George Huguely, 22, a fourth-year student from Chevy Chase, Md., is in the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail, according to a statement from police.</p>
<p>The victim has been identified as Yeardley Love, 22, a fourth-year student from Cockeysville, Md., according to police.</p>
<p>Officials havent determined a cause of death, but Loves body, which was found at a 14th Street Northwest apartment, showed physical trauma, according to the statement.</p>
<p>Witnesses told police Huguely and Love had been in a relationship, according to authorities.</p>
<p>The university posted a statement from President John T. Casteen III about Loves death and Huguelys arrest. It reads, in part: Although we know nothing other than what appears in the Charlottesville Police Departments 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 Universitys and our own sympathy for Yeardleys family, teammates 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.</p>
<p>It’s so terrible. I think we’ve all had fears that our child has been hurt when the phone rings in the middle of the night. Can you imagine getting the call, “Mom, I’ve been arrested for murder”? Horrible horrible horrible for both families.</p>
<p>I’m a little confused. Her roommate suspected an alcohol overdose. Did her roommate find her in her bed in her dorm room? There were visible injuries on her body. Did she die of the injuries or from an alcohol overdose? There are a lot of questions that need to be answered.</p>
<p>nysmile, Charlottesville Newsplex has comprehensive coverage that may explain a bit better. This occurred off Grounds, not in a dorm. Really, really sad. </p>
<p>I know this is a public forum, but please, let’s all think of these young people’s families. It is human nature to want to know what happened and all the details, but let them come out in due time. I feel so horribly sad; my D attends UVA and I am thanking God that I wasn’t the mother getting either of those phone calls today.</p>
<p>Oh, this is such a tragedy. She was a beautiful young lady. And I don’t want to believe another student could have done this to her. Perhaps the young man was arrested because he was a boyfriend. I guess we will wait for the police investigation. I feel nothing but sorrow for both families.</p>
<p>I’ve followed enough of these kinds of murders (boyfriend, husband, etc) to know that they only arrest someone when they have sufficient evidence. Up to that point, the person is considered a “person of interest” and isn’t arrested. Cops don’t like calling someone a suspect and arresting before they have evidence because then they have Mirandize them, etc. </p>
<p>They’ve arrested him because of either a confession or something at the scene that connects him to the crime (for instance, if he has scratches on his body and she has his DNA under her nails or his cell phone pings place him at her home at the time of the murder.).</p>
<p>Lets not assume he’s guilty. We don’t know. </p>
<p>As for the alcohol overdose 911 call, my understanding, based on comments posted on-line by folks who SEEM to know what they are talking about, is that she lived off campus with two roommates. The two came home about 2 am. One went into Love’s bedroom to talk to her and found her face down on the bedroom floor. Yelled to the other girl for help. They turned over Love. When they did so, they noticed that she had bruises on her face, but assumed that she had fallen and the bruises were the result of the fall. They called 911. When asked what was wrong, the caller said it was a possible alcohol overdose. </p>
<p>I think it’s perfectly natural that if a college student found her roommate comatose in an apartment with no sign of forced entry or robbery, her first guess would be alcohol or drugs. (The fact that drugs weren’t mentioned probably means she didn’t use them.) The roommates weren’t at home when whatever happened happened. They do not know what happened. They were GUESSING. Their major concern was to get the EMTs there as quickly as they could and convey a sense of urgency. </p>
<p>When the EMTs came, she was already dead. The EMTs didn’t think the bruises were the result of a fall–and they may have —I am totally guessing–seen some bruises that weren’t visible when she was completely clothed while trying to revive her. In any event, the EMTs called the cops. </p>
<p>Until they do an autopsy, nobody can say how or why she died. </p>
<p>I feel some guilt about posting this because a lot of it is pure speculation. However, I don’t think ANYONE should be GUESSING that the young woman who DIED had had too much to drink. There is NO evidence of that. At least have the decency to wait for the autopsy. </p>
<p>It is a tragedy for both families. My heart goes out to them.</p>
<p>*The cops have to mirandize people they arrest no matter how much evidence they have. *</p>
<p>Exactly! That was my point. </p>
<p>In these kinds of cases (boyfriend/husband/ex-love with dead women) cops wait as long as they can to arrest because once they do, they have to Mirandize them. </p>
<p>The fact that they did arrest this guy rather quickly, suggests that they have the goods on him. If they didn’t have the goods, they would not have arrested him. Instead they would have brought him in for questioning a few times (no mirandizing needed if not arrested), they would have asked for fingerprints/DNA, they would have had undercover agents following him like a hawk, looking for things that would suggest guilt or seeing if he would try to destroy/dispose of evidence. The fact that they arrested so him QUICKLY suggests that they have proof.</p>
<p>It doesn’t take long anymore to get people cell phone ping locations.</p>
<p>I was under the impression that any time the police bring someone in for questioning, they are required to read them their Miranda rights. Not so?</p>