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<p>My wife and I were discussing this and other similar cases of young kids committing crimes and while we love our child neither of us could imagine either covering up a crime she committed or being party to some slimy defense strategy. I realize you never know unless you are in the situation but it is hard to fathom. The cases I find extremely repugnant are where a parent covers up a hit and run by taking the car to get fixed.</p>
<p>now you see why I was so passionate about this when it happened… no one cares anymore.</p>
<p>Also, I read the victim had a .14 BAC and was on adderall. Not quite the perfect child that was portrayed a year ago.</p>
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The fact that the victim was on prescribed ADHD meds and ,on a weekend at a college campus, happened to have alcohol in her system is hardly reason to insult her. That seems a bit crass.</p>
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<p>Wow, that’s harsh. The Adderall was prescribed and I don’t think anyone said she was perfect but I think you can still be pretty close to perfect and have a few beers. She was tiny - maybe 105-110 pounds. She could drink surprisingly little to get to that BAC. </p>
<p>Coincidentally, there will be a story on our local news tonight about drinking while on ADHD meds - the story based on this case.</p>
<p>(cross posted with Jym)</p>
<p>^^^No kidding.</p>
<p>Does one have to be “a perfect child” to be a victim, totally unfairly and wrongly killed?!</p>
<p>I was just looking up the BAC when you posted, cartera. [Blood</a> Alcohol Level](<a href=“California State University, Bakersfield”>California State University, Bakersfield)
At that weight, she had maybe 3 drinks. Imagine her consumption was pretty average. I don’t recall if it was a weekend and if she’d been at a party the night of her murder. Hate to think what one would find in the system of many perfectly wonderful college students if they happened to be the victim of a brutal murder.</p>
<p>It was Sunday night and I have read that it was common for the lacrosse teams to meet at a certain restaurant/bar to party. It was only a few blocks from her apartment and she walked home. He, evidently was much drunker - slurring speech and obviously drunk. Drinking that night will be used against her but might get him off on a murder charge.</p>
<p>soccerguy- What a jerky thing to say!</p>
<p>Also, LOTS of people still care. I know I do. It was a tragic death (one of many senseless deaths) and it will always haunt me.</p>
<p>Doctor on the report says that, in his opinion, the claim that amphetamine based drugs like Adderall cause heart defects is a myth. He also does not think that the drugs cause heart attacks. He went on to say that, if the meds are taken as prescribed, meaning usually taken in the morning, it is usually out of the system by the time someone drinks in the evening. He added that, even if there were Adderall in the system, mixing alcohol with it does not result in a heart attack. The defense, of course, will have an expert that says the opposite. Tragically, the pictures of her battered face will say a lot to the jury.</p>
<p>I know it should be expected in a law case, but it always disturbs me that whenever there is a heinous murder, the attention is soon put on the possibilities of why that person, due to their own misgivings, could have played a part in becoming the victim. Her lawyers will say the opposite, but NOTHING that Yeardley did/took should be even speculated upon by a rational person as being reason(s) that could have contributed to her death. George caused her death by his own hands. I echo barron’s feelings on this one.</p>
<p>And soccerguy, there are a helluva lot of people who still care. I feel bad, too, for those friends of hers on the lacrosse teams who have to go through yet another season with the weight of the attention from this tragedy on them as they try to play and go to school. That has to be tough and my heart goes out to them as well.</p>
<p>If the combination of alcohol and Add med led to heart attacks, high school kids and college kids all over the world would be dropping like flies. The defense will look to anything at all that will exonerate George H. That’s their job. It doesn’t make it so. We have autopsied for a reason.</p>
<p>Count me in as one who still cares, too.</p>
<p>My understanding was that the cause of death was head trauma. Certainly did not think alcohol and ADD medication cause that – nor the bruises and swelling all over the victim’s face.</p>
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<p>no, they don’t care. You can see how much traffic this thread has now compared to last year. It’s not even close. Where are the media reports? Exactly.</p>
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<p>I’m not insulting anyone. I just stated facts. Are the facts insulting? That’s for you to decide.</p>
<p>No, the fact is that she died due to blunt force trauma to the head. She might have had popcorn or pretzels in her stomach. If that was a “fact”, maybe some would try to argue that that contributed to her death. Correlation does not mean causality. No need to keep digging that hole deeper.</p>
<p>soccerguy - there have been no comments because there have been no developments for some time. It took almost a year to have the preliminary hearing. You’re no fool. You know you made a judgment in that statement and did not just state a fact.</p>
<p>I must have missed this, but why did it take a year for a preliminary hearing? Most states (maybe all) have a speed trial statute. A year for a preliminary hearing ain’t too speedy.</p>
<p>I was wondering about the delay as well - unfortunately there was a student on student murder at the university here in Rochester in January, and the trial started this week. Maybe it is different in VA for some reason.</p>
<p>In the case here, the accused had the opportunity to opt for a bench trial (where a judge decides) instead of a jury trial - would George get the same choice in VA? I obviously don’t have any background in law, but am curious…</p>
<p>Weel, soccerguy, although those may be the facts, you did editorialize by saying ‘not quite the perfect child’.
For heaven’s sake, she was 21 and on an ADHD med. Perfectly legal and has absolutely no bearing on the case.</p>