Charlottesville Police charged fourth-year College student George Huguely with first-degree murder yesterday in connection with the death of fourth-year College student Yeardley Love, who passed away early Monday morning.
Both Huguely and Love, members of the men’s and women’s lacrosse teams, respectively, were set to graduate May 23.
Charlottesville police officers were called to apartment 9 in the Camden Courtyard complex on 14th Street at 2:15 a.m. Monday to respond to a case of possible alcohol poisoning. Love was found unresponsive and appeared to have undergone serious physical trauma. Officials attempted to revive her, but those efforts were unsuccessful. Love was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police officials, who have yet to determine the cause of death, declined to discuss the nature of Love’s injuries but are treating the case as a homicide investigation.
I would be grateful if you could spare a prayer for the campus community of U.Va. today. Read it all–KSH.
I saw reports of this yesterday and found it incredibly tragic. Two young and very promising lives, one lost and the other likely wrecked, leaving two families devastated. Of course one must be careful not to prejudge the veracity of a criminal charge, as we learned from the Duke case. But it doesn’t look good, and unlike in the Duke case where no crime was committed (except against the falsely accused), here there is a young woman dead long before her time.
Lord have mercy!
What about a prayer for her parents? Imagine…your child is just about to graduate from college; you are feeling pride, and job well done, and then she is killed!
If anything his parents will be even more decimated, if he really did this thing, because they have to deal with losing their hopes and with ongoing shame. It is harder to pray for them, but just as needed.
I have a son about to graduate and a daughter heading into her senior year. I am afraid if this happened to my daughter I would be having great trouble praying for the perpetrator or even his parents. Which is another reason they need prayers.
Lord have mercy.
Susan Peterson
Re #2,
Susan,
You are so right. We must pray for their families and yes, the young man accused of the crime. He may be in the greatest need of all.
Yes, there’s certainly a need for prayer all around. Apparently (according to the local paper in Richmond) the two young people were once romantically involved, and George’s lawyer is claiming that Yeardley’s death was an accident. Regardless of what happened, it will be devastating to both families, and it will put a damper on the upcoming graduation for many, many people at UVA.
BTW, Elves, we can’t “read it all,” since Kendall failed to provide a link. Could you check on that?
David Handy+
[Link should work now – Elf]