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UVa. Lax Player Indicted in Girlfriend's Murder

George Huguely headed to trial in murder of Yeardley Love

By Polly Davis Doig,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 18, 2011 5:34 PM CDT

(Newser) – Former University of Virginia lacrosse player George Huguely is heading to trial in the murder of his on-again, off-again girlfriend and fellow student Yeardley Love. A Charlottesville grand jury today indicted the 23-year-old on murder charges, reports the Daily Progress, almost a year after Love was found dead in her apartment of blunt force head trauma.

Huguely faces charges of first-degree murder, felony murder, robbery, burglary, statutory burglary, and grand larceny; he'll likely stand trial in 2012. He has remained in custody since Love's body was found May 3, 2010. Click for the defense's theory on what really killed Love, or more on George Huguely and the case.

Yeardley Love.
Yeardley Love.   (AP Photo/Media Relations University of Virginia, File)
George Huguely's booking photo from 2010.
George Huguely's booking photo from 2010.   (AP Photo/ Charlottsville Police Department, File)
Students pass the apartment building where lacrosse player Yeardley Love was murdered near the University of Virginia, Tuesday, May 4, 2010.
Students pass the apartment building where lacrosse player Yeardley Love was murdered near the University of Virginia, Tuesday, May 4, 2010.   (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
George Huguely's lacrosse team photo.
George Huguely's lacrosse team photo.   (AP Photo/Media Relations University of Virginia)
George Huguely was indicted today on murder charges in the death of fellow UVa. lacrosse player Yeardley Love.
George Huguely was indicted today on murder charges in the death of fellow UVa. lacrosse player Yeardley Love.   (Charlottesville Police Department)
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COMMENTS
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rainingmeatballs
Apr 19, 2011 11:09 AM CDT
good. let the guy fry.
tangeri
Apr 19, 2011 8:53 AM CDT
We need to get rid of all these foreigners who don't know how to act civilized. This country is for Americans. [Snark aside, I have sympathy for the victim and her family.]
Count-Spatula
Apr 18, 2011 6:22 PM CDT
Beautiful, sanctified hetero relationships like this one, clearly must be protected from the evils of gay marriage.

 
lacrosse • murder • University of Virginia • Charlottesville, Va. • murder charges • Yeardley Love • George Huguely • UVA lacrosse death

 
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