A substitute midfielder on the University of Virginia’s top-ranked men’s lacrosse team was charged with first-degree murder in the death of a former girlfriend who was on the women’s lacrosse squad at the school.
George Huguely, 22, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, was charged with killing Yeardley Love, 22, of Cockeysville, Maryland, police said in a press release. Witnesses told police the two had previously had a relationship.
Charlottesville Police went to an off-campus apartment at 2:15 a.m. today to investigate a possible alcohol overdose. They found Love’s body with signs physical trauma, the police said in a press release.
Huguely, 6-foot-2 and 209 pounds, is being held in the Albermarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail.
Police spokesman Gary Pleasants said Huguely will have a bond hearing tomorrow in the General District Court. The hearing can be done via teleconference without moving Huguely from the jail, Pleasants said in a telephone interview.
The spokesman wouldn’t say how authorities connected Huguely to the murder. He said police are awaiting an autopsy of Love to determine the cause of death and will continue to gather evidence.
There was visible signs of physical trauma to Love’s body, police said in a statement, though no official cause of death has been released.
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