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Former University of Virginia Lacrosse Player Indicted in Woman's Death

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- A grand jury on Monday indicted a former University of Virginia lacrosse player on murder and other charges in the death of a member of the women's team whom he had been dating. Besides first-degree murder, 23-year-old George Huguely of Chevy Chase, Md., faces felony murder, robbery, burglary,...

Slaying of Virginia Lacrosse Star Yeardley Love Going to Grand Jury

Enough probable cause exists for the murder case against former University of Virginia lacrosse player George Huguely to move it forward to a grand jury, General District Judge Robert Downer has ruled after an emotional nine-hour hearing attended by many friends and family members of the victim and her former...

Yeardley Love Died From Drugs, Not Assault, Defense Says

Yeardley Love died from cardiac arrhythmia due to drugs in her system, not from a beating by boyfriend George Huguely, Huguely's, according to a pathologist. Dr. Jack Daniel testified that he disagrees with the medical examiner that the cause of Love's death was blunt-force trauma to the head. According to Daniel, he...

Defense: Yeardley Love Didn't Die From Beating

(Dec. 16) -- A defense expert contends that University of Virginia lacrosse player Yeardley Love did not die at the hands of her ex-boyfriend but from cardiac arrhythmia caused by drugs in her system. Dr. Jack Daniel, a pathologist in private practice, said he disagreed with the coroner's finding that Love, 22, died from...

Police Say Yeardley Love May Have Died After a Fight

(Aug. 19) -- Attorneys for University of Virginia student George Huguely have contended the death of his former girlfriend, Yeardley Love, was a tragic accident, but newly released court documents allege the couple had been fighting before her death. Huguely, 22, has been accused of first-degree murder in the death of the...

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05/29/12 Manslaughter at most? Huguely team files to set aside... Source: The Hook - Charlottesville VA Attorneys for George Huguely filed a motion asking the judge to set aside Huguely's conviction for second-degree murder in the death of his former girlfriend, Yeardley Love, and grant a new trial.
05/16/12 George Huguely interrogation in Yeardley Love's murder... Source: The How-To Travel Guru - CBS News Close to 30 people gathered at the Charlottesville courtroom for an open display of evidence which had been kept from the media and public until now, reports CBS affiliate WTVR.
05/07/12 Big gun: Love's legal choice suggests hard-fought suit Source: The Hook - Charlottesville VA If Sharon Love's first lawsuit had people scratching their heads and wondering if it were more symbolism than an actual effort to collect millions of dollars from a young man who will likely spend the next two dozen years behind bars, her second $30 million lawsuit , this one against UVA coaches and the Commonwealth of Virginia, raises no such questions, as the suit's lead attorney is known for a take-no-prisoners approach and plenty of big verdicts.
05/07/12 Love's mother sues UVa coaches, AD and the state Source: Culpeper Star-Exponent - Culpeper VA The mother of murdered University of Virginia student Yeardley Love has filed a wrongful death suit in Louisa County Circuit Court claiming the coaches of UVa's men's lacrosse team could have prevented the death of her daughter.
05/03/12 Love's mother sues UVa coaches, AD and the state Source: The Daily Progress - Charlottesville VA The mother of murdered University of Virginia student Yeardley Love has filed a wrongful death suit in Louisa County Circuit Court claiming the coaches of UVa's men's lacrosse team could have prevented the death of her daughter.

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The murder of Yeardley Love occurred in May 2010 in Charlottesville, Virginia. Love, a University of Virginia (UVA) women's lacrosse student-athlete, was found unresponsive in her Charlottesville apartment on May 3, 2010. Later that day, UVA men's lacrosse player George Wesley Huguely V, originally of Chevy Chase, Maryland, was arrested by Charlottesville Police.

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