Yeardley Love Dead (PHOTOS, VIDEO, INFO): Lacrosse Player Murdered By George Huguely?

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Yeardley Love, a star lacrosse player at the University of Virginia, was found dead this morning in an off-campus apartment. She was 22.

George Huguely, also 22 and a senior UVA lacrosse player, has been charged with Love's murder.

An autopsy later today will determine the cause of Love's death. Early reports say she suffered physical trauma. She was found dead by a roommate. Huguely was arrested a few hours later.

Her full name is Yeardley Reynolds Love and she was born July 17, 1987.

In 2006, Huguely was quoted in the Washington Post in defense of the Duke lacrosse team, which was facing accusations of sexual assault.

"I sympathize for the team," Huguely said of the Duke players. "They've been scrutinized so hard and no one knows what has happened yet. In this country, you're supposed to be innocent until proven guilty. I think that's the way it should be."

Originally from Cockeysville, Md. and a graduate of Notre Dame Prep, Love was a senior at Virginia. According to ABC2News, she and Huguely had a relationship history.

In 2009, Love told VirginiaSports.com that playing lacrosse for the school was a "dream come true." Love played midfield for the team. She was set to graduate this year.

She is survived by her mother, Sharon, and her sister, Lexie. She was preceded in death by her father John.

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Comments

[clearlythinking]

09:36 PM on 05/15/2010

This is terribly tragic. Pass on this number to your teen daughter, sister, cousin and friend: 1-866-331-9474. No one should be abused and this is the National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline. Hopefully they'll never have a reason to use it but they should have it.

[krallfan]

03:01 PM on 05/04/2010

My condolences to her mother and sister. I cannot imagine how horrible Ms. Love's family feels at this time. I hope their privacy is respected and I hope this matter is adjudicated in a dignified way.

[newmusicnlyrics]

01:24 AM on 05/04/2010

so sad news...
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[djnc]

09:52 PM on 05/03/2010

how long before steroids are blamed?

[djnc]

04:41 PM on 05/03/2010

pretty and white always equals ZOMG STOP TEH PRESSES!...horrible that she was killed though

[justhavingfun107]

05:02 PM on 05/03/2010

You are disgusting

[Vernon Brown]

09:09 AM on 05/05/2010

How can you have a username like justhavingfun at a time like this? You are despicable.

[carlgt1]

07:32 PM on 05/03/2010

I'm sure any race of athlete doing this would "stop the presses." it's a tragedy -- shame you're trying to score a political point over murder.

[PanFx]

04:37 PM on 05/03/2010

Way to go, George Huguely. That will show her, won't it? Enjoy your stay in prison -- you'll have plenty of time to ponder your transgression, and, perhaps, atone for it (if that's possible).

[bsc]

04:35 PM on 05/03/2010

terrible

[snakecharmer1340]

04:32 PM on 05/03/2010

How about no ads on stories like these.

[MTibbs]

04:26 PM on 05/03/2010

I don't get why this is national news....b/c the suspect wrote a letter defending Duke lacrosse years ago? Because victim is pretty, rich, and white? why?

[siasina]

04:33 PM on 05/03/2010

I guess you could say it's a combination of all those things you mentioned.

[michelv]

01:08 AM on 05/04/2010

It's under both sports and college sections, and in both categories, it is clearly national news.

[captain hooker]

04:20 PM on 05/03/2010

I've never heard of her, but if she's cute, apparently I need to know about her death. I'm glad she didn't go missing, or I would have been sick of hearing about her already.

[Imagineer]

04:30 PM on 05/03/2010

Awful headline. Worse comment. I mean - wow.

[KWHOO]

04:31 PM on 05/03/2010

You must be a very important and busy person. Good luck with the empathy thing.

[FZliveson]

04:10 PM on 05/03/2010

Where does "beauty" come into factoring the degree of "tragic" in a murder?
Unbelievable!

[nacakis1]

04:27 PM on 05/03/2010

absolutely...how many Chicago Public School students been k.i.l. l. e.d this year?

[FZliveson]

04:56 PM on 05/03/2010

Beg pardon! I'm groping to understand.

[Bloviator88]

04:01 PM on 05/03/2010

I wonder why Leno was so bad at the Palace Ball the other night?

[mad world]

04:14 PM on 05/03/2010

I wonder what that has to do with this article...?

[Midnightrain]

04:00 PM on 05/03/2010

That is so sad, but it does reveal the deep violence that women in the West are subject to. Barbarism doesn't only exist in the Third World.

[sajc05]

04:29 PM on 05/03/2010

Sorry, women are treated much better in the west then anywhere else. making political claims like that is off base and inappropriate

[bsc]

04:36 PM on 05/03/2010

just because they are treated "better" does not mean that the treatment is what it should be. the claim is not off base at all.

[MarkInIrvine]

04:29 PM on 05/03/2010

True on all counts. Fortunately, institutional violence against women is markedly less than in the Third World.

[yoli647]

04:00 PM on 05/03/2010

So sad, RIP.

[gascelebrations]

03:56 PM on 05/03/2010

Major headline fail. But the way things have been rolling around here, I'm not surprised, and I'm sure this is nothing compared to where they're headed. GIGO - simple as that.

Anyway. Prayers for her family. What a horrible loss.

[captainindustry]

04:12 PM on 05/03/2010

garbage in garbage out????

[gascelebrations]

04:20 PM on 05/03/2010

Yeah. It's like some time in the past year they had a meeting and decided "let's make everything worse, and hire the right headline writers to do it!" This place sure has changed and not for the better.