George Huguely Emailed Yeardley Love: "I Should Have Killed You"

Former UVA lacrosse star George Huguely allegedly emailed his ex-girlfriend Yeardley Love with the message "I should have killed you" shortly before she died of blunt force trauma to the head, prosecutors say.

Huguely, 24, has been charged with first degree murder in connection with the death of Love who was found dead in her dorm room on May 2, 2010. Love, 22, was a a senior at UVA and a fellow lacrosse player.

In the opening statements of his trial today, Prosecutor Dave Chapman detailed Huguely's history of violence with Love, and the extent of his allegedly murderous actions that night.

Chapman claimed that Huguely came over to Love's room in a rage, kicked in her door, beat her and threw her against the wall. He then took her computer and left the room, leaving Love to die.

Love and Huguely had had a turbulent history. Friends allege Huguely had put her in a choke hold prior to her death.

However, when it was his turn to speak Huguely's defense attorney Francis McQ. Lawrence, painted a different version of the events of May 2. Lawrence claimed that Huguely went over to Love's room to have a talk. Love allegedly struck Huguely first with her purse, which led to a struggle on the floor and on the bed, but Lawrence maintained that Huguely left Love with "a slight nose bleed."

The defense claimed Love died from an irregular heartbeat.

Lawrence also contends that Huguely took Love's computer out of an "immature compulsiveness" so he could contrive a meeting the next day, not, as prosecutors allege, to cover his tracks.

"He's not complex, he's a lacrosse player" Lawrence reportedly said.

Prosecutors described Love's injuries as so serious that a medical examiner had to dissect her brain to determine how she died.

Comments

[fauxrealgirl]

09:25 PM on 02/08/2012

The 'boys in the block' are going to party with this pretty-boy....Ooooo, wouldn't want to be him.

[GSR]

07:19 PM on 02/08/2012

He's not complex, he's a lacrosse player.

[Tigerama]

07:10 PM on 02/08/2012

That kid is going to be very popular in prison, where maybe he'll also be thrown into a wall.

[Captcliff]

06:23 PM on 02/08/2012

I know a female radiologist in Florida who would just love to meet with this psycho and probably write a dew songs in his defense. She's got this whole "saving their souls" thing down pat.

[sdave]

06:21 PM on 02/08/2012

What a selfish pig....couldn't take no for an answer, so he brutally murders her. Well, this young pretty boy will find himself mighty popular in prison.

[BeachWar]

06:05 PM on 02/08/2012

His lawyer seems really bright.

[PhineasGage730]

05:56 PM on 02/08/2012

"He's not complex, he's a lacrosse player."

Seriously? That's what he opens with?

[hopein2012]

05:37 PM on 02/09/2012

agreed

[geejai54]

05:51 PM on 02/08/2012

"He's not complex, he's a lacrosse player" his lawyer reportedly said.

If this is his lawyers best defense this guy is in big trouble.

[dbsherri]

05:49 PM on 02/08/2012

The defense it saying she died of heart problems and the ME had to dissect her brain due to her injuries....that's quite the differnce....I hope the jury gets to hear what the ME is saying,..it's often surpressed, unfortunately. I remember this story.....I hope he burns in prison, then again in the afterlife.

[MiddleRiver]

05:44 PM on 02/08/2012

Left her with a "slight nose bleed"?

That's the best defense daddy's money can buy? He might as well confess.

[roshni]

05:42 PM on 02/08/2012

he is disgusting! That poor girl.

[sharpstick]

05:37 PM on 02/08/2012

He took her computer and then emailed a message to her.

Are all lacrosse players this bright?

[typeterson]

05:35 PM on 02/08/2012

another spoiled rich kid who has probably never been told no in his life, hence the inability to process rejection from a girl, and the tragic and gross over-reaction to it.

let's hope that justice prevails over is dad's money.

[projustice]

05:48 PM on 02/08/2012

Do you mean this in comparison to the spoiled rich kids on the Duke lacrosse team? In this case however, it does appear this kid is probably guilty.

Sociopaths come from all socioeconomic classes from the very wealthy to the very poor.

Nature vs. nurture is batted back and forth all day however, money is NOT the determining factor. That is for sure.

[typeterson]

06:16 PM on 02/08/2012

that's exactly what i mean, but i also agree with everything else you said too.

but, in the cases of sociopaths that come from the upper class, money certainly does play a role in their development. they develop a sense of invincibility, largely in part because they know when they get caught doing something wrong that they have a better chance of getting away with it because mom, dad, grandpa, whoever enables their behavior will pay the problem away. it's not new.

[mzrecycle]

05:26 PM on 02/08/2012

Prosecuters' statement that it was necessary to dissect her brain to determine the cause of death is lame. That would be the usual procedure.

[PhineasGage730]

05:58 PM on 02/08/2012

Wow...please tell me you know this kid and it's blind loyalty and not willful ignorance that made you write that?

Dissecting a murder victims brain to learn the cause of death is not even close to standard (or "usual") procedure.

[Caroleeena]

07:11 PM on 02/08/2012

No. Brain dissection is not a common autopsy procedure.

[mzrecycle]

12:33 PM on 02/09/2012

It IS usual when the body shows injury to the head. There could be a malformation that actually caused the death incidental to the injuries to the head. Dissection will show this.

[mzrecycle]

02:40 PM on 02/09/2012

If the body shows injury to the head, before saying death is due to injury, dissection of the head WOULD be done. To show that there was no underlying cause or malformation that caused the death.

[MiddleRiver]

05:42 PM on 02/08/2012

It's called a jock strap. Unless he also raced horses...

[Caroleeena]

07:11 PM on 02/08/2012

That doesn't even make any sense...