CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Yeardley Love, a University of Virginia women’s lacrosse player, was found dead early Monday at her apartment, authorities said.
George Huguely, a men’s lacrosse player at the university, has been charged with killing Love.
Huguely and Love, both 22, had a past relationship, police said.
Love, a native of Cockeysville, Md., starred at Notre Dame Prep before joining the Cavaliers. A Facebook memorial page set up in her honor was flooded with grieving messages soon after her death was announced.
In a statement to the school community, UVA President John Casteen said "this death moves us to deep anguish for the loss of a student of uncommon talent and promise, and we express the University’s and our own sympathy for Yeardley’s family, teammates, and friends. That she appears now to have been murdered by another student compounds this sense of loss by suggesting that Yeardley died without comfort or consolation from those closest to her. We mourn her death and feel anger on reading that the investigators believe that another student caused it."
"Police investigators and the courts will eventually determine what happened and make judgments on the basis of evidence submitted by the police and the Commonwealth’s Attorney," the statement continued. "Meantime, along with all in the University and family members and friends elsewhere, we grieve and ache for this loss."
Casteen ended his statement by saying that "however little we may not know now about Yeardley Love’s death, we do know that she did not have or deserve to die–that she deserved the bright future she earned growing up, studying here, and developing her talents as a lacrosse player. She deserves to be remembered for her human goodness, her capacity for future greatness, and not for the terrible way in which her young life has ended."
Also see: Yeardley Love Facebook Page
