UVa lacrosse player dead, another in custody

Updated:5:10 p.m.

University of Virginia President John T. Casteen III has released a new statement in reaction to the arrest of a UVa lacrosse player in the death of another player.

“Although we know nothing other than what appears in the Charlottesville Police Department’s more recent statement, 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 Love’s] family, team-mates, and friends,” Casteen wrote in the statement. “That she appears now to have been [slain] 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.”

Casteen also told students they could arrange for counseling by calling the dean of students’ office at 924-7133. He also urged students to call in and let officials know about students who need help grieving but are not seeking it on their own.

“And let us all acknowledge that, however little we may 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,” Casteen’s statement continued. “She deserves to be remembered for her human goodness, her capacity for future greatness, and for the terrible way in which her young life has ended.”

George Huguely, 22, a fourth-year student from Chevy Chase, Md., has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Love, 22, a fourth-year student from Cockeysville, Md., according to police.

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A University of Virginia men’s lacrosse player has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a UVa women’s lacrosse player, according to Charlottesville police.

George Huguely, 22, a fourth-year student from Chevy Chase, Md., is in the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail, according to a statement from police.

The victim has been identified as Yeardley Love, 22, a fourth-year student from Cockeysville, Md., according to police.

Officials haven’t determined a cause of death, but Love’s body, which was found at a 14th Street Northwest apartment, showed physical trauma, according to the statement.

Witnesses told police Huguely and Love had been in a relationship, according to authorities.

Police ask anyone with information to call Sgt. Mark Brake at 970-3970 or Crimestoppers at 977-4000.

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Police are investigating the death of a University of Virginia student this morning as a possible homicide.

City spokesman Ric Barrick said the student was found by authorities in an apartment on 14th St. NW at about 2:15 a.m. after receiving a call about a "possible alcohol overdose."

"Officers arrived and found a female University of Virginia student unresponsive in the apartment," according to the city news release. "Police officers and rescue personnel who were called to the scene attempted to revive the victim but were unsuccessful."

The student's identification is being withheld until her next of kin are notified.