Yeardley Love
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| Date | May 3, 2010 |
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| Location | 222 14th Street, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA |
| Coordinates | 38°02′08″N 78°29′56″W / 38.035568°N 78.498778°WCoordinates: 38°02′08″N 78°29′56″W / 38.035568°N 78.498778°W |
| Cause | Blunt force trauma |
| Deaths | Yeardley Love |
| Burial | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Suspect(s) | George Wesley Huguely V |
| Charges | First degree murder, felony murder, robbery of a residence, burglary, entering a house with an intent to commit a felony, grand larceny |
| Verdict | Guilty, sentenced to 23 years in prison (release date of 2029) |
| Yeardley Love | |
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| Born |
Yeardley Reynolds Love July 17, 1987 Baltimore, Maryland |
| Died | May 3, 2010 (aged 22) Charlottesville, Virginia |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Virginia |
| Occupation | College student-athlete |
| George Huguely | |
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| Born |
George Wesley Huguely V September 17, 1987 Washington, D.C. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | College student-athlete (at the time of the murder) |
| Criminal charge | First degree murder, felony murder, robbery of a residence, burglary, entering a house with an intent to commit a felony, and grand larceny |
| Criminal penalty | Formal sentence of 23 years (following a jury recommendation of 26 years) |
| Criminal status | Currently held at Augusta Correctional Facility, Craigsville, VA |
| Conviction(s) | Second degree murder, grand larceny |
The murder of Yeardley Love took place 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. Later that day, UVA men's lacrosse player George Wesley Huguely V, originally of Chevy Chase, Maryland, was arrested by Charlottesville Police. Huguely was tried and found guilty of Love's murder.
Yeardley Reynolds Love was born on July 17, 1987, in Baltimore, Maryland, to John and Sharon Love. She resided in Cockeysville, Maryland. At Notre Dame Preparatory School, Love was a member of the varsity lacrosse and field hockey teams all four years and was an All-County lacrosse player in 2006. Love was admitted to the University of Virginia, where she majored in government and minored in Spanish. She was also a member of the sorority Kappa Alpha Theta. As a member of the UVA women's lacrosse team, the Cavaliers, Love scored her first goal in her first game, playing against Virginia Tech. Love started in nine of her 16 games in 2009 and in three of her 15 games in 2010.
George Wesley Huguely V was born on September 17, 1987, in Washington, D.C., to George Huguely IV and Marta Murphy, who subsequently divorced. Huguely attended the all-boys Landon School in Bethesda, Maryland, and resided in Chevy Chase, Maryland. At Landon, Huguely was an All-American lacrosse player and played football as well. During his senior year at Landon, Huguely was the quarterback of the football team.
In 2007, Huguely was charged with underage possession of alcohol in Florida, where his family owns a vacation home. In 2008, Huguely was arrested for public drunkenness and resisting arrest outside the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity house at Washington and Lee University; police tased Huguely to subdue him. In that incident, Huguely received a suspended sentence of 60 days and six months of probation, was fined, and was ordered to perform community service and participate in a drug treatment program. He did not disclose this arrest to the University of Virginia, despite a requirement to do so. During the 2010 season, Huguely was a midfielder for the Virginia Cavaliers men's lacrosse team. He majored in anthropology at Virginia.
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