UVA Lacrosse Player Charged With Murder

According to a story released by ABCNEWS (1), 22 year old George Huguely has been charged with the brutal death of his 22 year old girlfriend Yeardley Love. Both Huguely and Love were members of the University of Virginia varsity lacrosse teams. Details of the story are still being investigated.

Details that have been released are that Ms. Love was found in her bedroom laying face down on her pillow in a pool of blood and it seemed she had suffered severe blunt force trauma to the head and body.

Mr. Huguely and Ms. Love had been dating for almost a year. Both were star athletes on their respective teams. Both were set to graduate May 23 with degrees in their respective fields of study. Since the incident Mr. Huguely has withdrawn from the university and Ms. Love will receive her degree posthumously with the rest of her class. Both the men and women's lacrosse teams will compete in the NCAA lacrosse tournament in honor of Ms. Love.

Now, one has to wonder if this crime could have been prevented? My answer is yes. I feel that further screening of students would have shown that Mr. Huguely had a violent past. He was arrested in 2008 for public intoxication and resisting arrest. In fact during this arrest he even made threats to the female officer who was making the arrest. Now, this young girl has had her life taken away from her. All the hard work that she put in was taken away from her because the "boy" could not handle the fact that she was thru with him.

According to national statistics (2), one in five female college students are victims of domestic viloence. Also, one in 10 male students are also victims of domestic violence. And no most of these domestic violence incidents stem from athletes. These incidents are coming form ordinary students. How are university officials going to curb this cycle of violence? That question still remains to be answered. In fact, it may never be answered. For Ms. Love, the answer should HAVE came.





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1)www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/thelaw/yeardly-love-death-warning-signs-missed-ahead-universtiy/story?

2)www.webanswers.com