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Details Emerge in UVA Murder: Violent Arguments Days Before Love Died
Days before her death, Yeardley Love struck George Huguelly with her purse.
Aug. 19, 2010 — -- In the days before University of Virginia lacrosse player Yeardley Love was brutally murdered, arguments between her and her on-and-off boyfriend had escalated to the point that Love clubbed him over the head with her purse, according to newly released court documents.
Love, 22, was found face down and bloodied in her Charlottesville, Va., apartment in the early morning hours of May 3. Fellow lacrosse player and romantic interest George Huguely, 23, was charged with her murder.
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Details of what happened between the young lovers is finally coming to light, suggesting that just three days before Love was found dead she had lashed out against Huguely, according to two search warrant affidavits.
One of Love's sorority sister's told authorities that she witnessed an "altercation" between her friend and Huguely during which "Love hit Huguely with her purse" hard enough to cause all of its contents to be strewn about his apartment.
Later, the friend told police Love realized that her cellphone and camera were missing and that she "believed it was still at Huguely's apartment." Love recovered the camera, but never got her cellphone back, according to the statement.
Days later, Love was dead and Huguely was faced with a first-degree murder charge.
A redacted e-mail exchange between Love and Huguely is also included in the court documents and is believed to have discussed the couple's recent breakup.
Huguely's attorney has long argued that Love's murder was a tragic mistake, and Huguely at the time waved his Miranda rights and told authorities exactly what had happened the night she was killed.
Huguely confessed to police, according to search warrants in the case, that in the early morning hours Monday, he kicked in the door to Yeardley Love's bedroom and shook her violently, repeatedly banging her head against the wall.
Love's body was found later Monday after an early morning 911 call, face down on her pillow in a pool of blood. Her face was covered in scrapes and bruises, according to the warrant, and her right eye was swollen shut.
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