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Coroner testifies at Va. lacrosse slaying trial
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Medical experts testified Tuesday at the murder trial of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player that his ex-girlfriend suffered brain injuries consistent with blunt force trauma such as a punch and that alcohol and a prescription drug in her system did not play a role in her death. Dr. Michael Gormley, […]
Officer describes Huguely injuries at U.Va. murder trial
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A former University of Virginia lacrosse player accused of killing his ex-girlfriend had bruises and scrapes on his legs, arms and knuckles hours after her body was found, a police officer testified Monday. Patrolman Jeremy Carper testified in Charlottesville Circuit Court about police photographs he took of George Huguely V on May […]
Jurors in lacrosse trial watch police interview
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A former University of Virginia lacrosse player said he got physical with his former girlfriend but did not kill her, sobbing and saying “she’s not dead” when detectives told him she died, according to a videotape played Friday at his murder trial. George Huguely V sobbed on the videotape showing his police […]
At trial, police testify to finding beaten lacrosse player
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Police officers who responded to what they thought was an alcohol overdose of a University of Virginia lacrosse player found her bruised and bloodied body, and quickly realized her apartment was a crime scene, according to testimony Thursday. The officers testified in the murder trial of George Huguely V, who played on […]
Email becomes focus at Va. lacrosse player’s trial
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A former University of Virginia lacrosse player and the ex-girlfriend he is accused of killing traded allegations of infidelity and angry emails in the months before her death, with one of his messages saying: “I should have killed you,” prosecutors said Wednesday. George Huguely V faces murder and other charges in the […]
Fights detailed at start of UVa. lacrosse player trial
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A former University of Virginia lacrosse player and the ex-girlfriend he is accused of killing traded allegations of infidelity and angry emails in the months before her death, with one of his messages saying: “I should have killed you,” prosecutors said Wednesday. George Huguely V faces murder and other charges in the […]
Opening statements expected in U.Va. lacrosse death trial
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Opening statements are expected in the trial of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player charged with killing his ex-girlfriend. A jury of seven men and seven women was seated Wednesday morning in the trial of George Huguely V. Two of the jurors will be designated as alternates at the end of […]
Jury pool narrows in ex-U.Va. lacrosse player case
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Attorneys on Tuesday narrowed their pool of potential jurors in the trial of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player accused of killing his ex-girlfriend. Prosecutors and defense lawyers settled on a group from which they will choose 12 jurors and three alternates for the trial of George Huguely V. He has […]
Jury selection for ex-U.Va. athlete continues
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Jury selection continues in the case of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player accused of killing his ex-girlfriend. George Huguely V of Chevy Chase, pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and other charges on Monday. It was his first court appearance since his arrest in 2010, when he was ordered held […]
Jury selection under way in murder trial of U.Va. lacrosse player
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Jury selection is under way in the trial of a University of Virginia lacrosse player accused of killing his ex-girlfriend, a player on the women’s lacrosse team. George Huguely V, of Chevy Chase, pleaded not guilty Monday in Charlottesville Circuit Court to first-degree murder, robbery, burglary, breaking and entering, grand larceny and […]
Judge denies family motion in UVa lax slaying case
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A Charlottesville judge says a former University of Virginia lacrosse player’s family can’t testify at any sentencing proceedings if they’re in the courtroom for his trial on murder charges. Lawyers for George Huguely had sought to lift a ban on such testimony. If Huguely is convicted, his lawyers argued that the trial […]
Huguely defense can see medical records in lacrosse killing
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Attorneys for a University of Virginia lacrosse player charged with killing a female lacrosse star will be allowed to examine her medical records, a judge ruled Monday. Charlottesville Circuit Court Judge Edward Hogshire ruled after an hour-long, private session with both sides that attorneys for George Huguely, 24, of Chevy Chase, could […]
