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Huguely convicted: Jury gives him 26 years in killing Published on Feb 22nd, 2012 428 comments Recent stories • Final day? Huguely arrives for judgment • The charges: What Huguely's jury must decide • Closing arguments: Intent and malice debated in Love's death *** • Countdown to death: An...
The charges: What Huguely's jury must decide Published on Feb 20th, 2012 113 comments George Wesley Huguely V faces six charges in the death of Yeardley Love, including first-degree murder and its possible life sentence. The verdict will be determined after this issue of the Hook goes...
Closing arguments: Intent and malice debated in Love's death Published on Feb 18th, 2012 120 comments Attorneys in the murder trial of George Huguely made their final pleas to the jury to convict– or not convict so harshly– the defendant for the death of Yeardley Love after the defense...
Not blunt force: Defense continues theme, as email angers judge Published on Feb 18th, 2012 68 comments Later on Saturday: • Closing arguments: Intent and malice debated in Love's death More Huguely stories: • Friday defense: Former high-schoolers tell of Love purse-smacking Huguely • Chasing Any:...
Friday defense: Former high-schoolers tell of Love purse-smacking Huguely Published on Feb 17th, 2012 159 comments More Huguely stories • Chasing Any: Three women rebuff Huguely meet-ups • Forensic litany: Lots of exhibits, less DNA evidence • Tuesday testimony: Huguely jurors get lesson in brain bleeding •...
Not trauma: Brain doc says CPR did the damage Published on Feb 15th, 2012 28 comments More Huguely stories • Chasing any: Three women rebuff Huguely meet-ups • Forensic litany: Lots of exhibits, less DNA evidence • Tuesday testimony: Huguely jurors get lesson in brain bleeding •...
Chasing Any: Three women rebuff Huguely meet-ups; five laxers smash planned alibi Published on Feb 15th, 2012 164 comments More Huguely stories • Forensic litany: Lots of exhibits, less DNA evidence • Tuesday testimony: Huguely jurors get lesson in brain bleeding • Brutal force? Love's injuries conjure visions of...
Follow the Huguely case online too Published on Feb 15th, 2012 0 comments Some fresh Huguely stories • Forensic litany: Lots of exhibits, less DNA evidence • Tuesday testimony: Huguely jurors get lesson in brain bleeding • Brutal force? Love's injuries conjure visions of...
Forensic litany: Lots of exhibits, less DNA evidence Published on Feb 14th, 2012 38 comments More Huguely stories • Tuesday testimony: Huguely jurors get lesson in brain bleeding • Brutal force? Love's injuries conjure visions of strangulation, smothering • Bombshells away: Huguely...
Tuesday testimony: Huguely jurors get lesson in brain bleeding Published on Feb 14th, 2012 83 comments Day Five Tuesday, February 14 Jurors became students Tuesday morning as Medical College of Virginia-based brain doctor Christine Fuller testified about the various cuts and blood she found in the...
Brutal force? Love's injuries conjure visions of strangulation, smothering Published on Feb 13th, 2012 50 comments Day Four Monday, February 13 - PM From a hemorrhage in her neck suggestive of strangulation to facial injuries consistent with smothering to signs of blunt force trauma on nearly every part of her...
Countdown to death: An action timeline of George Huguely V Published on Feb 12th, 2012 47 comments Huguely suited up for lacrosse action. Fall 2006 - Having excelled as both a lacrosse player (and as the starting football quarterback) at the Landon School, Huguely enrolls in the University of...
Huguely: 'How the f*** is she dead?' Published on Feb 10th, 2012 131 comments Day Three Friday, February 10 A police interrogation videotape began with a groggy George W. Huguely V recounting copious amounts of alcohol he began consuming that fateful Sunday morning and...
Off steroids? Slimmer Huguely prompts chem speculation Published on Feb 10th, 2012 77 comments The dramatically different look of the on-trial George Huguely could stem from a lack of steroids behind bars, says Hook legal analyst David Heilberg, who cautions that his theory about the...
'Out of control': Witnesses say Huguely's drinking escalated Published on Feb 9th, 2012 64 comments Day Two Thursday, February 9 - afternoon When University of North Carolina lacrosse player MIke Burns came to visit friends at UVA in the winter of 2010, he witnessed an altercation between...
Tough morning: Photos bring tears at Huguely trial Published on Feb 9th, 2012 12 comments Day Two Thursday, February 9 - morning Jurors responded stoically as they got their first painful glimpse of a deceased Yeardley Love on Thursday morning, as the prosecution in the trial of accused...
Analyst says: Huguely still heading for a conviction Published on Feb 9th, 2012 37 comments Despite the previous day's revelation that after getting brutally beaten Yeardley Love survived for two hours, longtime Hook legal analyst David Heilberg indicates that he stands by his...
Hook turns 10: A decade of digging Published on Feb 9th, 2012 7 comments The tale of the Hook's sudden founding ten years ago has oft been told, so I won't rehash it here. What I will repeat are a few exciting highlights. My personal favorite is the fact that the first...
Crib death? Defense insists Huguely merely 'contributed' Published on Feb 8th, 2012 54 comments After getting taunted as a less-talented sex partner than a rival lacrosse player, George W. Huguely V sent on-again/off-again girlfriend Yeardley Love an email that he may live to regret: "I should...
Big scrap: Artists fight for their right to pick Published on Feb 6th, 2012 7 comments If you've ever hauled junk to the Meade Avenue place long known as Coiner's Scrap Iron and Metal, there's a chance that your old gutter, gear, appliance, or tin slab never got melted down, that it...
Bloody Sunday? Repeal of hunting ban thrills-- and chills Published on Jan 31st, 2012 55 comments When Karen Wood was shot to death in her own backyard in 1988 while wearing white mittens, some suggested the Maine woman's death was her own fault. After all, those mittens might resemble a deer's...
Life behind bars: it's more than just pouring drinks Published on Jan 25th, 2012 23 comments Everyone knows the story of Charlottesville's most famous bartender, you know, that musician guy who worked at Miller's before becoming a world renowned rock star... what's his name? Well, many...
Final days: Emails show VQR's 'awkward workplace scenario' Published on Jan 20th, 2012 21 comments "At this point, frankly, I feel I have little protection offered by the University, and I see little or no evidence of any oversight of Ted [Genoways] by the University." – Kevin Morrissey in...
Meadow Creek Parkway: Rubber hits road Published on Jan 12th, 2012 18 comments The man touted as instrumental in getting what was long called the Meadow Creek Parkway built– or at least 1.4 miles of it– wasn't there. Former U.S. Senator John W. Warner, 84, checked...
Broken beauty: The lofty life and tragic death of Linda Doig Published on Jan 4th, 2012 29 comments "She had further to fall than I did," says the wiry, bearded man, gesturing to his companion on a beat-up sofa. Next to him sits a tall but weathered blond who nods in agreement and asks the man to...
Unclouded: Sabato predicts for 2012 Published on Dec 22nd, 2011 25 comments Political pundit and Crystal Ball-meister Larry Sabato is the go-to guy in an election year, but as much as the Hook tried to lure him into some early prognosticating, Sabato likens any predictions...
Year in review: The best and worst of 2011 Published on Dec 22nd, 2011 2 comments December 22, 2011 Since the Hook started doing a year-in-review issue 10 years ago, we've always wanted to say that this is the best year ever: The economy is on a roll, employers are hiring as fast...
Year in music: Avett Brothers twice, Lucinda Williams, and the Civil Wars Published on Dec 21st, 2011 5 comments Despite its small size, Charlottesville has long held its well-deserved reputation as a music town. For its size and scope, the sheer amount of musical talent that resides (and stops through) town is...
Person of the year: Ken Boyd. King of the road... and the midnight vote Published on Dec 15th, 2011 18 comments If Ken Boyd's entire political career were an Aesop's fable, he'd be the slow-and-steady tortoise. But when the opportunity arose earlier this year, the usually mild-mannered Republican maneuvered...
Person of the year: The runners up Published on Dec 15th, 2011 51 comments Images in slideshow GIL HARRINGTONWhen the remains of her daughter Morgan were discovered on a southern Albemarle County farm nearly two years ago, Gil Harrington could have let searing anguish...