sister. dagestan has been plagued for a decade. two explosion ins a russian coal mine, 84 people are still trapped there. rescue efforts are suspended because of high methane levels. the mine is in the kemerovo region. hope i m saying it right. in moscow. mourners for yeardley love, the 22-year-old university of virginia lacrosse player beaten to death last week. george hughley has been arrested. she ll be awarded a degree po post posthumously. and many of the transatlantic flights had to reroute further south to avoid the ash.
boyfriend. hughley has a longer criminal record than first thought. in 2008, hughley jumped off his father s yacht in florida while drunk. he had to be rescued from the ocean. in 2007, he had another run-in with police, charged with possession of an alcoholic beverage by a minor. he was also arrested in virginia for public swearing and intoxication and resisting arrest. university officials say they had no idea. let me say first there are a number of depths in this situation that concern me. reporter: but now lawmakers, including virginia s governor, are considering a tough new law allowing police to make arrests. too late for yeardley love, honored friday in a wake, laid to rest today in a private service and remembered forever by those who loved her.
process at this point. they re interviewing family members, friends, people that knew about the relationship and that there may have been problems before. to sort of create a timeline, up until the point of this incident earlier this week. okay. so what about george cooley and his attorneys. what do they say happened? earlier this week, hughley was in court. he did not enter a plea. he is expected to be back in court june 10th, and we ll find out then how the investigation is expected to go on their side. i m curious how much of the past will be brought into this. hughley has a past. back in 2009, he attacked a lacrosse teammate after hearing he had kissed love. are officials saying much about
had to be here to say goodbye. yeardley love will be laid to rest here monday, a short life put to an end by her boyfriend, george hughley. i ve been crying for days on end. no mother, nobody should ever have to go through this. i just think of so much outpouring of sympathy to the family. i think it says a lot about yeardley. the family provided the fbi with new pictures of yeardley, taken just a month before her murder. they call her an angel and say they can t imagine life without her. they say she was beaten, presumably, to death by george hughley, her on-again, off-again
love back in a wake in her hometown. jeff ross en is in maryland thi morning. good morning. reporter: good morning to you. somber day here, of course. three hours from the uva campus right nearby where yeardley love grew up. a very difficult day, of course. they expect hundreds if not thousands to show up today. tomorrow morning is the funeral service. this morning we re lorng more about george hughley. he has a much longer criminal past than originally thought. we told you and we ve been reporting for a couple of days that he was arrested in virginia for public intoxication and swearing in addition to resisting arrest where he reportedly threatened to kill the arresting police officer. that was in virginia back in 2008. now it turns out in south florida near his family s million-dollar estate. both of them involve alcohol. he was arrested for public