attempted drug possession, and they say he s been clean for 12 years, going back to 1998. and he s admitted to his difficulties with cocaine abuse, and use while he was a player and also, after he was a player, and this just crossing right now, and fox news now confirm that lawrence taylor is being investigated as part of the rape that allegedly occurred in montebello, new york, sometime earlier today. there is a press conference, this afternoon, 2:00, eastern time, we should get more information, then. fox news confirming that, moments ago. martha: and there is new evidence, surfacing today, in the brutal murder of the uva lacrosse player, yardley love. virginia police have found a red stained jersey in the apartment of her poisboyfriend, who is al the suspect, george hughley, and the graduating senior was found in a pool of 0 her own blood that morning and details are emerging regarding george
where the piece of luggage is now sitting and we re watching the story, and in touch with officials at sea-tac in washington, crossing the wires here on america s newsroom. in the meantime, incriminating new evidence in a frightening story from the past, as new details emerge about the suspected lacrosse killer, the university of virginia. 22-year-old george hughley charged with murdering his former girlfriend, yardley love, a female lacrosse player, they found a shirt with red stains on it at his campus apartment and a female police officer recalling a terrifying confrontation with the suspect, in a drunken rage, some time ago. molly henneberg britons us up to speed, live in d.c. what more do you know about the suspect s run-ins with the law in the past and was it two years ago, 2008? reporter: bill, there were a couple of them, but, yes, george hughley was arrested in 08 in lexington, virginia for public intoxication and resisting
again, an evacuation under way in parts of that airport as a result of what s being described as a smoking bag. other headlines today, this one along the east coast where students at the university of virginia are still mourning the death of a popular senior and a lacrosse player, yeardley love. many are still wondering if there were warning signs she was in danger, warning signs that were missed. that is the silence at a vigil earlier today or earlier last night. we should note more than 1,500 students attending a campus memorial for the 22-year-old, love, last night. her former boyfriend, george hughley, told police he repeatedly hit her head against a wall after breaking down the door to her off-campus apartment late sunday night. meanwhile, the washington post is now reporting that besides george hughley s 2008 arrest for public intoxication and resisting arrest, eight of the 41 players on the university of virginia s men s lacrosse team have been charged with
alcohol-related offenses during their time at the university. charlottesville, virginia, police timothy longo joins us now. thanks for joining us, chief. within hours of this murder, your attention focused on george hughley. why? very quickly, detectives who were working the case began receiving information from sources of mr. hughley s relationship with the victim. we had more than sufficient facts and circumstances that began to engage him in discussion. he came to the police department voluntarily during his time here, there came a point where he was mirandized, waived his rights and provided detectives information that later resulted in us securing a document and charging him with first-degree murder. if you can, new search warrants have been octobbtainedt there was a stained shirt, two laptop letters, a letter addressed to yeardley love. what does all this tell you? the search warrant returns which are related to what you ve
just described there have since been sealed by the court, so i can t speak specifically to them. certainly we re looking for evidence that would support the charges that have been placed that would help make sense of the crime scene that we discovered. right now we re focused on trying to interview as many friends and relatives and teammates that can tell us a little bit more about the history of this couple, and particularly the warning signs that you spoke of earlier. finally, chief, we know from george hughley s attorney that they are not denying his client s admission that there was an altercation, that he was at yeardley love s apartment at that time. however, he is charged with first-degree murder right now. so they say it was a tragic accident. what evidence do you have that this was premeditated? certainly i m not going to comment on the defense that s been raised. i would simply suggest if you look at the information contained in the affidavits of those search warrants, it