TIME: Death of UVA student Yeardley Love one of year’s top crime stories

Along with the arrest of Joran van der Sloot, the trial of Elizabeth Smart’s captor and bullying debates surrounding the death of Rutgers student Tyler Clementi, the death of UVA student Yeardley Love and subsequent arrest of her ex-boyfriend George Huguely on a charge of first-degree murder was named one of the top 10 crime stories of the year by TIME.

Huguely’s preliminary hearing is scheduled for January 21. To read C-VILLE’s coverage of Love’s death and Huguely’s arrest, click here.

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