( CNN ) -- A male University of Virginia lacrosse player was charged with first degree murder Monday after a member of the school 's women 's lacrosse team was found dead in her apartment , police said . Police were initially called to the off-campus apartment by a roommate who reported `` a possible alcohol overdose , '' said Tim Longo , chief of police in Charlottesville , Virginia . `` It was quickly apparent to them this young lady was the victim of something far worse , '' Longo said . Police identified the dead student as Yeardley Love , 22 , a senior from Cockeysville , Maryland . Investigators `` fairly quickly '' focused on George Huguely from Chevy Chase , Maryland , as a suspect , Longo said . Huguely , a senior , is on the men 's lacrosse team and was charged with murder , he said . Police are interviewing friends of Love and Huguely to determine what their relationship was , he said . `` That she appears now to have been murdered by another student compounds this sense of loss by suggesting that Yeardley died without comfort or consolation from those closest to her , '' University of Virginia President John Casteen said . `` We know no explanation of what appears now to have happened , '' he said .
Huguely , member of Cockeysville 's women 's lacrosse team , found dead in apartment . Huguely , member of school 's men 's lacrosse team , charged with murder . Police interviewing friends to determine what relationship between Love , Huguely was . The lastest on the investigaton on tonight 's `` Nancy Grace '' , HLN 8 p.m . ET .