doctor christine fuller a neuuo- experinced such great force that it"twisted" the blood vessels in heruuler ffond ootusions or bruises on the brain.which means there has been blunt force trauma to the head.huguely's defense attempted to discredit the commonwealth's witness by indicating she laaced experience in identifyiig blunt force trauma as it relates to a crime being committed.during george with police following the g murder if 22 year old yeardley love ...detectives asked tte petective: at any time when you were shaking her was her head hitting the wall?huguely: "i wasn't throwing her against the wall.... we were wrestling and i pushed her on the bed and left. she had a bloody nose. i may have grabbeddher bbt by the neck, but i never suffocated her."late this afternoon medical examiner doctor williaa gormley took the stand and testified that22 p resuut of her heart stoppiig and that it was brought on by brain injuries she sustained from resulted blunt force trauma to the head. 3 3 stay with fox45 for continuuig coverage of the can get the lattst updates you - arouud the clock....

christine fuller said there were bruises in the middle crania on both sides of her head. she said they were consistent with either a fall from a height or a punch to the head. particularly if the punch was into a wall or the floor. but she said those injuries were too minor to kill her. instead, both pathologists describe bruising and bleeding they found in love's brain stem. the area of the brain that controls your breathing and your heartbeat. they said they were caused by a sudden snapping of her head. a twisting motion with sudden acceleration and deceleration. huguely's lawyers forced the pathologist to admit they had no idea how much force would be required, but investigators believe huguely slammed love's head against the floor or the wall of her bedroom. doctor beatrice said it showed the injury was inflicted at least two hours before she died alone in her room with no one to help her. bruce leshan, 9news now. >> and the pathologist managed to cut a big hole in the defense theory that her injuries may have been caused by cpr. no indication of a recognizable sign o

a woman, a doctor from bc -- vcu named christine fuller. what she found was a lot of small bruises and bleeding all over the young woman's brain. she describe bruises in the middle cranial fossa over the temples on either side of yeardley love's head. she said they were consistent with either a fall from a height or a punch to the head particularly a punch into a wall or into the floor. but she said those injuries were not bad enough to kill the uva lacrosse player. she also described bruising and bleeding in love's brain stem. that is the area of the brain that controls your breathing and your heart beat. she described them as torque or twisting injuries. caused by a sudden acceleration or deceleration of the head like it suddenly snapped back and forth. she said those injured could have caused sudden death. she never tied those injuries to a punch to the head or a slam against the floor. but you can imagine. she was also asked about cpr. one of the defense theories is that the injuries to love's brains might have been caused by a sudden r

christine fuller said bruises to her brain near her temples were consistent with either a fall from a height or punch to the head. particularly if the punch was into a wall or the floor. but she said those injuries were too minor to kill her. instead, both pathologists describe bruising and bleeding they found in love's brain stem. the area of the brain that controls your breathing and your heartbeat. they said those injuries were caused by a sudden snapping of her head. a twisting motion with sudden acceleration and deceleration. huguely's lawyers forced the pathologist with no idea how much force would be required. >> investigators believe that huguely slammed yeardley love's head into either the wall or the floor of her bedroom over near uva. now, the trial is actually going late right now, but the prosecutor says if it goes late enough, he may wrap up tomorrow. anita. >> tough stuff to listen to. bruce leshan, thank you. >>> d.c. police have arrested a man in a deadly shooting that took place outside a dupont circle restaurant last thanksgiving weekend. 29-year-old brandon terri o

christine fuller performed the autopsy on yeardley love of the brain. numerous photos of her brain is dissected into sections were shown to the jury as the doctor explained several abnormalitie'' that she noticed. among the highlights, contusions and in the left and right side of the brain that her opinion recall my blood force trauma. she said for example from the speeding up and rapid stop of the head, which could happen from both and slamming against a wall or structure. there was hemorrhaging in the brain stem that she said was all so consistent and it brought project with a blunt force trauma. -- all " -- also consistent with a blunt force trauma. >> another expert was brought in to get -- to give a second opinion and to conduct a special stain tests that dr. fuller did not have access to it the time of the autopsy. dr. lopez fully agreed with dr. fuller's autopsy and stated that the injuries could only have come from trauma, and not cpr has done by gmt's at the scene. we now expect the doctor will not discuss exactly how yeardley love died. we wil

christine fuller said there were bruises in the middle cranium, near the young woman's temples on bothes of her head. she said they were consistent with either a fall from a height or a punch to the head. particularly if the punch was into a wall or the floor. but she said those injuries were too minor to kill her. instead, both pathologists describe bruising and bleeding they found in love's brain stem. the area of the brain that controls your breathing and your heartbeat. they said they were caused by a sudden snapping of her head. a twisting motion with sudden acceleration and deceleration. huguely's lawyer forced the pathologist to admit they had no idea what caused that or how much force would be required. but investigators believe huguely slammed love's head against the floor or the wall of her bedroom. doctor beatrice testified that a chemical stain showed the injury to love's brain was inflicted at least two hours before she died alone in her room with no one to help her. the pathologist also cut a big hole in one of the defense theories here, that the injuries to yeardley love

christine fuller used a model of a skull and brain to describe the contusions and hemorrhages she found in love's brain. fuller says they were the type of injuries created by shearing force, the brain bumping against the skull or a torque-like force. prosecutor chapman is, could it come from a fall? dr. fuller, yes. prosecutor chapman, could it come from a fall? dr. fuller, potentially but from a height not just a ground level fall. both brain doctors testified the injury near love's brain stem likely caused cardiac aregion mia that led to cardiac pull know marry failure, a slow death that could have taken two hours or more. forensic specialists are on the stand now. there's been a lot of speculation regarding a beer can collected as evidence. they were not able to obtain a discernible fingerprint from that. the prosecution says it will finish its case sometime tomorrow. reporting live from charlottesville, news4. >>> trial is now under way for five men accused in one of our city's most notorious crimes. jury selection began today in what's called the southeast mass shooting. nine peopl

christine fuller used a model of a skull and brain later passed around to the jury to describe where she found blunt force injuries to the 22-year-old victim's brain. 24-year-old george huguely faces first-degree murder charges. prosecutors say he broke into yeardley love's bedroom, shook her, hit her against the wall, and then left her to die on her bed. dr. fuller says she found contusions in love's brain along with hemorrhages, the type of injuries caused by sheering force of the brain bumping against the skull or from a torque-like force. asked prosecutor david chapman, could it have come from a blow? dr. fuller, yes. prosecutor chapman, could it have come from a paul? doctor fuller, potentially but usually a fall from a height, not ground-level fall. the second pathologist testified about month a more sophisticated test she >> thank you. >>> millions of whitney houston fans are learning they will no longer be aiblg to attend a public memorial. her family announced a private funeral will be held saturday at the new hope baptist church in newark, new jersey, the same dhuch where h