This is becoming an even sadder day. Howard's girlfriend is pregnant. Howard was really looking forward to becoming a father.
He won't get the chance.
Jasper Howard was stabbed at 12:30 a.m. and taken to St. Francis Hospital in Hartford. Randy Edsall got the call and immediately went to Hartford. There were members of the team there and Edsall had to break the news to the team that Howard had died.
Edsall first learned of the situation after Jerome Junior (who wasn't there) called Tim Pendergast Director of Operations, who then called Edsall.
Edsall was called in by the doctor to identify the body, which he did. He then had to call Howard's mother and break the news. Edsall then went into the emergency room and told the teammates who were there.
"That is not in my job description to identify bodies, and call families," Edsall said.
There was a team meeting at 6 a.m., with 90 percent of the team there, where he broke the news to the team.
As far as the investigation, there were other football players there at the dance and plenty of witnesses. The other person who was stabbed is a UConn student, but they wouldn't say whether that student was another student athlete. That student has been released from the hospital.
The suspect is still at large. The police department doesn't feel that he is a threat to the university community, and that this was not a random act. No details on what started precipitated the fight at the Student Union dance. The entire street the student union to Gampel is blocked off in Yellow tape.
I have a sick feeling in my stomach.
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