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Timeline: Jasper Howard Stabbing
Click here for stories, pictures and video on the stabbing death of UConn cornerback Jasper Howard
Oct. 18: Jasper Howard was stabbed just after 12:30 a.m., hours after UConn's win over Louisville, during an altercation near the Student Union after a party in the building.
-Howard was airlifted by Life Star from Windham Community Memorial Hospital to St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, where he died.
-UConn football coach Randy Edsall received a call about the incident at 1 a.m. and identified Howard's body at 4 a.m. at St. Francis.
Oct. 20: Police questioned — but have not arrested — a Bloomfield man about his possible role in the stabbing death, according to a Hartford attorney.
-UConn police ask the public to share any photos or videos taking during the dance near the stabbing scene.
Oct. 23: UConn police said witnesses to Howard's killing were threatened on Internet postings with violence if they come forward with evidence.
Oct. 24: The state police dive team searched Swan Lake near the entrance to the UConn campus for about eight hours, apparently in an attempt to find evidence.
-The Huskies play their first game since Howard's death, a 28-24 loss to West Virginia in Morgantown.
Oct. 25: The team travels to Miami for Jasper Howard's funeral.
Oct. 26: Jasper Howard's funeral.
Oct. 27: State and University of Connecticut police arrest John W. Lomax, of Bloomfield; Hakim Muhammad, of Bloomfield and Jamal Todd, of Hartford in the stabbing of Jasper Howard. Lomax is charged with murder.
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State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has demanded that a Pennsylvania-based T-shirt seller stop selling merchandise that memorializes slain UConn football player Jasper Howard.
Gamedaytease.com says on its website that proceeds from sales of the merchandise will benefit Howard's unborn child. The website is also soliciting donations to benefit Howard's child.
Blumenthal said gamedaytease.com is violating state and copyright laws and has failed to show it has permission to collect money on behalf of Howard's family or UConn. "Any attempt to exploit Howard's tragic death is despicable and unconscionable," Blumenthal said.
Mike Margittai said no one is trying to do any such thing. Margittai, 25, of St. Petersburg, Fla., said he's a huge college football fan who followed Howard when he was still in high school. Upon learning of Howard's death, Margittai said he wanted to try to do something positive for Howard's family, and contacted his friend, Braden Byler, who owns gamedaytease.com.
"We're just a bunch of kids that were affected by the situation and have friends that were close friends with him," Margittai said. "We're just trying to do something to benefit the family and memorialize him." All profits will go to Howard's family, he said.
UConn has licensed production of a limited edition T-shirt that will be sale at the UConn Co-op and elsewhere. Money raised from the shirts will be split between a scholarship fund and a fund for Howard's family, said UConn's Tim Tolokan.
-- David Owens
Gamedaytease.com says on its website that proceeds from sales of the merchandise will benefit Howard's unborn child. The website is also soliciting donations to benefit Howard's child.
Blumenthal said gamedaytease.com is violating state and copyright laws and has failed to show it has permission to collect money on behalf of Howard's family or UConn. "Any attempt to exploit Howard's tragic death is despicable and unconscionable," Blumenthal said.
Mike Margittai said no one is trying to do any such thing. Margittai, 25, of St. Petersburg, Fla., said he's a huge college football fan who followed Howard when he was still in high school. Upon learning of Howard's death, Margittai said he wanted to try to do something positive for Howard's family, and contacted his friend, Braden Byler, who owns gamedaytease.com.
"We're just a bunch of kids that were affected by the situation and have friends that were close friends with him," Margittai said. "We're just trying to do something to benefit the family and memorialize him." All profits will go to Howard's family, he said.
UConn has licensed production of a limited edition T-shirt that will be sale at the UConn Co-op and elsewhere. Money raised from the shirts will be split between a scholarship fund and a fund for Howard's family, said UConn's Tim Tolokan.
-- David Owens
