Former LU LAX Goalie on Trial for Murder in Maine

Former LU LAX Goalie on Trial for Murder in Maine#335738

By Sly Fox - January 11th, 2011, 12:35 am

- January 11th, 2011, 12:35 am #335738

Just when I thought we'd never have to revisit the Lacrosse van wreck ever again, this bizarre story from Maine is bringing it back up ...

NewsAdvance.com wrote:Former LU lacrosse player on trial for girlfriend's killing

Chad Gurney, a former Liberty University lacrosse player, walks into court Monday, Jan. 10, in Portland, Maine for his trial on charges of strangling his girlfriend, 18-year-old Zoe Sarnacki, then cutting off her head and setting her body on fire.

By Staff and wire reports
Published: January 10, 2011

A former Liberty University lacrosse player injured in a 2005 crash is being tried this week in Portland, Maine for the murder of his girlfriend.

Chad Gurney, 29, is accused of strangling his girlfriend Zoe Sarnacki, cutting off her head and setting her body on fire inside his Portland apartment.

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Re: Former LU LAX Goalie on Trial for Murder in Maine#335739

By Hold My Own - January 11th, 2011, 12:37 am

- January 11th, 2011, 12:37 am #335739

Yeah, this came across my Liberty alert today....I dont even know what to say about this....

Sly Fox wrote:In my experience with the Falwell family over the past 30+ years, they have never been shy about stating what they believe and standing by it. If anything it should be on their family crest.

Re: Former LU LAX Goalie on Trial for Murder in Maine#335742

By LUconn - January 11th, 2011, 12:42 am

- January 11th, 2011, 12:42 am #335742

wow. there's murder, and then there's this. psychooooo (allegedly)

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Re: Former LU LAX Goalie on Trial for Murder in Maine#335743

By Sly Fox - January 11th, 2011, 12:43 am

- January 11th, 2011, 12:43 am #335743

Drugs ... Alcohol ... Psychosis ... Its an ugly mix.

Re: Former LU LAX Goalie on Trial for Murder in Maine#335744

By bigsmooth - January 11th, 2011, 12:44 am

- January 11th, 2011, 12:44 am #335744

wow......this is crazy and very sad.

Re: Former LU LAX Goalie on Trial for Murder in Maine#335746

By Hold My Own - January 11th, 2011, 12:48 am

- January 11th, 2011, 12:48 am #335746

I remember this back from about 6 months ago I think....I was hoping that I wouldnt hear about it any more. Seems like the linking is mental stability to the car wreck is quite a reach though.....you had to be born this crazy.

Sly Fox wrote:In my experience with the Falwell family over the past 30+ years, they have never been shy about stating what they believe and standing by it. If anything it should be on their family crest.

Re: Former LU LAX Goalie on Trial for Murder in Maine#335752

By jmdickens - January 11th, 2011, 1:27 am

- January 11th, 2011, 1:27 am #335752

Horrible!

Now, I'll ask for some who might know, did Liberty offer any counseling to these guys after the accident? I don't mean just immediately following the accident, but continual attempts to counsel these guys.

Also, does anyone know Mr. Gurney???

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Re: Former LU LAX Goalie on Trial for Murder in Maine#335754

By El Scorcho - January 11th, 2011, 2:44 am

- January 11th, 2011, 2:44 am #335754

I don't think it had anything to do with the accident.

LAX = psycho.

No? Look at the kid from UVa. Look at all the hoopla at Duke. Look at even the craziness we've had related to lacrosse on this board.

I'm telling you. The sport attracts bad mojo.

All kidding aside, this is absolutely horrible. No getting around it. That guy needs help and I hope he gets it. I, too, was hoping to forget about this after the first time it came up. Ugh.

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Re: Former LU LAX Goalie on Trial for Murder in Maine#335758

By Cider Jim - January 11th, 2011, 9:03 am

- January 11th, 2011, 9:03 am #335758

Anybody notice the tats on his hands?

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Re: Former LU LAX Goalie on Trial for Murder in Maine#335792

By 4everfsu - January 11th, 2011, 12:10 pm

- January 11th, 2011, 12:10 pm #335792

Cider Jim wrote:Anybody notice the tats on his hands?

Yes I noticed them.

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Re: Former LU LAX Goalie on Trial for Murder in Maine#335816

By PAmedic - January 11th, 2011, 1:22 pm

- January 11th, 2011, 1:22 pm #335816

Hold My Own wrote:I remember this back from about 6 months ago I think....I was hoping that I wouldnt hear about it any more. Seems like the linking is mental stability to the car wreck is quite a reach though.....you had to be born this crazy.

18 mo, actually

SCORCHO posted it in Jun '09

http://www.flamefans.com/forums/viewtop ... yer+murder

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Re: Former LU LAX Goalie on Trial for Murder in Maine#335860

By jenkins - January 11th, 2011, 5:04 pm

- January 11th, 2011, 5:04 pm #335860

yah that name just stuck out immediately when i saw that headline today and i remembered back in convo of that year with doc and others giving updates on his health after all the surgeries and everything. I agree with Scorh on this, the whole sport is just attracting a lot of psychos now. I just hate that it has to be attached to the university because on all the headlines "LU" lacrosse gets attached. I guess it's because the wreck is tied to this. I read one of the other stories from one of the Portland newspaper and it said his best friend was going to testify that he tried to get him to say he had been acting crazy before it happened and to blame it on the wreck. The whole thing is just disgusting.

Are we out of the Big South yet

Re: Former LU LAX Goalie on Trial for Murder in Maine#335869

By prototype - January 11th, 2011, 5:42 pm

- January 11th, 2011, 5:42 pm #335869

In all fairness. I did hear that something happened after the wreck. I was told that before the wreck he was an average LU Kid that was very social. After the wreck, where is suffered major head trauma, he isolated himself from everyone and started getting Tattoos everywhere and his life changed. He dropped out of school and returned to Portland.

This situation sucks, for him, for the girl's family, for Liberty, for his friends and he probably deserves the death penalty for doing it (who would argue that), but please pray for everyone involved, including Chad.

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Re: Former LU LAX Goalie on Trial for Murder in Maine#335870

By Kolzilla41 - January 11th, 2011, 5:45 pm

- January 11th, 2011, 5:45 pm #335870

So I tried to zoom in on the tattoo with no luck. Can someone fill me in?

Re: Former LU LAX Goalie on Trial for Murder in Maine#335874

By prototype - January 11th, 2011, 5:59 pm

- January 11th, 2011, 5:59 pm #335874

flamerbob wrote:So I tried to zoom in on the tattoo with no luck. Can someone fill me in?

http://www.google.com/images?q=chad+gur ... 80&bih=863

This has some of the Tattoos...

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