This story was reported by Andrea Adelson, David M. Hale and Adam Rittenberg
The photos that have run with nearly every story about the shooting deaths of three Virginia football players this week came from the team's annual yearbook pictures. Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr. and D'Sean Perry are each dressed in dark suits with white shirts and navy-and-orange ties, all three with bright, beaming smiles.
Former Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall saved those pictures onto his cell phone this week and set them as his screen saver because he wants to remember those smiles -- not forced expressions for team photos, but the genuine exuberance and love of life all three players showed every day.