Pictures: UConn Mourned The Death Of Jasper Howard

Students and others joined in a candlelight vigil held for slain student Jasper Howard at the university.  (RICK HARTFORD / HARTFORD COURANT)

Hundreds of University of Connecticut students, faculty and others begin the march to Mirror Lake on campus during a candlelight vigil in memory of Jasper Howard, who was slain at the university over the weekend. The massive vigil was held behind the student union on campus.   (RICK HARTFORD / HARTFORD COURANT)

Leah Nelson, a sophomore at the University of Connecticut, raises her candle above her head during the candlelight vigil for slain football player and student Jasper Howard held at the university.   (RICK HARTFORD / HARTFORD COURANT)

University of Connecticut football player Kijuan Dabney, center right, embraces an emotional Randy Edsall, the head coach of the UConn football team, after Dabney spoke at a candlelight vigil Tuesday night in memory of his friend and team mate Jasper Howard, who was killed on campus over the weekend. Dabney gave Edsall his letter team jacket.   (RICK HARTFORD / HARTFORD COURANT)

Hundreds of University of Connecticut students and others walked to Mirror Lake on campus during a candlelight vigil for fellow student and athlete Jasper Howard   (RICK HARTFORD / HARTFORD COURANT)

The crowd at at candlelight vigil for Jasper Howard, a student and football player who was slain over the weekend at the universit y give the hand signal for Little Haiti in honor of Howard who was brought up in the Little Haiti section of Miami. Howard’s friend and teammate Kijuan Dabney asked the crowd to follow his lead in giving the hand sign.   (RICK HARTFORD / HARTFORD COURANT)

University of Connecticut football coach Randy Edsall, left, covers his face during remarks by team member Kijuan Dabney, center at a candlelight vigil Tuesday night in memory of his friend and team mate Jasper Howard, who was killed on campus over the weekend. Dabney gave Edsall his letter team jacket.   (RICK HARTFORD / HARTFORD COURANT)

Prior to the UConn/Rutgers game, teammates and fans honored the memory of Jasper Howard, the UConn cornerback who was murdered 2 weeks ago on campus. In photo, Ryan Phelan of Torrington joined all the fans who lifted Howard’s number 6 into the air during a moment of silence before the game.   (Stephen Dunn / Hartford Courant)

The jersey of slain Connecticut player Jasper Howard (No. 6) is displayed on the sidelines during the Huskies’ game against Syracuse at Rentschler Field on Saturday, November 28, 2009, in East Hartford, Connecticut. Connecticut won 56-31.   (Tia Ann Chapman / Hartford Courant)

The UConn marching band all wore the number 6 on their jerseys during a performance at the start of the UConn-Rutgers game Saturday to honor the memory of Jasper Howard, the UConn cornerback who was murdered 2 weeks earlier.  (Stephen Dunn / Hartford Courant)

The Jorgensen Auditorium on the UConn campus was the site of a tribute to the late Jasper Howard, the UConn football player who was murdered on campus on October 18th. The family of Jasper Howard, who attended the event, were somber as they sat on stage during the tributes. Henry Williams, left, Jasper’s stepfather, comforts Joanglia Howard, Jasper’s mother who was distraught during the ceremony.  (Stephen Dunn / Hartford Courant)

A note dedicated to Jasper ‘Jazz’ Howard, a football player slain on campus early Sunday, hangs on a domestic violence display called the ‘Clothesline Project’ outside the Student Union Monday. The project is a visual display of t-shirts created by UConn students to raise awareness about domestic violence, and can be seen around campus this week.   (BETTINA HANSEN / HARTFORD COURANT)

Vinnie Borzillo, 28, of East Haven, closes the door on his Cintas Uniform truck after picking up a load at the Student Union Monday morning. Borzillo wrote ‘R.I.P. Jasper, Go UConn’ in the dirt on the back of his truck to commemorate the player that was stabbed to death outside that building early Sunday morning. Borzillo met Jasper Howard last year and saw him play at their home game on Saturday.   (BETTINA HANSEN / HARTFORD COURANT)

Dimietris Thompson, 20, left, and Alyssa Edwards, also 20, both Nursing juniors at UConn, browse through school-themed clothes available in the UConn Co-op after they were told that #6 t-shirts were sold out following the stabbing death of football player Jasper Howard this weekend. Both girls signed up on a waiting list for the t-shirts, which was a couple pages long.   (BETTINA HANSEN / HARTFORD COURANT)

Johnny Fitzgerald Hood, 21, of Hartford (at left) is arraigned on charges of breach of peace, interfering with a police officer and resisting arrest outside the student union at UConn following the stabbing of football player Jasper Howard early yesterday morning. Authorities continue to investigate the stabbing death of Howard. It is still unclear whether Hood is a suspect in the death of Jasper Howard. Hood is a part-time student at Capital Community College in Hartford and has no prior arrests or convictions, according to his attorney Justin Freeman, at right.   (PATRICK RAYCRAFT / HARTFORD COURANT)

Major Ron Blicher of UConn police dept. awaits the start of a press conference with UConn athletic director Jeff Hathaway (center) and UConn football coach Randy Edsall. Blicher says authorities are investigating the stabbing death Jasper Howard outside the UConn Student.   (PATRICK RAYCRAFT / HARTFORD COURANT)

UConn president Michael J. Hogan listens as football coach Randy Edsall describes the haunting ordeal of Jasper Howard’s death early this morning on the UConn campus. Edsall spoke about identifying Howard’s body at St. Francis Hospital and then notifying the player’s parents. Authorities are investigating the stabbing death of Howard outside the UConn Student Union early this morning.   (PATRICK RAYCRAFT / HARTFORD COURANT)

UConn athletic director Jeff Hathaway and UConn punter Desi Cullen sit together stunned at a press conference on Sunday afternoon. Cullen spoke of his teammate Jasper Howard on behalf of the 105-player roster. Authorities are investigating the stabbing death Howard outside the UConn Student Union early this morning.   (PATRICK RAYCRAFT / HARTFORD COURANT)

UConn football coach Randy Edsall has a blank stare at the start of a press conference on Sunday afternoon at the Burton Family Football Center on the Storrs campus. Edsall spoke about slain UConn player Jasper Howard and his girlfriend were both eagerly expecting a baby. Howard was stabbed to death early this morning on the Storrs campus outside the student union.   (PATRICK RAYCRAFT / HARTFORD COURANT)

UConn football coach Randy Edsall consoles UConn football player Desi Cullen at a press conference on Sunday afternoon at the Burton Family Football Complex. Cullen spoke of his teammate Jasper Howard on behalf of his teammates.   (PATRICK RAYCRAFT / HARTFORD COURANT)

UConn president Michael J. Hogan listens as football coach Randy Edsall describes the haunting ordeal of Jasper Howard’s death early this morning on the UConn campus. Jasper was transported to St. Francis Hospital. Authorities are investigating the stabbing death of Jasper Howard outside the UConn Student Union where he was evacuating the building because of a fire alarm that was activated.   (PATRICK RAYCRAFT / HARTFORD COURANT)

Connecticut football head coach Randy Edsall, left, speaks at a news conference about the stabbing death of player Jasper Howard as university president Michael J. Hogan, second from left, Major Ron Blichter of UConn Police, center, UConn athletic director Jeff Hathaway, second from right, and player Desi Cullen, right, listen in Storrs. Twenty-year-old Howard, of Miami, a junior and starting cornerback, and a second person were stabbed during a fight early Sunday after someone pulled a fire alarm during a dance at the UConn Student Union, police said.   (JESSICA HILL / AP)

UConn coach Randy Edsall consoles punter Desi Cullen during a press conference Sunday afternoon in Storrs. Cullen spoke of his teammate Howard during the conference.  (PATRICK RAYCRAFT / HARTFORD COURANT)

Connecticut football head coach Randy Edsall, left, comforts senior captain Desi Cullen, right, during a news conference about the stabbing death of teammate Jasper Howard in Storrs.   (JESSICA HILL / AP)

Connecticut football head coach Randy Edsall, left, comforts senior captain Desi Cullen, right, during a news conference about the stabbing death of teammate Jasper Howard in Storrs.   (JESSICA HILL / AP)

Former UConn quarterback Tyler Lorenzen, left, hugs each member of the UConn team as they file into New Birth Baptist Church for funeral services for teammate Jasper Howard in Miami  (MICHAEL MCANDREWS / HARTFORD COURANT)

UConn coach Randy Edsall hugs Joanglia Howard after Edsall gave a reflection of Jasper Howard during services at New Birth Baptist Church in Miami, FL.. Jasper Howard, a player on Edsall’s team was stabbed and killed on campus.   (MICHAEL MCANDREWS / HARTFORD COURANT)

UConn football players react after viewing Jasper Howard’s body.   (J PAT CARTER / AP)

Connecticut’s Jasper Howard (6) leaps in the air while covering Lousiville Josh Chichester (11) during the last seconds of a NCAA college football football game in East Hartford, Conn., Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009. Howard died Sunday following an on-campus stabbing, hours after the team’s victory over Louisville   (DOUGLAS HEALEY / AP)

Louisville running back Victor Anderson is chased down by UConn‘s Jasper Howard (6) in the fourth quarter. Anderson had five carries for 58 yards and a touchdown, but the visiting Cardinals fell, 38-25.  (STEPHEN DUNN / HARTFORD COURANT)

UConn‘s Andre Dixon (2) consoles teammate Jasper Howard after UConn’s 24-21 loss to Pitt at Heinz Field on Saturday.   (PATRICK RAYCRAFT / HARTFORD COURANT)

UConn‘s Jordan Todman likes the reception he and teammate Jasper Howard get as they enter the “Rent” for the Huskies home opener against ranked North Carolina.  (JOHN WOIKE / HARTFORD COURANT)

UConn‘s Jasper Howard, (6), right, a 5-foot-9, 174-pound starting cornerback on the UConn football team, moves in on Louisville kicker Ryan Payne as he attempts a field goal in the first half of the UConn/ Louisville game at Rentschler Field Saturday afternoon. Hours later, just after midnight, Howard was stabbed to death outside of the UConn Student Union building.   (STEPHEN DUNN / HARTFORD COURANT)

Robert S. Hudd, center, Chief of Police for the University of Connecticut Police Department, makes an announcement of an arrest in the murder of Connecticut football player Jasper Howard during a news conference in Storrs Connecticut Department of Public Safety Commissioner John A. Danaher III, right, looks on.   (JESSICA HILL / AP)

Flanked by University of Connecticut and State Police, John A. Danaher III, commissioner of the state Dept. of Safety, talks to the press about the arrests in the Jasper Howard murder case at the university police department Tuesday afternoon. Authorities announced the arrests of John W. Lomax, 21, of Bloomfield, for murder and conspiracy to commit assault, first degree; Hakim Muhammad, 20, of Bloomfield, for conspiracy to commit assault first degree; and Jamal Todd, 21, of Hartford, on falsely reporting an incident and reckless endangerment.   (RICK HARTFORD / HARTFORD COURANT)

Major Ron Blicher of the University of Connecticut Police talks to the media Tuesday afternoon following arrests made in the murder of Jasper Howard. Authorities announced the arrests of John W. Lomax, 21, of Bloomfield, for murder and conspiracy to commit assault, first degree; Hakim Muhammad, 20, of Bloomfield, for conspiracy to commit assault first degree; and Jamal Todd, 21, of Hartford, on falsely reporting an incident and reckless endangerment.   (RICK HARTFORD / HARTFORD COURANT)

Robert S. Hudd, right, Chief of Police for the University of Connecitut Police Department enters a news conference where they announced an arrest in the murder of Connecticut football player Jasper Howard in Storrs. Howard, a starting cornerback on the football team, was stabbed early Oct. 18 outside a university-sanctioned dance, hours after helping his team to a homecoming game win over Louisville.  (JESSICA HILL / AP)