Police used cellphone records, GPS location data and social media posts that led them to a suspect, who was charged with kidnapping and murder Friday.
Olivia SanchezSalt Lake City Police and the FBI are scouring a digital trail even after the arrest of a suspect in the disappearance and death of University of Utah student Mackenzie Lueck.
Lueck, 23, was last seen June 17 by a Lyft driver who picked her up from the Salt Lake City airport and dropped her off at a park, where she reportedly met with someone in a car around 3 a.m. Police now believe that the person she met was Ajayi, 31. On Saturday, a contractor told ABC News that Ajayi sought him out a few months ago to build a soundproof room in his home with hooks drilled into concrete walls and a secret entrance with a thumb lock. The contractor said he declined to take the job.
Jill and Matt McCluskey, the parents of Lauren McCluskey, plan to sue the school for $56 million for failing to protect their daughter despite several attempts to report that she felt threatened by her ex-boyfriend Melvin Rowland, according to the Associated Press. The McCluskeys said the money from the lawsuit would go into a trust to improve safety for women on campus. The McCluskeys said that ideally they would have joined forces with the University of Utah to improve campus safety but university leaders failed to take responsibility or hold relevant individuals accountable.
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