Found Deceased UT - MacKenzie "Kenzie" Lueck, 23, Salt Lake City, 17 June 2019

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janewall said:
I'm a dozen pages behind, but I haven't seen anything so far about when Kenzie expected to graduate. Does anyone know whether she is finishing up the last of her coursework this summer, or does she still have some more academic work to do? If she's finishing a degree and not planning to be living in SLC for much longer, that could explain her traveling light on the way back from CA.

Regarding luggage, pedestrians and public transit commuters in cities commonly take carry-on luggage on wheels all over the place – many workers and students alike find the format more convenient than a briefcase, backpack or other stuff-hauling method. I wouldn't be surprised if Kenzie even used a carry-on wheelie on campus for books, tablet and her other day-use items. I don't find it a stretch that she'd take it along to wherever her destination was early Monday morning, or that it's still with her, wherever she is.
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She would be a senior and she was taking summer classes - so she might be trying to speed along the process to graduation.
 
MOD NOTE

Lay off Kenzie's friends now or warnings will be issued and you may find yourself on the outside of the thread looking in. Tricia is traveling and she is not in the mood to hear about anyone bashing Kenzie's friends. Unless you have been in their situation, I would think twice about judging their actions and statements. These are young people desperate to find their friend.

Also, a note about power posting. Some members are dominating the discussion in this thread and that violates our TOS. There is no need to respond to every post. Let others talk.

This post falls at random.
 
sweetcandyapple said:
The fact that they aren't releasing where she got dropped off in NSL is indicating to me that law enforcement is trying to protect the integrity of the case, therein believe there's a case to protect. Had it been truly nothing, they would have said such and focused the attention somewhere else. Someone on another thread that lives in SLC said police were knocking on doors of their apartment complex because her phone was pinging in that location. I live in NSL, and there's only a few apartment complexes that are very big at all, really only two. It's a very industrial part of salt lake, refineries, huge FedEx plant, lots of trucker companies. There are quite a few one or two building apartment complexes, really nice million dollar homes on the hill by the golf course, and then what's referred to as Foxboro, which is nice newer modest homes, there is a pretty large apartment complex there as well. It seems the attention is really focused on SLC, leading me to believe they think she left NSL at some point and ended up in SLC, and I think that's where the trail went cold.
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Great post thank you for all the info.
 
Please welcome verified friend of Mackenzie Lueck yellowmoose.

We have verified, short of hiring a P.I, that yellowmoose knows Kenzie and is a good friend.

You may ask yellowmoose questions. If you choose to disagree for whatever reason then you scroll by. Please do not argue.

Yellowmoose can give information without providing links.

Yellowmoose thank you for coming forward and helping us understand who Kenzie is and and about her life in general.

Thank you.
Tricia
 
borndem said:
Just saw this -- please forgive if already posted:


University of Utah Student Mackenzie Lueck Missing for Nearly a Week After Taking Lyft
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"According to police, Lueck landed home from a trip around 1 a.m. She then ordered a Lyft to an unfamiliar address in North Salt Lake City, The Salt Lake Tribune reports."

We've explored strip clubs & new relationships and, while I'm not ruling out strip clubs based on this statement, I don't think it would be a double life/job she kept private (she'd be familiar with the address, if that was the case).

I'm starting to think the destination was the residence of someone that nobody knew about, whether that's a new romantic interest or someone she'd met online.
 
Bumping this post as it will answer some forthcoming questions.

Great to have you!

yellowmoose said:
New here - just hopping on to hopefully add some info about Kenzie because I know her and we went to college together. (We were not the best of friends by any means, but we saw each other frequently and were always on good terms - but it has been awhile since I've seen her.) I know she was dating a guy 4-5 months ago (that most of her friends knew and I think is well liked), but I believe that ended (not sure on what terms) and as far as I know she is single. I don't know much about her romantic history.

I haven't heard anything about her having a stroke. We had a pretty solid friend group in college and I'm pretty sure that would have come up but I guess I could be wrong if she kept it low key maybe? I know her grandparents are LDS, I am not positive about her parents. I believe she is a member, but for the time that I have known her including all through college to my knowledge she was inactive. Her records are still in the church and she does have a ward that she belongs to in SLC but it is unclear whether or not she attends.

From what I know of Kenzie this is all pretty out of character behavior for her. For the last day or so there has been massive amounts of sharing and tagging her on social media, and it's been kind of shocking to our community that she hasn't reached out or made contact with anyone. She does attend the U - I'm not sure on her academic path but I'm assuming she's finishing up especially since she was enrolled in summer classes (one of which she had a midterm this week that she didn't show up for). I know she also has a job and if I recall has almost always had one although I don't specifically recall where. She was involved in her sorority in college which requires a certain GPA and reliable attendance at most meetings and events. She does have a big and a little as well (this is only possible with a certain GPA and attendance at events). I do recall that she attended a sorority/fraternity trip in August of last year to Lake Powell and she has been to Lake Powell on summer trips in the past and I do recall seeing her at parties/events in the past. It's easy to have conflicts in sorority groups but I rarely if ever remember hearing about her being in feuds or conflicts with other people.

But by all accounts and my personal opinion of knowing her, she is a responsible woman and wouldn't abandon all responsibilities on a whim. My biggest wonder knowing her is why she wouldn't call on one of her friends, her roommates, her big/little, or her sisters to pick her up from the airport. I know it was 1 a.m. which is a pretty inconvenient time - but she is well known and well liked so I have a hard time believing no one would be willing to pick her up. She might have just not wanted to inconvenience anyone is my guess. My understanding is someone either dropped her off at the airport when she left for California or she took an uber/lyft because her car is still at her home according to the Facebook information from her little. And she does have a cat whom she adores - and wouldn't leave behind or not taken care of which is also puzzling at this point.

Apologies for turning this into a novel - but I hope this helps piece together some info and give you all a better understanding of Kenzie. She was very loved and well liked. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have if any - to the best of my ability of what I know. Thanks for all you guys are doing here!
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cedgison said:
"According to police, Lueck landed home from a trip around 1 a.m. She then ordered a Lyft to an unfamiliar address in North Salt Lake City, The Salt Lake Tribune reports."

We've explored strip clubs & new relationships and, while I'm not ruling out strip clubs based on this statement, I don't think it would be a double life/job she kept private (she'd be familiar with the address, if that was the case).

I'm starting to think the destination was the residence of someone that nobody knew about, whether that's a new romantic interest or someone she'd met online.
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Jumping off this, as far as “unfamiliar address”, some more information re: Lyft from my experiences:

All of one’s “past trips” are also logged. One can even store a location as “home” or “work”....

Each and every ride you ever take on Lyft stores your past rides which is easily accessible via your account. It shows the picture of the driver, the distance, the fare...known locations can even come up in a quick type of just a few letters when entering a new destination.

So as far as the term “unfamiliar location”...marking to stare at this quote.
 
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LVatty10 said:
Welcome @yellowmoose. I’m so sorry about your friend. Praying that she is ok and just taking a break!

Do you mind answering questions about ML’s dating life?
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As far as I know currently, ML is casually dating around. There is no significant other or real person of interest that I know of at this time. I've heard this echoed from other friends as well. She has dated in the past and has had at least one serious relationship that comes to mind but that ended and as far as I recall it ended amicably. Since that point she has been casually dating. I do not know whether or not she was using dating apps, although it would not be a surprise to me if she was. Nor would it be for any of my friends to be using a dating app, they are extremely common especially at the college level. That is not to say that there isn't someone she is currently/has been talking to. It might have been recent or casual enough that she hasn't mentioned it.
 
yellowmoose said:
As far as I know currently, ML is casually dating around. There is no significant other or real person of interest that I know of at this time. I've heard this echoed from other friends as well. She has dated in the past and has had at least one serious relationship that comes to mind but that ended and as far as I recall it ended amicably. Since that point she has been casually dating. I do not know whether or not she was using dating apps, although it would not be a surprise to me if she was. Nor would it be for any of my friends to be using a dating app, they are extremely common especially at the college level. That is not to say that there isn't someone she is currently/has been talking to. It might have been recent or casual enough that she hasn't mentioned it.
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Thank you for being here.
 
I would be focusing on the last person to see her. That was the driver. Unless they can come up with someone at the location she was dropped off at. I'm wondering if she was the one that actually sent that last text to her parents. I wish her parents would speak about what they know publicly.
 
BLT HUEY GIRL said:
I would be focusing on the last person to see her. That was the driver. Unless they can come up with someone at the location she was dropped off at. I'm wondering if she was the one that actually sent that last text to her parents. I wish her parents would speak about what they know publicly.
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I’m convinced she did send that text message, as it appears it was sent prior to the Uber ride.

Her family told KSTU they last heard from her around 1 a.m. on June 17. Lueck's dad said his daughter texted her parents and told them her flight landed, but haven't heard from her since.

The location where she was dropped off is key, as the driver transported there, and continued on their way.

Whatever happened, seems to have occurred after she reached her destination.

Wherever the hell that was.
 
Welcome @yellowmoose Thank you for joining all of us crazy sleuthers. I’m so sorry your friend has gone missing. We are all here to help find her and staying positive she will come home safely.

Do you know if she ever used Tinder app? Both my sons who graduated college said it’s a popular app to meet people?
 
Whiteorchids said:
Welcome Yellowmoose. Thank you for joining all of us crazy sleuthers. I’m so sorry your friend has gone missing. We are all here to help find her and staying positive she will come home safely.

Do you know if she ever used Tinder app? Both my sons who graduated college said it’s a popular app to meet people?
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I'm not sure about the dating apps, but I would not be surprised. I can list off numerous college friends who utilize multiple dating apps currently. So it wouldn't be shocking to me at all, especially at the U. The most common at the U that I've seen are Tinder and Bumble. But I am not sure whether or not she was using either while casually dating. She is very social and has various social media accounts. She's also very friendly and goes to lots of events so it's not hard for her to meet people IMO.
 
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