UT - Mackenzie “Kenzie” Lueck, 23, Salt Lake City, 17 June, 2019 Media, Maps, Timeline NO DISCUSS

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For latest updates, go to pages 22-23-24.

Mackenzie Lueck Case Archive:

Mackenzie Lueck -UT- by amanda reckonwith

 

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Utah student Mackenzie Lueck's friends say alleged killer was 'hunting' women, fight claims she 'deserved' it

 

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JUL 10, 2019
https://ksltv.com/417555/friends-of-mackenzie-lueck-thank-police-push-for-changes/
Friends of slain University of Utah student Mackenzie Lueck have commended the Salt Lake City Police Department’s work on the homicide investigation.

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The group’s goal is to prevent something like this from happening again. They said they are in talks with North Salt Lake about cameras that don’t actually record, as was the case at the city’s Hatch Park, where Lueck was last seen alive.

Lueck’s friends said they will attend a city council meeting in North Salt Lake to discuss getting real cameras in place.

 

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New information released in murder, kidnapping of University of Utah student; digital clues lead to suspect's capture | Gephardt Daily

 

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Salt Lake County DA on Twitter
Salt Lake County DA‏Verified account @SLCountyDA 14m14 minutes ago
NEWS MEDIA ADVISORY

 

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Ashton Edwards on Twitter
BREAKING NEWS: @SimGillDA giving update on #MacKenzieLueck case at 11 a.m. WATCH LIVE on @fox13.
10:06 AM - 10 Jul 2019

KSL Newsradio on Twitter
JUST IN: Salt Lake County District Attorney @SimGillDA will be holding an update on the #MacKenzieLueck case at 11 AM MDT. Stay tuned for more.

10:06 AM - 10 Jul 2019

Michael Locklear on Twitter
UPDATE in #MackenzieLueck case scheduled for 11 am with Salt Lake Co. DA Sim Gill. No details on what we’ll learn, but the suspected killer has been in jail for 12 days without being formally charged with a crime.
10:06 AM - 10 Jul 2019

 

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Jason Nguyen on Twitter
Jason Nguyen‏Verified account @FollowWIN 5m5 minutes ago
This is the last time #MackenzieLueck was seen alive on June 17th @slcairport around 2am. She was coming back from her grandmothers funeral. @abc4utah #Midday

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JUL 10, 2019
Charges expected soon against man suspected of killing Utah student MacKenzie Lueck; news conference set for 11 a.m.
Prosecutors have scheduled an 11 a.m. news conference related to disappearance and death of University of Utah student MacKenzie Lueck, days after police found her body in Logan Canyon.

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Jason Nguyen on Twitter
Jason Nguyen‏Verified account @FollowWIN 14s15 seconds ago
@SLCountyDA expected to take the podium at 11 am on the Ayoola Ajayi charges in the #MackenzieLueck case. @abc4utah #Midday

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JUL 10, 2019 Press Conference Announcing Charges

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=386579305604863

 

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DNews Crime Team on Twitter
BREAKING: Ayoola Ajayi formally charged with aggravated murder, aggravated kidnapping, desecration of a human body and obstruction of justice in death of MacKenzie Lueck.
10:58 AM - 10 Jul 2019

KSL 5 TV on Twitter
DA: Detectives discovered "freshly-dug site" behind Ajayi's house, where they discovered burnt cell phone, human bone and hair. DNA testing returned profile consistent with #MackenzieLueck's DNA profile #ksltv
11:02 AM - 10 Jul 2019

Jim Spiewak on Twitter
Investigators found human bone, part of a scalp, among other charred items consistent of DNA profile of #MackenzieLueck Neighbor witnessed Ayoola pouring gasoline on burn site.
11:02 AM - 10 Jul 2019

Chris Jones on Twitter
@SimGillDA says found burned flesh, muscular tissue, consistent with a DNA profile of #MacKenzieLueck.
11:02 AM - 10 Jul 2019

Chris Jones on Twitter
NEW: Police smelled and found a gas can in Ajayi's car. #MacKenzieLueck
11:03 AM - 10 Jul 2019

Jim Spiewak on Twitter
Cell phone records place Ayoola cell phone in Logan canyon where #MackenzieLueck remains were found. After lengthy search detectives found charred human body, her arms bound behind her back with rope, suffered blunt force trauma to skull ‘which would have been fatal.’
11:04 AM - 10 Jul 2019

Andrew Reeser on Twitter
Ajayi’s phone pinged at Logan Canyon on June 25. Detectives located “disturbed area of soil, and a charred human body.” Mackenzie’s arms were bound by a zip tie and rope. Part of her left scalp was missing. Autopsy showed she suffered blunt force trauma to skull. #MackenzieLueck

11:04 AM - 10 Jul 2019

KSL 5 TV on Twitter
DA: #MackenzieLueck's hands were bound behind her back with a zip tie, and a portion of her skull was fractured. Manner of death has been deemed as homicide. #ksltv
11:04 AM - 10 Jul 2019

KSL Newsradio on Twitter
Evidence was later collected at the home that part of a human bone and scalp. DNA testing fit the profile of #MacKenzieLueck
11:06 AM - 10 Jul 2019

Chris Jones on Twitter
@SimGillDA gets emotional during press conference. I've known him a long time. This is the first time I've ever seen that from him. #MacKenzieLueck
11:06 AM - 10 Jul 2019

KSL 5 TV on Twitter
DA: #MackenzieLueck's body was found in a shallow grave in a heavily-wooded area. #ksltv
11:09 AM - 10 Jul 2019

KSL 5 TV on Twitter
DA: "No deals have been made" in the #MackenzieLueck case. #ksltv
11:09 AM - 10 Jul 2019

KSL Newsradio on Twitter
Phone records show Ajayi was in Logan Canyon on June 25. When detectives searched the canyon @SimGillDA says detectives found a "charred human body" in a shallow grave in a grove of trees off the main road. Hands zipped tied behind back. DNA testing fit #MacKenzieLueck
11:10 AM - 10 Jul 2019

 

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Ladd Egan on Twitter
BREAKING: Medical examiner says #MacKenzieLueck suffered fatal blunt force trauma to left side of skull. Formal charges against #AyoolaAjayi: -Criminal Homicide, Aggravated Murder -Aggravated Kidnapping -Obstructing Justice -Desecration of a body @KSL5TV @KSLcom @kslnewsradio

11:11 AM - 10 Jul 2019 from Salt Lake City, UT

KSL Newsradio on Twitter
A medical examiner says that #MacKenzieLueck suffered a fatal blunt force trauma to the left side of her skull. @SLCountyDA says that the death penalty is a possibility, but that it is too early to discuss further.
11:16 AM - 10 Jul 2019

KSL 5 TV on Twitter
DA: "We feel very comfortable with the charging decisions we have made." #MackenzieLueck #KSLTV
11:16 AM - 10 Jul 2019

Andrew Reeser on Twitter
Does Ajayi have more victims out there> @SLCountyDA won't speculate, but he didn't say no. Says investigation is ongoing. #MacKenzieLueck
11:17 AM - 10 Jul 2019

 

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JUL 10, 2019
DA officially charges Ayoola Ajayi with first-degree murder of MacKenzie Lueck
Ayoola Adisa Ajayi, 31, is now officially charged with first-degree felony aggravated murder, aggravated kidnapping, desecration of a body and misdemeanor obstruction of justice.

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Gill says no deal has been made, and the death penalty is a possibility, but it won’t be known until after the preliminary hearing.

Gill says the investigation is still "open" and "active."

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While serving a search warrant at Ajayi's house on June 26, police found some of Lueck's personal belongings, human bone, part of a scalp among other charred items buried in the backyard. The DNA matched Lueck's.

A neighbor told police Ajayi was pouring gasoline on the burning site shortly after Lueck went missing.

Investigators later located her body, July 5, in a wooded area in a shallow grave with brush over it in Logan Canyon.

Cell phone records placed Ajayi in the canyon where Lueck's remains were found.

After a length search, detectives found a charred human body. Her arms were bound behind her back with rope. She suffered blunt force trauma to the skull "which could have been fatal," Gill said.

 

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Kelli Pierce on Twitter
Charges announced against the suspect in the #MackenzieLueck murder: Criminal homicide, aggravated murder, aggravated kidnapping, desecration of a body, obstruction of justice.

11:37 AM - 10 Jul 2019

Kelli Pierce on Twitter
DA Sim Gill says she died from blunt force trauma to the head. #MackenzieLueck
11:38 AM - 10 Jul 2019

Kelli Pierce on Twitter
Her hands had been bound behind her with a zip tie. #MackenzieLueck
11:40 AM - 10 Jul 2019

Kelli Pierce on Twitter
DA Gill says the remains at the suspect's home, as well as those in Logan Canyon, match #MackenzieLueck's
11:42 AM - 10 Jul 2019

Kelli Pierce on Twitter
Also, phone records show the suspect was in Logan Canyon on June 25. That led detectives to a "charred human body" in a shallow grave in a grove of trees off the main road. #MacKenzieLueck
11:43 AM - 10 Jul 2019

 

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JUL 10, 2019
Charred body of slain college student was bound in shallow grave
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Her charred remains were found on July 3 in Logan Canyon, Gill said. Ajayi's phone was near Logan Canyon on June 25, Gill said.

Lueck's remains were discovered in a shallow grave in a wooded area with her arms bound behind her back by a zip tie and rope, Gill said.

A hole was found on her skull with part of her scalp missing, Gill said. An autopsy determined she suffered blunt force trauma to her head, Gill said.

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Lueck's last text to Ajayi was at 2:58 a.m.; her phone was turned off at 2:59 a.m. and never powered back on, the district attorney said.

Ajayi's phone was back at his home at 3:07 a.m., Gil said.

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A freshly dug site was found by Ajayi's garage. It was there that police found a human bone, part of a scalp with hair, a phone and charred personal items, Gill said.

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A gasoline can was found in the trunk of his car, Gill said.

Ajayi's first court appearance will likely be this week, Gill said.

 

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JUL 10, 2019
Mackenzie Lueck's alleged killer is formally charged as prosecutors reveal more crime scene details
The man accused of killing Mackenzie Lueck was formally charged Wednesday as prosecutors revealed during an emotional press conference that the University of Utah student was found dead with her arms bound behind her back "by a zip tie and rope" and that she had a 2-inch hole in her skull.

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“Mackenzie’s arms were bound behind her back by a zip tie and rope," Gill said. "A five-centimeter hole was located on the left side of her skull with part of her left scalp missing.”

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Gill told reporters Wednesday that a medical examiner determined she “suffered blunt force trauma to the left side of her skull resulting in significant intracranial hemorrhaging which would have been fatal."

A search of Ajayi’s home before his recent arrest uncovered a human bone, charred muscle tissue and part of a scalp with hair on it, Gill said.

Investigators reportedly later traced Ajayi’s cell phone to the area in Logan Canyon where her body was discovered.

"After a lengthy search, detectives located a disturbed area of soil under a grove of trees," Gill said. "Under the soil, detectives located a charred human body."

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"This case is far from over," Gill said.

 

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Yep, and there are buckles on all three of her bags (backpack, suitcase, purse).

 

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Ladd Egan on Twitter
Court docs in #MacKenzieLueck's #murder case: “Neighbors detected a 'horrible smell' coming from a fire" Suspect had backyard fire on 6/17 (day she went missing). Wasn't until 6/25 that phone records put him in canyon where body was found. @KSL5TV @KSLcom

 

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Jason Nguyen on Twitter
Here is the statement from Ayoola Ajayi’s legal team in regards to the #MackenzieLueck case. @abc4utah

12:41 PM - 10 Jul 2019

Kristen Tripodi on Twitter
JUST IN: Ayoola Ajayi will be in court Monday morning to face the new charges against him; including first degree murder. #MacKenzieLueck
12:38 PM - 10 Jul 2019

 

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JUL 10, 2019 - Press Conference on YouTube