Found Deceased UT - MacKenzie "Kenzie" Lueck, 23, Salt Lake City, 17 June 2019 #14 *ARREST*

[oceanblueeyes]

I dont think they took the death penalty off the table. They found her through good investigative work.

Imo

 

[loganlocal]

Gosh, I wonder if it was something found on/in the car, like vegetation or mud in the tires. But that would still be a very large search area.

Yes, cell pings, traffic cameras, eye-witnesses, aerial surveillance, K9 units... I don't ever underestimate the FBI.

Yes, I was wondering about his cell phone pings and evidence from the car (her DNA in the trunk, soil or plant/insect samples), but also about the car being tracked using cameras from stoplights/traffic cams along the route. It's mostly freeway so pretty visible.

 

[oceanblueeyes]

Duplicate post.

 

[margarita25]

(Forum is stalling, tech diffs)

 

[wary]

Deleted duplicate post.

 

[Mc2013]

We drive from Logan to Bear Lake on wednesday. Not too far up the canyon we saw a police car drive through crime scene tape on a side road right next to the main road. There were five or six police vehicles there as well and then another strip of crime tape at the other end of the little dirt side road. We thought it was weird at the time but I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s where they found the body.

 

[Cora]

Remains of murdered Utah student Mackenzie Lueck found: police
The body of University of Utah student Mackenzie Lueck was recovered 80 miles north of Salt Lake City, police said Friday.

Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown made the revelation during a press conference. Lueck’s remains were found in Logan Canyon.

[...]

Police recover body of slain Utah student Mackenzie Lueck in Logan Canyon
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"In the wake of this tragic, tragic incident I am relieved and grief-stricken to report that we have recovered Mackenzie Lueck in Logan Canyon," said Salt Lake Police Chief Mike Brown.

The body was recovered Wednesday and investigators were later able to confirm that the remains were of Lueck.

[...]

Last week, police would not say whether a body had been recovered. They would only say that "female human tissue" that matched Lueck's DNA was found in the backyard of a Salt Lake home in the Fairpark neighborhood. Police said they found several charred items in that yard that "were consistent with personal items" of Lueck.

[...]

Remains of slain college student recovered
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The remains of Mackenzie Lueck were found in Logan Canyon on Wednesday and have been forensically confirmed to belong to 23-year-old Lueck, he said at a news conference.

Brown said he spoke to Lueck's family Friday morning, calling it "another devastating call."

"Despite their grief, we hope this will help them find some closure," Brown said.

[...]

Formal charges are expected to be filed next week, Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill said Friday.

I’m not convinced the “female human tissue” was found in the burn pile. It only said that it was found in the backyard. They did not describe it as “charred”.

There is a shed in the back yard that bothers me.

It could be that he burned the personal items but had her in that shed in the back yard.

I keep thinking about the “hooks” that the contractor mentioned. If any kind of hook was used it would have tissue on it.

 

[cocomod]

If they found her body in Logan Canyon then what was being burned/the smell must now be reconsidered.

Her belongings - her suitcase, etc.

 

[margarita25]

Delete duplicate

 

[loganlocal]

Gosh, I wonder if it was something found on/in the car, like vegetation or mud in the tires. But that would still be a very large search area.

Yes, cell pings, traffic cameras, eye-witnesses, aerial surveillance, K9 units... I don't ever underestimate the FBI.

Yes, I was wondering about his cell phone pings and evidence from the car (her DNA in the trunk, soil or plant/insect samples), but also about the car being tracked using cameras from stoplights/traffic cams along the route. It's mostly freeway so pretty visible.

 

[securitynerd]

I'm not convinced he actually has very much knowledge of technology. MOO.

Agree very much with this statement. He made so many mistakes that a person well-versed with technology would not do in commission of a crime.

 

[Mspionage]

Also to add - Basically every single new vehicle has a built in GPS system so they may have gone into his cars computer, looked at where he went, and just backtracked to the location.

 

[margarita25]

I’m not convinced the “female human tissue” was found in the burn pile. It only said that it was found in the backyard. They did not describe it as “charred”.

There is a shed in the back yard that bothers me.

It could be that he burned the personal items but had her in that shed in the back yard.

I keep thinking about the “hooks” that the contractor mentioned. If any kind of hook was used it would have tissue on it.

Per the Probable Cause Document it says “charred”. I remember only because we went around a few times with this.

 

[DD8]

We drive from Logan to Bear Lake on wednesday. Not too far up the canyon we saw a police car drive through crime scene tape on a side road right next to the main road. There were five or six police vehicles there as well and then another strip of crime tape at the other end of the little dirt side road. We thought it was weird at the time but I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s where they found the body.

Oh my goodness

 

[Cora]

Per the Probable Cause document it says “charred remains”. I remember only because we went around a few times with this.

Oh. Well there you go. Thanks Margarita

 

[wary]

We drive from Logan to Bear Lake on wednesday. Not too far up the canyon we saw a police car drive through crime scene tape on a side road right next to the main road. There were five or six police vehicles there as well and then another strip of crime tape at the other end of the little dirt side road. We thought it was weird at the time but I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s where they found the body.

Welcome, Mc2013!

That sounds very likely

 

[jillycat]

If he had told them anything they would have found her far sooner, and there's no way his attorney would allow any disclosures or even access to him after that. So they found her as a result of good old fashioned diligent police work. I think they knew that what they found in the yard was not simply the last remnants of her remains, and that there were remains in another location. And that was another reason for delaying charges. They were working hard to find her, I believe, and my personal fantasy is that he's on his knees crying like a baby, but I don't know if these people have tears, even for themselves.

 

[10ofRods]

Dutch, I'm with you. I think they may have gotten his Google records. He didn't willingly give them the password, but they got a warrant and got those record, which would even have shown when he stopped and how long he was stopped in various places.

Good police work, there.

 

[PommyMommy]

We drive from Logan to Bear Lake on wednesday. Not too far up the canyon we saw a police car drive through crime scene tape on a side road right next to the main road. There were five or six police vehicles there as well and then another strip of crime tape at the other end of the little dirt side road. We thought it was weird at the time but I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s where they found the body.

Wow, can you be more specific as to the location?

Welcome to Websleuths, Mc2013!

 

[loganlocal]

We drive from Logan to Bear Lake on wednesday. Not too far up the canyon we saw a police car drive through crime scene tape on a side road right next to the main road. There were five or six police vehicles there as well and then another strip of crime tape at the other end of the little dirt side road. We thought it was weird at the time but I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s where they found the body.

Approx. where in the canyon was that?