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We don't know what happened. I would point out though we don't know all sources of his income nor anything about his finances, that is all conjecture as well, and unless I missed it, we don't know her wages, etc. As far as judging either neighborhood, it seems to me as well that may be in the eye of the beholder. Are you saying his neighborhood was bad and hers was upscale? He ran an AirBNB and owned a home, she had a rented room, to our knowledge. Sources of income are debated and I fail to see how you assume she made more money than he?
I live in SLC. He lives in a less than desirable neighborhood (Fairpark/Rosepark). She lived in a nice upscale downtown neighborhood - Trolley Square. Think of it as she could walk to the Whole Foods or Trader Joes. His closest store would be one where most do not speak English as a first language.
His job at Dell is the type that pays $15 an hour. Her job in a lab is the type that pays $20 per hour.
It's possible that they met in a traditional way, but we know they were both on dating sites and the man who was interviewed by a reporter claimed that they did meet on a dating site.
What is the source that they both went to bars? I haven't read anything about Ayoola going to bars in downtown Salt Lake City. Also where was it mentioned that ML was active on Church dating Apps. I remember that the VI said her parents were very involved with the church but ML was not so much anymore.
Either way, I doubt she knew him for very long or at least not very well. He must have deceived her or fooled her in some way. Imo
I don't know either AA or ML. However, I do know people that know them and they went to bars in downtown SLC. There are a lot of people in Utah who may not be active in the church but remain connected through singles wards and LDS relating dating apps.
Hard to say how long she knew him other than she was comfortable meeting him at 3 AM. Agreed he certainly deceived her.
If entities like the university are giving out "menus" of students, including addresses, etc, then I think it's very worthwhile to look beyond the exact circumstances of how they met. So if you're saying there should be no exposure of some of these apps and "menus" then I don't agree.
I don't think there is anything like universities giving out "menus" of students. LDS/Mormon Singles wards do but others here have stated you can opt-in or opt-out of providing numbers. Dating apps do not permit someone to put their telephone number in a profile. Of course, people can exchange numbers in private messages if they choose. However, in my experience, many people have texting apps with fake numbers that make it really easy to block people. You wouldn't be able to easily get those messages since they wouldn't be apparent to the cell phone company. They obviously were texting each other from real phone numbers. In my experience, women don't give out their real phone number unless they are comfortable.