Found Deceased UT - MacKenzie "Kenzie" Lueck, 23, Salt Lake City, 17 June 2019 #19 *ARREST*

[PommyMommy]

OCT 30, 2019
Man Accused In Mackenzie Lueck's Death In Court On Separate, Unrelated Cases
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Ayoola Ajayi is facing charges of sexual exploitation of a minor and aggravated kidnapping and forced sexual abuse of an adult female. None of the additional charges are related to the Lueck case. A motion Wednesday would require the victim in one of the sexual assault cases to testify before a trial.

The judge heard arguments over a motion to request Brady materials, which she granted.

Also considered was a motion to quash a subpoena that would require the alleged victim to testify in a preliminary hearing. The state and an attorney from the Utah Crime Victims Legal Clinic argued against having the testimony at a preliminary hearing. They also noted the victim had already given a statement.

The defense, however, argued to have the testimony on record.

“(The testimony is appropriate) definitely for trial, and a defendant does have a right to confront his accuser, and so we’re not denying that,” said Laurel Hanks, attorney for the alleged victim. “We are just trying to keep court appearances to a minimum if we can. It can be traumatizing to come to court … and traumatizing for victims of, especially, sexual abuse.”

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The judge will make a decision on the motion to quash subpoena by Nov. 20. The parties will meet again on Nov. 27 for a preliminary hearing.

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@Niner

 

[PommyMommy]

OCT 30, 2019
Should accuser be forced to testify in sex assault hearing for man charged in Lueck killing?
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Lawyers for Ayoola Adisa Ajayi want to put the woman on the stand to probe what they say are discrepancies in her initial discussions with police and a signed, two-page statement she submitted to a judge in lieu of testifying.

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Prosecutor Marc Mathis said the woman’s statements don’t conflict and the document that was admitted in court simply distills the facts. He argued the only point of putting the woman on the stand is to attack her credibility, a move he said is fitting at trial but not at the preliminary hearing stage.

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The document meets the standard of probable cause required for the case to move forward and any further testimony she gives wouldn’t change that, Mathis said.

Utah has long permitted a victim statement instead of testimony at a preliminary hearing. Whether or not a defendant can then summon a victim to the stand, however, has been debated. The Utah Court of Appeals currently is considering the question in a separate case.

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The woman’s attorney, Laurel Hanks, said Utah’s victim rights law protects her client from harassment like being forced to give unnecessary testimony before trial. She said differences in the statements are explained by the effects of trauma and forcing her client to testify would only serve to traumatize her.

Ajayi, who wore glasses and a yellow jumpsuit, did not speak during the Wednesday hearing. He is separately accused of murdering Lueck and setting fire to her body in June.

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While she originally told police she had blocked Ajayi’s number, Hamilton said last month that the woman spoke with investigators again after forensic analysis of her phone showed they continued to exchange messages.

Trease is scheduled to rule Nov. 20 whether the woman can be compelled to testify at a second portion of the preliminary hearing a week later, when Ajayi also will have a chance to testify in his own defense.

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[Bellecent]

Heard about a case today on the. News. A young woman in Alabama missing since October 23. Possimet someone online dating site. Anyone know about this open case.

 

[Niner]

Can anyone get into the Salt Lake County court site?
@MsFacetious - are you my help in Utah? Can recall - getting old!

It's the 19 counts of possession of child . Last hearing was 10/21. TIA if you find something!

 

[dotr]

Heard about a case today on the. News. A young woman in Alabama missing since October 23. Possimet someone online dating site. Anyone know about this open case.

New thread today..
AL - AL - Aniah Haley Blanchard, 19, Auburn, Lee County, 23 Oct 2019 #2
First thread..
AL - AL - Aniah Haley Blanchard, 19, Auburn, Lee County, 23 Oct 2019

 

[Peppery]

Thanks for update. I've really given the house no thought -- blanked it from my memory...

I guess that tells us that he's managed to stay out of foreclosure thus far, and either no intention of selling, or he sold home privately without advertising to rental property investor.

The reason I also don't think he's missed any payments /been in default is because an individual incarcerated for capital murder would barely need to miss one payment for mortgage holder to run, not walk, to enforce their default provision and rid themselves of him, and their lending relationship with him.

MOO

And still, where is the money coming from?! How does he afford the mortgage plus utilities plus maintenance???

Ive owned rental properties before. Either you manage it yourself (which he cannot do), have an individual manage it or have an agency manage it. All the agencies I’ve used charged a 10% per month fee. He’d have to rent it for more than the mortgage to cover the fee. In some states, you also cannot turn off utilities, they can only be transferred to the new occupant. The agencies I used wanted them on so they could clean and show it. Idk if that’s a high rental area.

 

[PommyMommy]

Can anyone get into the Salt Lake County court site?
@MsFacetious - are you my help in Utah? Can recall - getting old!

It's the 19 counts of possession of child . Last hearing was 10/21. TIA if you find something!

Sorry, Niner. It's another fee-based site. MOO

 

[Niner]

Sorry, Niner. It's another fee-based site. MOO

grrr.... thanks for checking for me!

 

[Seattle1]

Nate Carlisle‏Verified account @natecarlisle
Bullet points for this @CourtneyLTanner investigation of #UofU police — chiefs asked officers to make crimes against women not look so bad — Dumped cases on @slcpd — Didn’t investigate sex assault cases — Chief offered DV training. He’s like, nah

How the University of Utah’s police department treated female victims and officers for years before Lauren McCluskey’s killing

1:49 PM - 3 Nov 2019

 

[diggndeeperstill]

I can’t even finish reading. It just makes me so ill to hear how they “interrogated” the possible rape victim at the beginning of story.... ughh

Nate Carlisle‏Verified account @natecarlisle
Bullet points for this @CourtneyLTanner investigation of #UofU police — chiefs asked officers to make crimes against women not look so bad — Dumped cases on @slcpd — Didn’t investigate sex assault cases — Chief offered DV training. He’s like, nah

How the University of Utah’s police department treated female victims and officers for years before Lauren McCluskey’s killing

1:49 PM - 3 Nov 2019

 

[PommyMommy]

Erin Alberty on Twitter
Someone at my daughter’s elementary school made a nicho for Mackenzie Lueck. It says chicken & rice was her favorite food.

7:45 PM - 8 Nov 2019 from Salt Lake City, UT

 

[girlhasnoname]

Strength to Kenzie's family during their first holidays without her. She should be here celebrating.
#JusticeForKenzie

 

[BradB]

As a whole no laws will protect anybody. As much as I might come off mean and ruthless, it's a different world today. People put themselves in stupid situations and make impulsive decisions. From the predator to the prey.

A neighbor said he is tired of people stopping by the house where the murder took place and actually wants somebody to stay there.

 

[slcmike]

And still, where is the money coming from?! How does he afford the mortgage plus utilities plus maintenance???

Ive owned rental properties before. Either you manage it yourself (which he cannot do), have an individual manage it or have an agency manage it. All the agencies I’ve used charged a 10% per month fee. He’d have to rent it for more than the mortgage to cover the fee. In some states, you also cannot turn off utilities, they can only be transferred to the new occupant. The agencies I used wanted them on so they could clean and show it. Idk if that’s a high rental area.

Everywhere in salt lake is a high rental area. It would be rented within days and I'm sure for more than the cost of the mortgage.

I drive by the house everyday on my way to work. I've seen cars parked there the last week and garbage outside. So either someone is living in it now, or someone has been cleaning it out.

 

[Niner]

Woman won’t be forced to testify in sex assault case for man also charged in Mackenzie Lueck’s death

November 20, 2019

SALT LAKE CITY — A woman who says she was sexually assaulted by the man later charged in the death of Utah college student Mackenzie Lueck will not be required to testify against him ahead of a possible trial.

Third District Judge Vernice Trease sided with prosecutors and the woman’s attorney Wednesday, finding Utah’s victim rights law protects the woman from being forced to take the stand at a remaining portion of a preliminary hearing next week.
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That’s true at the trial stage, but not at the earlier preliminary hearing, which is designed to determine whether there is enough evidence for the sexual assault case to move forward, Trease said.
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His client has not yet entered pleas to the charges of aggravated kidnapping, a first-degree felony, and three counts of forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony.
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In that case, prosecutors have charged him with killing Lueck and setting fire to her body in June. A preliminary hearing is set for March. [me: on 3/11 & 3/12] Investigators learned about the assault allegation, which predates Lueck’s death by more than a year, as they gathered evidence in the homicide.

 

[PommyMommy]

NOV 21, 2019
Woman won’t be forced to testify in sex assault case for man also charged in Mackenzie Lueck’s death
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Laurel Hanks, the woman’s attorney, said her client had been worried as she awaited the judge’s decision.

“You add the trauma of coming to court to what she’s already been through, and it’s very difficult. We’re very glad for Judge Trease’s ruling today,” Hanks said. She and prosecutors had argued a statement the woman submitted meets the standard of probable cause that is required for the case to move forward. Requiring her to testify at the early stage, they said, would amount to harassment.

The woman had signed a two-page document detailing how she says Ajayi assaulted her while they watched a movie in his Salt Lake City home, then tried to prevent her from leaving. The Deseret News typically does not name victims of sexual assault.

Utah allows victims in alleged crimes to submit a statement in place of testimony at a preliminary hearing, but the question of whether they can then be summoned to the stand has not been settled.

The Utah Court of Appeals currently is considering the question in a separate case, where defense attorneys are seeking to question a child who told investigators she was raped.

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[PommyMommy]

NOV 23, 2019
The University of Utah got a $300K grant to address stalking and dating violence after 4 women there have been killed in the last 3 years

Lauren McCluskey, Katherine Peralta, MacKenzie Lueck and Sarah Hawley.

The University of Utah has received a $300,000 federal grant to improve how it responds to cases of stalking and dating and domestic violence on campus — funding that comes after four women there have been killed over the past three years by partners or men they had dated.

The award money from the U.S. Department of Justice, announced Thursday, will go toward implementing additional training for police officers and hiring a new part-time victim advocate at the school’s Center for Student Wellness. It will also be used to partner with the Utah Domestic Violence Coalition, which will lead the changes.

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“The timing of this grant represents a moment when the wounds of [recent] fatal violence weigh heavy on the campus psyche, leaving us with a universal and overwhelming commitment to primary prevention,” said Sonia Salari, a family studies professor who will help guide the efforts.

 

[PixieStix]

Thanks for the updates!

 

[sallye818]

It's time this piece of dirt went to court already!!!!

 

[Niner]

It's time this piece of dirt went to court already!!!!

He is - tomorrow for the assault case.