GUILTY UT - MacKenzie "Kenzie" Lueck, 23, Salt Lake City, 17 June 2019 *ARREST* #20

[dotr]

 

[insearchoflight]

Because he wanted to know what if feels like to kill someone.

my god, that makes me ill

Can’t think of anything worse for a parent to hear

 

[dotr]

Because he wanted to know what if feels like to kill someone.

my god, that makes me ill

Can’t think of anything worse for a parent to hear

He should have tried it on himself first, that way he would not only know what it is like to kill someone, but also what it feels like to be killed.
imo.

 

[Emi]

Mackenzie Lueck case: Family of slain Utah college student confronts her killer at sentencing

Mackenzie Lueck's father, Gregory Lueck, told Ayoola A. Ajayi that he had no compassion for him because Ajayi had shown no compassion for his daughter, and said he hopes Ajayi spends the rest of his life in prison looking over his shoulder in fear.

Ajayi has acknowledged he planned the death of the 23-year-old Lueck, whom he met on a dating app and arranged to meet in a park. After they returned to his home, he bound and strangled her, then burned and hid her body while police and loved ones searched for her, authorities say.

Article snipped for clarity due to 10% copyright rule. The rest of the article can be read on the link above

 

[Techno1992]

I believe this perp was well on his way to becoming a serial killer. I'm sorry the DP is off the table, but I find some comfort in knowing he will never be free again.

Perhaps once sentencing is finalized, the Lueck family can begin to try and move forward with their lives.

Who told you this subhuman will be never free again?
Lifers can escape from prison, don't you know?

 

[No.Power.Over.Me.Now]

I spoke in this forum previously about a contact who knew the killer, or more accurately, Tricia respectfully posted my experience as the contact.

At the time I shared my experience, I said I would go back and answer questions but it turned out to be too painful to be so exposed despite how kind and supportive everyone was. I did answer a few questions that I posed as speculation instead of truth, hoping that it might help.

It seems obvious, reading it now, that I had some inside knowledge, but I was looking for understanding and comfort not judgement. Now that he is convicted and (hopefully) the media will stop trying to track me down, I feel more able to accept the critical comments with the kind.

His conviction has awoken a host of feelings I didn't expect at all. No closure. Just confusion. And a bit more guilt. Because MacKenzie and I had so much in common. As conceited as it sounds, I worry that it started or reinforced his "type".

Him saying sorry...it makes me so confused. Just like I was when it happened to me. I was angry before...now I wonder how a man that can be so heartless can be sorry.

 

[righteous688]

I saw a post on facebook regarding this case. It said that all the police documents relating to this case can be released 30 days after his sentencing (if he doesn't appeal, strangely enough he has 30 days to appeal, even though he plead guilty, according to this facebook post). At that point, news organizations, etc. can request these and a lot more information about the case will become public. According to this facebook post, it's called a GRAMA request. These documents would presumably be show much they communicated and met, the nature of their relationship and why she would agree to meet up with him that night, among other things. Can someone verify this? TIA

 

[roche.analisa]

I spoke in this forum previously about a contact who knew the killer, or more accurately, Tricia respectfully posted my experience as the contact.

At the time I shared my experience, I said I would go back and answer questions but it turned out to be too painful to be so exposed despite how kind and supportive everyone was. I did answer a few questions that I posed as speculation instead of truth, hoping that it might help.

It seems obvious, reading it now, that I had some inside knowledge, but I was looking for understanding and comfort not judgement. Now that he is convicted and (hopefully) the media will stop trying to track me down, I feel more able to accept the critical comments with the kind.

His conviction has awoken a host of feelings I didn't expect at all. No closure. Just confusion. And a bit more guilt. Because MacKenzie and I had so much in common. As conceited as it sounds, I worry that it started or reinforced his "type".

Him saying sorry...it makes me so confused. Just like I was when it happened to me. I was angry before...now I wonder how a man that can be so heartless can be sorry.

{{{HUGS}}} glad you're here

 

[AmandaReckonwith]

MacKenzie Lueck Case Archive:

Mackenzie Lueck -UT-

 

[Harvath]

Supposedly LE is releasing a bunch of information in the case. This article didn’t really tell us much....but maybe someone out there can do some more digging. It’s 2:30am here...so I’ll try and find more tomorrow. Just sharing the latest:

Police Release New Photos, Info In Mackenzie Lueck Murder Case

 

[PommyMommy]

Supposedly LE is releasing a bunch of information in the case. This article didn’t really tell us much....but maybe someone out there can do some more digging. It’s 2:30am here...so I’ll try and find more tomorrow. Just sharing the latest:

Police Release New Photos, Info In Mackenzie Lueck Murder Case

Thanks, Harvath. I'll see what else I can find.

From the article:

[...]

Two days later, after searches inside the home and the backyard turned up evidence pointing to McKenzie, detectives tracked Ajayi to a friend’s home.

“How did you know where I am?” he asked them.

“I’m the police,” an officer responded.

During a nine minute phone call, a detective coaxed Ajayi to come outside.

Police knew Ajayi was the last person to see McKenzie.

“What kind of car do you drive?” the detective asked. “We have video of you at the park… I know already that your phones met up there. I want you to explain that.”

Detectives questioned Ajayi over the course of several hours, never losing their focus on the young college student who would never talk to her father again.

“This is 100 percent focused on not you, on McKenzie,” one detective said. “My focus is on her.”

[...]

 

[PommyMommy]

DEC 2, 2020
New details of MacKenzie Lueck murder investigation: Entire case file released | KJZZ
[...]

Investigators with the Salt Lake City Police Department released their entire case file to 2News and other local media stations, containing hours of video and hundreds of pages of documents.

[...]

Newly released video shows that Ajayi voluntarily walked into the Salt Lake City Police Department on June 24, 2019, a week after Lueck was reported missing.

He offered police an alibi, telling officers he was with his "baby mama" the night Lueck went missing, and that he and Lueck never met in person.

[...]

On June 26, detectives searched Ajayi's home and yard. Never-before-seen video shows the moment a cadaver dog finds evidence of human remains in the backyard. VIDEO

[...]

When Ajayi asked what time it was and was told it’s after 10 p.m., he got concerned, and again mentioned his “baby mama," who he said was supposed to be at his house at 8 p.m. When asked about the woman, he said they used to date, but not anymore. He said he knows her first name, but not her last name, and that she's eight months pregnant with a baby girl.

Ayoola Ajayi is interviewed by Salt Lake City Police detectives. (Image from SLCPD video)

At one point, medics are brought in to evaluate Ajayi. They say he’s hyperventilating and try to help him control his breathing.

[...]

Detectives asked him about text messages sent between himself and Lueck the night she went missing, and Ajayi claimed Lueck stopped messaging him after he sent a picture showing he was Black.

Ayoola Ajayi was questioned by detectives about text messages between him and MacKenzie Lueck. (Images: Salt Lake City Police Department)

[...]

Ajayi was kept at the police station overnight, not knowing the evidence being uncovered at his home — evidence now available to the public for the first time.

2News investigators will continue to go through the files and report on what they contain. But even with hours of video and hundreds of pages, there's still one question that might go forever unanswered: Why?

 

[righteous688]

The most baffling thing still is why would she meet him in the park at that time. To find that out, you would just have to see all of their text exchanges leading up to them meeting. Surely, they would be somewhere in the documents they released. KJZZ said they were still going through the documents and release more details tonight on their 10:00 newcast. Maybe we'll find out then.

 

[Seattle1]

The most baffling thing still is why would she meet him in the park at that time. To find that out, you would just have to see all of their text exchanges leading up to them meeting. Surely, they would be somewhere in the documents they released. KJZZ said they were still going through the documents and release more details tonight on their 10:00 newcast. Maybe we'll find out then.

In one of the interviews showed last night (12/2) when AA was pretending to assist LE, AA also stated that the odd, late hour meetup in the park would be too dangerous for both himself and ML to be rendezvousing in the park.

Liar, liar, his pants were definitely on fire.

 

[PommyMommy]

DEC 3, 2020
Evidence photos, interrogation videos released in Mackenzie Lueck murder investigation (fox13now.com)
[...]

Hundreds of photographs are of evidence markers all over the house and yard. Police took pictures of several items of clothing, some of which appeared to have bleach stains or dirt stains. They take pictures of Ajayi's bathroom sink under blacklight, where splatters show up in the light.

They zero in on a burn pit in Ajayi's backyard. Neighbors told Fox 13 at the time they remembered Ajayi lighting the fire after Lueck disappeared, and that it emitted a strong odor unlike anything they ever smelled.

Photos showed charred pieces of fabric found in the yard and burn pit. Other pictures show a burnt Coach purse and MacKenzie's wallet with her ID visible also burnt.

Pictures of Ajayi's car show stains across the backseat, as well as dirt all over the floor in front of the driver seat.

Along the Jordan River, photos depict a number of female clothing items pulled from out of the water and off the riverbanks. There are pictures of Lueck's University of Utah ID which appeared to have been found on the riverbank near the clothing.

Police piece together surveillance footage, from when MacKenzie landed at the Salt Lake International Airport and got into a Lyft on June 17, to when Ajayi's car and the Lyft driver headed in the same direction near the park in North Salt Lake where Ajayi met Lueck.

[...]

New photos in MacKenzie Lueck murder case reveal extensive crime scenes | KUTV
PHOTO GALLERY - 272 crime scene photos.

 

[PommyMommy]

DEC 3, 2020
MacKenzie Lueck's killer claimed he was helping, but digital footprints told a different story | KSL.com
[...]

"I told Ayoola that he was talking about 'his' information, that he can delete, he can hide as much as he thinks he can. I told him I think he is very skilled in IT and technology, but there was one thing he forgets, and that there is another person that didn't delete their stuff, didn't delete their conversations," Salt Lake police detective Nathan Wiley wrote in his report regarding his interview with Ajayi.

[...]

As the warrants were being drafted and signed by a judge, police went to Ajayi's residence to secure the property. Body camera videos from the scene show Ajayi being calm and cooperative. He is seen lying on a small grassy area next to his driveway in the shade, apparently to get out of the heat. Officers explain to him the warrant process and tell him he is free to leave, but he is not allowed to take anything out of his home or his car or his cellphone.

"I can hold the house until the search warrant gets here," an officer tells Ajayi.

Ajayi tells an officer he is going to walk to the library down the street. After he leaves, an officer is heard telling others to keep surveillance on him.

[...]

After first requesting his lawyer, Ajayi changed his mind and agreed to be questioned.

[...]

At one point, Ajayi, who claimed he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and glaucoma, said he was experiencing a shortness of breath. Medical staff evaluated him and determined he was hyperventilating, a report states.

[...]

"I told him that we have obtained those records already and that the records that we have show a lot more than what he is telling us," the report states. "I told Ayoola that the records were showing that the conversation continued after the screenshot that he sent to us and it showed that the conversation didn't end after he sent his photo to MacKenzie."

Ajayi said that was not possible.

"'I told him that wasn't true either,'" the detective replied, "'because we have her (MacKenzie's) records as well.' Ayoola started to rock back in forth and take short breaths again," according to the report.

[...]

"I again reiterated with Ayoola that the location services on his T-Mobile account to his device are very good, they are very accurate, and that they put him in a not good spot," the report states.

Ajayi tells police several times he is willing to take a lie detector test.

[...]

Salt Lake police detective Pat Mount then directly asked Ajayi if he had killed MacKenzie Lueck.

"I can't even kill a fish. When fish die I cry all night," he replied, according to the report.

When asked how then he is able to kill goats in his backyard, Ajayi said, "Because it is for food, because anything that is not food I cannot hurt."

[...]

On June 28, as a SWAT team was moving into position around an apartment complex at 1028 S. West Temple where Ajayi was now staying with a friend, the detective in the case called Ajayi and asked him to come out and talk to him, saying he had two cups of coffee waiting in his patrol car. An audio clip of that conversation was released as part of the open records request.

[...]

"You have an arrest warrant with you?" Ajayi asked following a brief pause.

"Yeah."

"OK, I will come down."

[...]

 

[PommyMommy]

DEC 3, 2020
Newly released videos show inside police's interrogation of Ayoola Ajayi | KUTV
[...]

The conversations and the meeting at the park in North Salt Lake wasn’t all Ajayi had to account for. There were suspicious fires in his backyard and dirt and debris in his car.

Ajayi didn’t shy away from the fire in his backyard.

“My neighbor — the female on the other side — told me like, ‘That smell is really bad.’ Fire station came, fined me for polluting the air, and then I kill the fire immediately. I just poured a lot of sand on it,” he said.

As for what was burning, Ajayi said plastic and wood. But he also volunteered that he regularly burned animal carcasses in his backyard — sheep and goats that he ate.

“So if you open my fridge, I have some goat meat soup,” he said. “In the past, I’ve killed lamb, I’ve killed goats in my backyard. So I burn them instead of skin them.”

He went on to describe who he purchased the livestock from.

[...]

 

[Seattle1]

MacKenzie Lueck's killer claimed he was helping, but digital footprints told a different story

12/3/20

Salt Lake police detective Pat Mount then directly asked Ajayi if he had killed MacKenzie Lueck.

"I can't even kill a fish. When fish die I cry all night," he replied, according to the report.

When asked how then he is able to kill goats in his backyard, Ajayi said, "Because it is for food, because anything that is not food I cannot hurt."

 

[dotr]

Dec 3, 2020

 

[janewall]

MacKenzie Lueck's killer claimed he was helping, but digital footprints told a different story

12/3/20

Salt Lake police detective Pat Mount then directly asked Ajayi if he had killed MacKenzie Lueck.

"I can't even kill a fish. When fish die I cry all night," he replied, according to the report.

When asked how then he is able to kill goats in his backyard, Ajayi said, "Because it is for food, because anything that is not food I cannot hurt."

Oh geez I hope that doesn't mean what it sounds like.

Good, if disturbing, catch @Seattle1 .