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

[SoCalGirl]

Looks can be so decieving!. Something or someone made her decide to go to North Salt Lake instead of going home especially at 1am. Kenzies friends appear not to have been confided in, that appears odd as young ladies are on their phones continually to each other telling each other tiny daily things. What was her secret?. Odd time to go somewhere unless you had been there before. Did she have money worries flights and travel can be expensive?.

Knowing the family and neighborhood, I doubt there were money issues for her.

 

[PommyMommy]

This is great.

Yesterday, I was frustrated that this hadn’t been more widely covered by the local media.

It has all the makings of a big news story, yet the silence was deafening.

Glad to see the uptick in not only local coverage, but national attention as well.

Yes, but we still need a good investigative reporter, IMO. Not just repeats of press releases and AP articles; someone who will dig in. We need a Sam K! MOO

 

[Peppery]

Kyle Harvey on Twitter
Have you seen this woman? 23-year-old MacKenzie Lueck is missing in the #SaltLakeCity area. She’s a student at the @UUtah and family/friends haven’t heard from her since Monday. She’s expected in Los Angeles Sunday for a wedding. #Utah #MissingPerson

6:20 PM - 22 Jun 2019

Another wedding? She was at a wedding last weekend too, per her original IG.

Possibly related-who is paying for all these flights from SLC to LA?

 

[BLT HUEY GIRL]

Facts point to her having voluntarily gone to a location other than home via Lyft from the airport on the 17th.

Whether or not she's voluntarily remained missing since then is the open and pressing question for LE.

All of her friends, acquaintances, co-workers, etc., need to be completely open and forthcoming with LE right now so that they can hopefully locate her and verify her whereabouts.

Adults have the right to go voluntarily missing in this country.

Some choose to exercise that right, as we've seen here before.

JMO.

Could she have been lured to a new destination maybe manipulated or coerced could she have been threatened? So many questions. Her phone could have answers.

 

[SuziQ]

Fwiw. North Salt Lake is in another county, just north of SLC. Nowhere near the U or where she lived.

 

[Harmony 2]

Utah college student MacKenzie Lueck missing after ride-share from airport

 

[MassGuy]

Could she have been lured to a new destination maybe manipulated or coerced could she have been threatened? So many questions. Her phone could have answers.

I think there’s two likely possibilities:

She traveled to her planned destination, and intended to go off the grid.

She traveled to her planned destination, and something bad happened involving whoever she visited.

Right now, I’m leaning towards the first one.

The language used by law enforcement indicates that they don’t necessarily believe she is in danger.

I think there must be some solid indication of this, and perhaps a sign that she is trying to avoid being found.

I’m just not sensing a great deal of alarm, when the whole situation seems a bit alarming.

 

[EmilyVan]

I think there’s two likely possibilities:

She traveled to her planned destination, and intended to go off the grid.

She traveled to her planned destination, and something bad happened involving whoever she visited.

Right now, I’m leaning towards the first one.

The language used by law enforcement indicates that they don’t believe she is in danger.

I think there must be some solid indication of this, and perhaps a sign that she is trying to avoid being found.

I’m just not sensing a great deal of alarm, when the whole situation seems a bit alarming.

right? it's alarming how un-alarmed everyone seems to be.

 

[MassGuy]

right? it's alarming how un-alarmed everyone seems to be.

Ha! It’s so odd.

This really shouldn’t be that hard for law enforcement to figure out.

They know where she went, how she got there, and when she arrived.

What is this destination, and why was she there?

Answer that, and we’d have a good idea of what the situation really is.

 

[Gigi3]

I think there’s two likely possibilities:

She traveled to her planned destination, and intended to go off the grid.

She traveled to her planned destination, and something bad happened involving whoever she visited.

Right now, I’m leaning towards the first one.

The language used by law enforcement indicates that they don’t necessarily believe she is in danger.

I think there must be some solid indication of this, and perhaps a sign that she is trying to avoid being found.

I’m just not sensing a great deal of alarm, when the whole situation seems a bit alarming.

I agree about the urgency seems to be lacking, but now that this is gaining momentum I would think that someone would make contact with LE and let them at least know to quit looking. I’m hoping she has just taken a timeout, but now that word is spreading I’m just not sure! On the fence with this one right now. Maybe this will turn out like the missing mother and daughter duo from Wisconsin! MOO

 

[GordianKnot]

I think there’s two likely possibilities:

She traveled to her planned destination, and intended to go off the grid.

She traveled to her planned destination, and something bad happened involving whoever she visited.

Right now, I’m leaning towards the first one.

The language used by law enforcement indicates that they don’t necessarily believe she is in danger.

I think there must be some solid indication of this, and perhaps a sign that she is trying to avoid being found.

I’m just not sensing a great deal of alarm, when the whole situation seems a bit alarming.

Brilliant Post!

I completely agree with this analysis.

ML went somewhere voluntarily other than home from the airport.
Whether she's choosing to remain voluntarily missing is the open question.
I think the answer to that is most likely to be "Yes."
It may be otherwise, though.

ML's most likely gone off the grid of her own volition.

LE is not conveying a sense of urgency here.
In fact, LE has explicitly stated they have no indication that she is in any danger.
That's a pretty bold statement for LE to make.
It leads me to believe they have a solid basis for saying it.

Does she still need to be located? Absolutely.

Do I think LE will make contact with her soon? Absolutely.

Could I be wrong about all this? Absolutely.

*Edited to correct initials.

JMO.

 

[Gigi3]

Brilliant Post!

I completely agree with this analysis.

MT went somewhere voluntarily other than home from the airport.
Whether she's choosing to remain voluntarily missing is the open question.
I think the answer to that is most likely to be "Yes."
It may be otherwise, though.

MT's most likely gone off the grid of her own volition.

LE is not conveying a sense of urgency here.
In fact, LE has explicitly stated they have no indication that she is in any danger.
That's a pretty bold statement for LE to make.
It leads me to believe they have a solid basis for saying it.

Does she still need to be located? Absolutely.

Do I think LE will make contact with her soon? Absolutely.

Could I be wrong about all this? Absolutely.

JMO.

Agree with everything you just stated, BUT I also remember thinking this about the Mollie Tibbits case for a hot second! I truly hope she is voluntarily taking a break! JMO

 

[GordianKnot]

right? it's alarming how un-alarmed everyone seems to be.

Or, depending on how you look at it, it's reassuring.

LE knows much, much more than we do, and they aren't sounding the alarm bells.

I actually find that somewhat reassuring vs. alarming.

JMO.

 

[MassGuy]

Agree with everything you just stated, BUT I also remember thinking this about the Mollie Tibbits case for a hot second! I truly hope she is voluntarily taking a break! JMO

I dunno. I was convinced that one was an abduction from the beginning.

The only real question was if she knew her abductor, or if it was random.

I’m seeing no signs of an abduction here, not yet anyways.

 

[BLT HUEY GIRL]

Do I really believe that a young girl would purposely decide to go M I.A. especially after coming back from attending a funeral for a grandparent and not be concerned about how this would effect her family? No there is just no way that makes sense to me.

 

[Kirrie]

Knowing the family and neighborhood, I doubt there were money issues for her.

<modsnip> Tho she does have a job as well as Uni so not everything is given to her.
She is young stunningly beautiful could choose whoever she wanted to be with.
If it was someone she knew well and cared for her you would think she would be collected her from the airport.
Somewhere to do something i don,t get not going home and driving there in her car so that she would have transport to ger home after whatever she planned to do.

 

[Gigi3]

I dunno. I was convinced that one was an abduction from the beginning.

The only real question was if she knew her abductor, or if it was random.

I’m seeing no signs of an abduction here, not yet anyways.

I’m glad you feel this way because you are pretty spot on with most of your posts in the various threads! Are you leaning towards voluntarily missing at this point?

 

[MassGuy]

Do I really believe that a young girl would purposely decide to go M I.A. especially after coming back from attending a funeral for a grandparent and not be concerned about how this would effect her family? No there is just no way that makes sense to me.

There’s no way of knowing what was going on in her head.

People go voluntarily missing all the time, and thinking logically on our part, isn’t representative of their thought process.

There are too many unknowns right now to rule something like that out.

The overwhelming majority of missing persons cases are resolved, and involve no nefarious explanation.

 

[GordianKnot]

Do I really believe that a young girl would purposely decide to go M I.A. especially after coming back from attending a funeral for a grandparent and not be concerned about how this would effect her family? No there is just no way that makes sense to me.

I understand what you're saying here.

But we don't know what we don't know.

One of the questions I've had from the outset is whether or not ML has any drug and/or mental health issues that could have contributed to her going voluntarily missing.

That question remains unanswered.

I do see it as a possibility, given the set of circumstances we're looking at here.
If so, it would in no way diminish the urgency to locate her and make sure she's safe.
In fact, if either drugs or mental health concerns are something ML is struggling with,
it actually increases the importance of finding her and making sure she is well.

JMO.

 

[EmilyVan]

Or, depending on how you look at it, it's reassuring.

LE knows much, much more than we do, and they aren't sounding the alarm bells.

I actually find that somewhat reassuring vs. alarming.

JMO.

ha! touche'!