The man who admitted earlier this month that he killed of 23-year-old University of Utah student Mackenzie Lueck was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole, KSL reported. Third District Judge Vernice Trease delivered the sentence to Ayoola Ajayi, who pleaded guilty to aggravated murder and abuse of a human body …
The accused killer of University of Utah student Mackenzie Lueck pleaded guilty Wednesday to aggravated murder and abuse or desecration of a human body in a plea agreement that will let him avoid the death penalty. Ayoola Ajayi, 32, was initially charged with aggravated murder, kidnapping, obstruction of justice, and desecration of a human body …
The suspect accused of killing University of Utah student Mackenzie Lueck allegedly assaulted another woman and preventing her from leaving his home a year before Lueck’s murder. The Salt Lake City Tribune reports that Ayoola Ajayi, 31, is facing new felony charges of aggravated kidnapping and three counts of forcible sexual abuse, following allegations that …
The man accused of murdering University of Utah student Mackenzie Lueck appeared in court on Monday morning as police were tipped off to additional evidence in the presumed murder of the the 23-year-old California native. The Deseret News reports that police received a tip about additional evidence found along the Jordan River Parkway in Salt …
New details have emerged about the suspect and cause of death related to a University of Utah student who was last seen alive in Salt Lake City on June 17. As CrimeOnline has previously reported, 23-year-old Mackenzie Lueck’s body was found in a Utah canyon earlier this month, about 85 miles north of where she …
Investigators have recovered the body of missing University of Utah student Mackenzie Lueck in a canyon north of Salt Lake City. Per KSL, Salt Lake City police chief Mike Brown announced in a press conference Friday that investigators found the 23-year-old woman’s remains on Wednesday. “In the wake of this tragic, tragic incident I am …
More details are emerging about the man accused of killing University of Utah student Mackenzie Lueck, as a judge has extended the deadline to file formal charges against him. The Salt Lake City Tribune obtained documents showing that Ayoola Ajayi, who was once enrolled at the University of Utah, was barred from campus following a …
Formal charges remain pending against the suspected killer of 23-year-old Mackenzie Lueck, who police believe was murdered in Salt Lake City last month. KUTV reports that the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s office did not file formal charges Monday against Ayoola Ajayi, who was arrested Friday on suspicion of murdering the University of Utah student. …
Mackenzie Lueck’s remains are found in a burn pit behind a home near the park where she disappears. The man who lives there denies knowing the college student. Wife of Mackenzie Lueck murder suspect went into hiding after he cut her with a knife, was too afraid to have sex with him: Report Nancy Grace …
The man accused of killing Mackenzie Lueck in Salt Lake City in June had previously been the focus of a rape investigation before his accuser declined to press charges. The Los Angeles Times reports that Ayoola Ajayi, who was arrested last week for the presumed murder of the 23-year-old University of Utah student, was a …
The suspect in the presumed murder of University of Utah student Mackenzie Lueck is still legally married to a woman who so feared him that she went into hiding. In an interview with the Daily Mail, Tenisha Jenkins Ajayi said she married Ayoola Ajayi in 2011, but has not seen him in years although they …
One of the things that’s often been said about slain University of Utah student MacKenzie Lueck is that she loved to help people. As CrimeOnline previously reported, her friends told of her interest in advocating for women’s rights and animal welfare. She had plans to work in the medical field after her 2020 graduation. MacKenzie’s …
