University of Utah agrees to pay family $13.5M after beloved track star calls police more than 20 times before convicted felon kills her
Murder
The family will donate the money to the Lauren McCluskey foundation.
Police
August 9, 2020
Lauren McCluskey: Ex-university cop who shared her nude photos with co-workers fired from city department
State report said that Miguel Deras shared the photos with at least six co-workers just days before McCluskey was shot and killed.
Police
August 5, 2020
Lauren McCluskey: University cop shared nude photos of student with at least 6 co-workers days before she was killed [Report]
A University of Utah police officer shared nude photographs of Lauren McCluskey with at least three men following a staff briefing about McCluskey’s complaints she was being extorted by man she once dated — just days before the student-athlete was found shot to death in her car. The university released an in-depth report from the …
May 18, 2020
Lauren McCluskey: Cop bragged about having petrified college student’s explicit photos days before she was shot dead [Reports]
A Utah officer who responded to a call from slain college student Lauren McCluskey in 2018 is accused of keeping and showing off her explicit photos, which were intended only as part of a criminal investigation. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that McCluskey told Miguel Deras, an officer assigned to her case, that someone was …
College Crimes
June 28, 2019
Parents sue University of Utah for $56M, claiming it failed to protect daughter from ex who killed her on campus
The parents of a slain University of Utah student have filed a $56 million federal lawsuit, alleging college police and housing officials failed to act before her ex-boyfriend shot her to death on campus last year. Matt and Jill McCluskey, the parents of slain student Lauren McCluskey, 21, announced Thursday that they’re suing the college …
Murder
December 22, 2018
911 calls released: Slain college student Lauren McCluskey, stalked and killed by sex offender, called police SEVERAL times before her death [Report]
On Friday, Salt Lake City police released the 911 calls made by a University of Utah student before her former boyfriend, a convicted sex offender, allegedly killed her. Salt Lake Tribune reports that days before 21-year-old college jogger Lauren McCluskey died, she broke up with a man she’d been dating, Melvin Rowland, 37, after she learned he …
Murder
October 27, 2018
Sex offender who murdered college track star Lauren McCluskey went on date right after after killing her: Report
Disturbing new details have emerged about the murder of Lauren McCluskey, the University of Utah student who was killed earlier this month by a man whom she had stopped dating after catching him in a web of lies, Rolling Stone reports. Authorities believe Melvin Rowland shot McCluskey to death in a car on the evening …
Murder
October 26, 2018
Registered sex offender stalked college track star, harassed & extorted her over ‘compromising photos’ before shooting her multiple times: Police
A University of Utah college student killed by a man she dated briefly was extorted prior to her death, investigators announced Thursday, as grim details surrounding the events before her death emerge. Salt Lake Tribune reports that track standout and college junior Lauren McCluskey, 21, filed a police report on October 13 against Melvin Rowland, 37, four …
Murder
October 24, 2018
College track star found murdered was on phone with mom when sex offender she dated, who lied about his name & age, killed her: Police
New details emerged in the case of a University of Utah college student found shot to death on Monday night by a man she briefly dated before she knew of his troubled past. CNN reports that Jill McCluskey, mother of 21-year-old Lauren McCluskey, contacted University police after she became concerned for her daughter’s well-being on Monday, following the …
Murder
October 23, 2018
College track star killed by registered sex offender, suspect found dead hours later: Police
A University of Utah student was found dead on Monday inside her car on campus, and a man accused of killing her was found dead hours laters. Salt Lake City’s FOX13 reports that Lauren McCluskey, of Pullman, Washington, was found deceased at around 9 p.m. on Monday, in a car near the medical towers on campus. …
