SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Family members of a Utah college student who was found strangled and burned last year following a search for her that captured the nation’s attention called her killer a “monster” Friday. They confronted him during a hearing where he was sentenced to life in prison […]
A man accused of killing a Utah college student has been ordered to stand trial on charges he sexually assaulted another woman he met on a dating site more than a year before the slaying. The 31-year-old Ayoola Ajayi pleaded not guilty Friday to felony kidnapping and three counts of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A tech worker accused of killing a Utah college student was charged Tuesday with 19 unrelated counts of sexual exploitation of a minor after investigators said they discovered child pornography on his computer. Ayoola Ajayi had images of children as young as 4, prosecutors said […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities investigating the killing of Utah college student Mackenzie Lueck have searched dating sites for her and a man charged in her death, court documents show. Police seeking evidence against tech worker Ayoola Ajayi searched the site Seeking Arrangement, which bills itself as a way […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A tech worker charged in the death of a Utah college student has made his first court appearance. Ayoola A. Ajayi appeared by video from jail alongside a court-appointed attorney during a quick hearing Monday to set a future court date. He did not speak […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A tech worker was charged Wednesday with murder and kidnapping in the death of a Utah college student whose body was found in a wooded area with her arms bound behind her. Prosecutors said Ayoola A. Ajayi, 31, was the last person Mackenzie Lueck communicated […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Newly released documents show a man arrested in the death of a Utah college student had been banned from the campus of Utah State University after he was arrested on suspicion of having a stolen an iPad. The reports released Tuesday show 31-year-old Ayoola A. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — More than 100 people gathered at the University of Utah to memorialize a student at the university who authorities say was killed and her charred remains found in a Salt Lake City man’s backyard. The crowd was silent while friends recalled 23-year-old Mackenzie Lueck as […]
New records detail a previous rape allegation made by a former co-worker against a man now accused of killing a Utah college student. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the documents released Monday reveal the co-worker said the contact with 31-year-old Ayoola A. Ajayi began consensually, but when she wanted to stop he […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Friends are set to remember a Utah college student who authorities say was killed and her charred remains found in a Salt Lake City man’s backyard. A vigil is planned for Monday night at the University of Utah to memorialize 23-year-old Mackenzie Lueck, who has […]
