Lauren McCluskey

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University Acknowledges Her Murder Was Preventable

University of Utah will pay Lauren McCluskey's family $13.5M

(Newser) - In what the Salt Lake Tribune is calling a "historic deal," the University of Utah is acknowledging for the first time that student Lauren McCluskey's on-campus murder was preventable. It has settled with her parents for $13.5 million, effectively ending two civil rights lawsuits that had...

Horrific Revelation in Case of Murdered Utah Student

A University of Utah cop showed off photos Lauren McCluskey gave police: sources

(Newser) - The University of Utah student killed by an ex-boyfriend in 2018 tried to get help from police multiple times before her murder—but instead, an officer showed off explicit photos of Lauren McCluskey that the 21-year-old track athlete had entrusted to the department. Two police sources tell the Salt Lake ...

Student Repeatedly Sought Cops' Help Before Her Killing
Student Repeatedly
Sought Cops'
Help Before
Her Killing
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Dec 28, 2018 11:05 AM CST

Student Repeatedly Sought Cops' Help Before Her Killing

Investigations examine murder of University of Utah student Lauren McCluskey

(Newser) - In the weeks leading up to her murder, University of Utah student Lauren McCluskey repeatedly asked campus police for help—and ended up calling 911 twice because she was frustrated by their lack of action. The 21-year-old told police she was being harassed and blackmailed by Melvin Rowland, a 37-year-old...

Cops: Before He Killed Her, He Extorted $1K Over Photos

University of Utah's Lauren McCluskey reported extortion to police 9 days before her slaying

(Newser) - Lauren McCluskey's killer was a master manipulator who penned messages under various names—even posed as a police officer—in an effort to lure and extort the 21-year-old University of Utah student before her death, according to police. Nine days before she was fatally shot on campus by an...

She Was on the Phone With Mom, Then, 'No, No, No!'
She Was on the Phone With
Mom, Then, 'No, No, No!'
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Oct 23, 2018 2:47 PM CDT

She Was on the Phone With Mom, Then, 'No, No, No!'

Police say University of Utah student Lauren McCluskey was killed by an ex-boyfriend

(Newser) - The University of Utah is mourning the death of a student-athlete who police say was shot to death by an ex-boyfriend—one she had recently filed a police report about. One of the most wrenching details of the case is that 21-year-old Lauren McCluskey had been on the phone with...

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