DEC 3, 2020
MacKenzie Lueck's killer claimed he was helping, but digital footprints told a different story | KSL.com
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"I told Ayoola that he was talking about 'his' information, that he can delete, he can hide as much as he thinks he can. I told him I think he is very skilled in IT and technology, but there was one thing he forgets, and that there is another person that didn't delete their stuff, didn't delete their conversations," Salt Lake police detective Nathan Wiley wrote in his report regarding his interview with Ajayi.
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As the warrants were being drafted and signed by a judge, police went to Ajayi's residence to secure the property. Body camera videos from the scene show Ajayi being calm and cooperative. He is seen lying on a small grassy area next to his driveway in the shade, apparently to get out of the heat. Officers explain to him the warrant process and tell him he is free to leave, but he is not allowed to take anything out of his home or his car or his cellphone.
"I can hold the house until the search warrant gets here," an officer tells Ajayi.
Ajayi tells an officer he is going to walk to the library down the street. After he leaves, an officer is heard telling others to keep surveillance on him.
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After first requesting his lawyer, Ajayi changed his mind and agreed to be questioned.
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At one point, Ajayi, who claimed he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and glaucoma, said he was experiencing a shortness of breath. Medical staff evaluated him and determined he was hyperventilating, a report states.
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"I told him that we have obtained those records already and that the records that we have show a lot more than what he is telling us," the report states. "I told Ayoola that the records were showing that the conversation continued after the screenshot that he sent to us and it showed that the conversation didn't end after he sent his photo to MacKenzie."
Ajayi said that was not possible.
"'I told him that wasn't true either,'" the detective replied, "'because we have her (MacKenzie's) records as well.' Ayoola started to rock back in forth and take short breaths again," according to the report.
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"I again reiterated with Ayoola that the location services on his T-Mobile account to his device are very good, they are very accurate, and that they put him in a not good spot," the report states.
Ajayi tells police several times he is willing to take a lie detector test.
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Salt Lake police detective Pat Mount then directly asked Ajayi if he had killed MacKenzie Lueck.
"I can't even kill a fish. When fish die I cry all night," he replied, according to the report.
When asked how then he is able to kill goats in his backyard, Ajayi said, "Because it is for food, because anything that is not food I cannot hurt."
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On June 28, as a SWAT team was moving into position around an apartment complex at 1028 S. West Temple where Ajayi was now staying with a friend, the detective in the case called Ajayi and asked him to come out and talk to him, saying he had two cups of coffee waiting in his patrol car. An audio clip of that conversation was released as part of the open records request.
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"You have an arrest warrant with you?" Ajayi asked following a brief pause.
"Yeah."
"OK, I will come down."
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