Found Deceased UT - MacKenzie "Kenzie" Lueck, 23, Salt Lake City, 17 June 2019 #19 *ARREST*

[PommyMommy]

AUG 23, 2019
Man accused of killing Mackenzie Lueck answers sex assault charges in court
The man accused of accused of murdering University of Utah student Mackenzie Lueck appeared in court Friday on separate charges of sexual assault.

Ayoola Adisa Ajayi, 31, faces the new criminal counts after a woman reported he assaulted her more than a year before the death of 23-year-old Lueck. During a brief hearing, Ajayi wore a yellow jail uniform and spoke only to respond “yes” to questions from the judge over video feed from the Salt Lake County Jail.

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He has not entered pleas to any of the charges against him. Originally of Nigeria, he has been jailed since his arrest on June 28.

He is due back in court to answer the sexual assault charges Sept. 9.

 

[MassGuy]

Having read your response MassGuy ITA. I did find that particular statement interesting though, given the timing (the primary connection I made initially was their mutual involvement in the church of LDS, iirc).

However, having said that, I’m new to the Salgado case so am making no inferences.

I’m sure LE will be scrutinising any possible connections he may have (generally, I mean, to any unsolved cases feasibly within his prowling area...) in any event. Perhaps they’ll look into it just to rule him out, I don’t know.

Super sad that it took a year to analyse her remains and still no concrete COD or MOD identified, it seems. Her poor family

For me, each thread I follow on Websleuths seems to lead to several more cases (others reference old cases I don’t know of, so I find myself looking them up and reading back). Hard to learn of so much evil in the world... vulnerable members of society exploited...

It’s absolutely vital that they investigate this guy for connections to other unsolved crimes.

I believe they will do that, and are doing that.

In that particular case I don’t think there’s any connection, but that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be looked at.

No stone unturned when it comes to this monster.

 

[margarita25]

There are no koinkeeedinks.

Actually, I used to think that until after being a member here, because I have seen some craaaaaazy koinidinkies here lol.

One example would be two totally separate abductions and murders by two totally different perps, on two totally different victims, around the exact same time within a (few) block(s) from each other (Adrienne Salinas and the UID, perp was “George” or something like that iirc.)

Then there was this UID one time who, from her postmortem photo, looked exaaaaaaactttttllllly like a woman who was missing from the area iirc but it wasn’t her (I can’t remember their names).

Oh then there’s two+ totally different serial shooters operating in the exact same area during the exact same time...(NOCO)

Then there’s RAT and JLM, SKs out of Virginia...

Then there’s MJK who abducted two little girls in Iowa near Lizzy and Lyric (Kathlynn Shepard and other unnamed victim who survived) but LE ruled MJK our. (ETA: I still can’t get over that coincidence, moo. I want an inquiry on that one! Moo)

There are a few more, it would be interesting to remember them...point here is that I always consider the element of “coincidence” try to take that into account in these cases that they can and do occur; therefore we can not let the mindset of “there are no coincidences” affect how one proceeds in an investigation.

Yes, “if it was walks like a duck”, etc, but one has to be very careful with this. Sure some things are just flat out OBVIOUS and simple Occam. It depends on the case. And sure, “hunches” can be real as well (I shared my “hunch” here the other day lol).

LE / we would need much more than just proximity to connect cases obviously, however it always is a very important element of course, especially with regards to geographic profiling, disposals, abduction sites, etc.

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[margarita25]

(Ugh I hate running out of editing time, the above post took a full hour...thanks for putting up with my typos...I get so frustrated when I read back on my errors and can’t fix them! Just wanted to say that I am aware of my ten gazillion comma splices and punctuation errors! Sorry about that!)

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He was discharged June 10, 2015 after 6 months of service.

So between December 10, 2014 and then, is pretty solid.

His unit was based in Tooele, UT.

Thanks.

So
12/10/14 to 6/12/15.

I poked around a bit yesterday at “Tooele” and saw some clearly unrelated incidents upon a cursory glance..

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So @MassGuy, I must have initially misunderstood bc I thought he was in Logan...these two are 112.4 miles apart. Is this correct that he was not actually in Logan but rather in Tooele? Thanks for clarifying.

Toole to Logan:
2 h 7 min (112.4 mi)
via I-15 N

Sorry for any rehash.

 

[mickey2942]

Utah, for a relatively small population, in comparison to California or Texas, has a lot of unusual crimes. And don't forget, Ted Bundy actually attended the University of Utah.

Just a random coincidence.

 

[oceanblueeyes]

It’s absolutely vital that they investigate this guy for connections to other unsolved crimes.

I believe they will do that, and are doing that.

In that particular case I don’t think there’s any connection, but that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be looked at.

No stone unturned when it comes to this monster.

I dont know if it pertains to AAs case or not, but sometimes when suspects get sloppy it can mean they have done it before without ever being caught.

It leaves them arrogant, emboldened....feeling they are 10 feet tall, and bullet proof. Many times that is when they start making mistakes that winds up with them finally caught.

Imo, it's the same mentality Jesse Mathews possessed. He kept getting away with multiple rapes, and he was sure he hadn't gotten away with Morgan's murder as well before kidnapping, raping and murdering Hannah. Imo, as long as he didn't get caught he would have continued his evil violent deeds.

Its hard to believe AA just became a sex predator in recent years.

I think he has long been a sexual sadist relishing in the extreme pain he caused many victims. Imo

Ita! Every stone must be looked under in every location he was ever in.

Jmho

 

[mickey2942]

This brings up something, not that it matters much, but should criminals who are naturalized citizens have their citizenship revoked? Definitely a convicted killer like AA will be, is not eligible for citizenship, murder is definitely a "crime of moral intepertude". (SP).

 

[MassGuy]

I dont know if it pertains to AAs case or not, but sometimes when suspects get sloppy it can mean they have done it before without ever being caught.

It leaves them arrogant, emboldened....feeling they are 10 feet tall, and bullet proof. Many times that is when they start making mistakes that winds up with them finally caught.

Imo, it's the same mentality Jesse Mathews possessed. He kept getting away with multiple rapes, and he was sure he hadn't gotten away with Morgan's murder as well before kidnapping, raping and murdering Hannah. Imo, as long as he didn't get caught he would have continued his evil violent deeds.

Its hard to believe AA just became a sex predator in recent years.

I think he has long been a sexual sadist relishing in the extreme pain he caused many victims. Imo

Ita! Every stone must be looked under in every location he was ever in.

Jmho

This guy forced himself on women who didn’t reciprocate to his advances.

I think that escalated to what we saw here.

A sexual sadist probably isn’t going to go backwards in committing sexual abuse and sexual assault.

I think he was moving forward, and Kenzie’s murder was the culmination of that.

 

[Lillymac]

This guy forced himself on women who didn’t reciprocate to his advances.

I think that escalated to what we saw here.

A sexual sadist probably isn’t going to go backwards in committing sexual abuse and sexual assault.

I think he was moving forward, and Kenzie’s murder was the culmination of that.

Or the start of something bigger and more heinous. Makes me shudder.

 

[margarita25]

(Isn’t it amazing how much work and cleaning we can get done when the forum is down?! )

 

[marcolepsy]

Where exactly, in this world, were things this way in the 80's and 90's? Or at any time?

So many other variables come into it. Ethnicity, class, geography. Can you give some examples? It sounds like vigilante justice, really - but surely that's not what you mean ? It certainly was not the case in, say, Los Angeles or Salt Lake in the 80's or 90's. Where are you referring to? And...since you claim LE was involved in the ultimate handling, can you cite some cases?

What about all the cases where nothing, at all, happened to the perps? Where's your evidence that women used to report these things more regularly? That seems to fly in the face of all other published data.

Yeah. Street justice in the glory days. I fondly recall Marc Klaas and John Walsh enacted their brutal revenge with hellfire and rage and blood. Oh wait - that must have been Death Wish, not real life.

 

[Niner]

Monday, August 26th:
*Scheduling Conference Hearing (@ 2pm MT) - UT – MacKenzie “Kenzie” Lueck (23) (June 17, 2019, Salt Lake City, reported missing June 20, 2019, found June 26, 2019 charred female human tissue & bone, part of her scalp with hair, burned cell phone & personal belongings (clothing) burned & buried in his Salt Lake City backyard; body found July 3, 2019 in Logan Canyon (about 85 miles north of Salt Lake City).) - *Ayoola Adisa Ajayi aka “Joy” & “AJ” (31) arrested & charged (6/28/19) & formally charged (7/10/19) with criminal homicide 1st degree felony aggravated murder, 1st degree aggravated kidnapping, 2nd degree desecration of a body & 3rd degree obstruction of justice. Held without bond.
6/30/19 Update: Preliminary hearing was set for 7/1. DA needs more time, charges won’t be filed Monday, 7/1.
7/2/19 Update: Prosecutors said Tuesday (7/2/19) they had been granted an extension on filing formal charges until next week (7/10) as they investigate what was on her wiped phone.
7/3/19 Update: MacKenzie’s body was found in Logan Canyon about 85 miles north of Salt Lake City.
7/10/19 Update: Ajayi formally charged with aggravated murder, aggravated kidnapping, desecration of a human body & obstruction of justice. Detectives discovered "freshly-dug site" behind Ajayi's house, where they discovered burnt cell phone, human bone, part of a scalp & hair. DNA testing returned profile consistent with Mackenzie's DNA profile. Initial appearance hearing on new charges (including 1st degree murder) on 7/15. And a conference hearing set for 7/29.
7/15/19 Update: appeared by video feed from Salt Lake County Jail. Has public defender. No plea entered. Next scheduling hearing on 7/29. 7/29/19: Hearing has been rescheduled for 8/26.
*Charged (8/13/19) with 19 counts of possessing child .
8/13/19 Update: An additional 19 charges were filed Tuesday of possessing child . The images are mostly of children between the ages of 4 and 8 years old, the charges state.
*Charged (8/20/19) with 1st degree felony aggravated kidnapping & 3 counts of 2nd degree felony forcible sexual abuse.
8/20/19 Update: as been charged with aggravated kidnapping & 3 counts of forcible sexual abuse of another woman in March of 2018, were filed against Ajayi in the Third District Court Tuesday, 8/20.
8/23/19 Update: Had preliminary hearing sexual assault cases. No plea entered. Next hearing on 9/6.

 

[margarita25]

( @Niner you Rock! Thank for all your work and updates in all of these cases! )

 

[Niner]

( @Niner you Rock! Thank for all your work and updates in all of these cases! )

Thanks margarita! And by the way - you aren't in the Scanner thread, so you don't need those parentheses!

 

[Niner]

Oops - since I don't have access to Utah court site, I might have the date of 8/26 wrong per this article below. Sounds like he was in court last Friday, 8/23....
edited to add - the article is dated Aug. 23rd.

Man accused of killing Mackenzie Lueck answers sex assault charges in court


SALT LAKE CITY — The man accused of murdering University of Utah student Mackenzie Lueck appeared in court Friday on separate charges of sexual assault.

Ayoola Adisa Ajayi, 31, faces the new criminal counts after a woman reported he assaulted her more than a year before the death of 23-year-old Lueck. During a brief hearing, Ajayi wore a yellow jail uniform and spoke only to respond “yes” to questions from the judge over video feed from the Salt Lake County Jail.
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In a third pending criminal case, Ajayi is charged with 19 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, a second-degree felony, after police said they found child on devices seized from his home.

He has not entered pleas to any of the charges against him. Originally of Nigeria, he has been jailed since his arrest on June 28.

He is due back in court to answer the sexual assault charges Sept. 9.


Looks like he will be back in court for the sexual assault on 9/9 per this article.

and another edited - I had 9/6 as his next hearing for this case....

I "think" it is @MsFacetious that has access to Utah case?? Could you help me out?

 

[oceanblueeyes]

This guy forced himself on women who didn’t reciprocate to his advances.

I think that escalated to what we saw here.

A sexual sadist probably isn’t going to go backwards in committing sexual abuse and sexual assault.

I think he was moving forward, and Kenzie’s murder was the culmination of that.

Hello Guy, and all!

Like usual, ITA with you.

Often sexual sadist predators elevate their violent crimes, and sadly the murder of KL can be the tragic result.

From what I have read through the years they have personal inadequacies of their own so they must force, and brutalize victims in order for them to feel total power, and control over another helpless human being.

Sexual sadists truly are the worst monsters among us whether their prey are young children or adult victims of both genders.

There is no reasoning with them. They care not about anyone else's feelings. The more pain the victim endures inflicted by the sadist the more power, and deviant lust the sadist feels.

Often biting is found in such sexual assaults by sadists so I'm not surprised one of AAs victims had to endure the same by AA. I do believe more victims may come forward now.

This is why I have always believed AA premeditated the murder of KL. He was to the point of elevating his violence to the ultimate violent crime of murder.

It's really no different when sexual predators start off being peeping Toms, then grow bored, and starts breaking into homes in order to rape victims. Many go on to not only brutally raping their victims, but they go on to rape, and then murder them.

Imo, so AA was certainly wanting to not only brutally torture, and rape his next victim, but he had long fantasied about murdering them, and tragically for KL she became his target to carryout all of his sick deviancy on one helpless victim.

Imo, he has other dark secrets about what all he has done, and that is why LE must retrace his history.

The police will not assume this was his first homicide, and will delve deeply into his background.

Imo, he had a reason to build a fake life upon coming here. Usually when suspects do this it's because they have something they want to remain hidden.

Hopefully what is hidden will all be brought to light now.

Jmho

 

[Puzzled25]

(Ugh I hate running out of editing time, the above post took a full hour...thanks for putting up with my typos...I get so frustrated when I read back on my errors and can’t fix them! Just wanted to say that I am aware of my ten gazillion comma splices and punctuation errors! Sorry about that!)

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Thanks.

So
12/10/14 to 6/12/15.

I poked around a bit yesterday at “Tooele” and saw some clearly unrelated incidents upon a cursory glance..

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So @MassGuy, I must have initially misunderstood bc I thought he was in Logan...these two are 112.4 miles apart. Is this correct that he was not actually in Logan but rather in Tooele? Thanks for clarifying.

Toole to Logan:
2 h 7 min (112.4 mi)
via I-15 N

Sorry for any rehash.

He was in a National Guard unit for a few months. Typically, National Guard units will have training for one week in the month as well as 2 weeks over the year. They don't live with their unit and many members of the reserves and National Guard travel long distances for the weekend training. Of course, they can also deploy. There is a very small active Army facility in Tooele but he was not in the active Army.

In his case, it's likely he just attended a couple of weekend trainings since he was discharged before ever getting to basic training. He didn't live in Tooele which is an easy commute from Salt Lake City and many people in Tooele work in Salt Lake City. So the distance from Tooele to Logan is pretty irrelevant.

 

[debbiegarcia36]

There are no koinkeeedinks.

 

[PixieStix]

Wasn't there another court date scheduled for today? It's getting confusing now with the other charges and court dates involved. I just got home from work and came here to check on any updates. I will have to go poke around to see why I thought 8/26 for the next court date involving KL.

ETA: Ok I'm not crazy

Man accused of killing Mackenzie Lueck now faces child charges

 

[margarita25]

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