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Mackenzie Lueck PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT

Mackenzie Lueck Press Conference Transcript from June 27, 2019 at 10:00 am MST. Police Chief Mike Brown of Salt Lake City Police Department discusses the new leads, forensic trail, and suspect Ayoola Ajayi Fair Park, Utah. Click here for our post looking into the disturbing background of Mackenzie Lueck suspect Ayoola Ajayi .

MACKENZIE LUECK PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT 06/27/19

Christina Judd: Hi. Good morning. Thank you for being here. I’m Christina Judd. I’m the Public Relations Director for The Salt Lake City Police Department. I appreciate your patience and for you being here today. We are about to have an update from Chief Brown. I’d just like to remind everyone this is an ongoing, open, and very dynamic case. The facts may change as we pursue this case and we will continue to update you as much as we can. Given the nature of the case, we’re careful about that and trying to balance the public’s desire to know what’s going on and the integrity of the case. At this time, I’ll turn it over to Chief Brown.

Christina ‘Christy’ Judd, PR Director of Salt Lake City Police, takes the podium to begin the press conference in the disappearance of 23 year old college student Mackenzie Lueck.
Mackenzie Luezk Press Conference Transcript

Chief Mike Brown: Thank you, Christy. Good morning and thank you for being here. Last night we executed a warrant, one of many, that we have served in the missing Mackenzie Lueck case and we will continue to do so as we develop leads throughout this investigation. I want to say that no arrests have been made, however, the owner of the residence where we served the warrant last night IS a Person of Interest. Our detectives collected multiple items of evidence throughout the night that are …

Mackenzie Lucek Suspect Ayoola Ajayi ‘s Bizarre Past: The case of Mackenzie Lueck, a 23 year old University of Utah student missing for 11 days, took a dramatic turn overnight with police searching and digging the backyard of a home in the Fair Park, Utah area. On Monday June 17th, Mackenzie flew into Salt Lake City airport after returning from a short trip to attend her grandmother’s funeral in California. She never made it home. According to a police timeline, after texting her parents at 2am MST notifying them that her flight had safely landed, Mackenzie Lueck took a Lyft ride and requested to be dropped off at Hatch Park in North Salt Lake City, arriving to the destination at 2:59am. The Lyft driver told police he saw her greet an individual who was waiting for her in a car, and she did not appear to be in distress.

On June 26, police executed a search warrant at 547 North 1000th W. in Fair Park, Utah. Throughout the night and into the morning a massive team of investigators scoured the home and backyard, bringing out boxes and bags of evidence including ammunition. A SkyTeam helicopter captured detectives digging multiple holes in the backyard, and K9s were on the scene.

Ayoola Ajay suspect in Mackenzie Lueck case Salt Lake City Utah — A modeling photo depicts Ayoola Ajayi in angel wings. Police have been searching Ajayi’s home (used as an AirBNB) for two days. Investigators told CNN they found evidence related to missing college student Mackenzie Lueck.

While no arrest has currently been made, Police Chief Brown confirmed the homeowner, 31 year old Ayoola Ajayi, was a ‘Person of Interest’ in the Mackenzie Lueck case, and is being questioned by investigators (you can read the full Mackenzie Lueck press conference transcript here) Officials confirmed to CNN that multiple pieces of evidence tied to …

Mackenzie Lueck PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT

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