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Family of slain Utah woman says school didn’t protect her

Family of slain Utah woman says school didn’t protect her

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The parents of a University of Utah student and track athlete who was fatally shot on campus are fighting a claim by the college that their lawsuit should be dismissed because their daughter’s killer wasn’t a student. Campus police could have contacted the killer’s parole […]

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Parents of slain Utah student discuss daughter’s death

Parents of slain Utah student discuss daughter’s death

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The parents of a University of Utah student killed by her ex-boyfriend have said their formerly shy daughter was brimming with confidence and excited to graduate before she was fatally shot on campus last year. Jill and Matt McCluskey told the Deseret News newspaper in Salt Lake […]

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University releases calls made by slain student before death

University releases calls made by slain student before death

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The University of Utah is releasing audio recordings of phone calls made by a student and her parents about an ex-boyfriend who had been sending harassing messages and later killed her. The university posted recordings of 15 phone calls Thursday between campus police and Lauren […]

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Mom of slain Utah student calls for more accountability

Mom of slain Utah student calls for more accountability

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The mother of a University of Utah student killed on campus after repeatedly reporting harassment says the school’s response to her death has fallen short, leaving open the question of whether other students are safe. Jill McCluskey wrote in an op-ed in the Salt Lake Tribune Wednesday […]

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Mom of Utah shooting victim: Gun owner should be prosecuted

Mom of Utah shooting victim: Gun owner should be prosecuted

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The mother of a University of Utah track athlete who was fatally shot by a sex offender parolee she had briefly dated says the person who loaned him the gun should be prosecuted. Jill McCluskey made the comment in a tweet Tuesday in which she said “it […]

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Slain University of Utah track athlete is buried

Slain University of Utah track athlete is buried

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — A University of Utah track athlete who was killed by a sex offender parolee she had briefly dated has been buried in her hometown of Pullman, Washington. Lauren McCluskey was remembered late Sunday as kind, sensitive, intelligent, dedicated and beautiful. The Moscow-Pullman Daily News reported that hundreds of […]

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Killer of Utah student called himself womanizing manipulator

Killer of Utah student called himself womanizing manipulator

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A sex offender who killed a University of Utah student he briefly dated once said at a parole hearing that he was a womanizer who manipulated women to get what he wanted. Melvin Rowland said he was attracted to teenage girls and vulnerable women, and […]

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Utah university slay suspect was sex offender, records show

Utah university slay suspect was sex offender, records show

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on the fatal shooting of a University of Utah student (all times local): 12:15 p.m. A recording of a past parole hearing reveals that a sex offender who killed a University of Utah student he briefly dated said he was a womanizer who […]

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Records: Suspect in Utah university killing was sex offender

Records: Suspect in Utah university killing was sex offender

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A University of Utah student and track athlete who was shot and killed on campus by a former boyfriend had filed a police complaint against him after she learned he was a sex offender and broke off the relationship, authorities said Tuesday. Investigators had been […]

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