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Lauren McCluskey Part 3 May 04, 2021

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After Lauren’s murder, The McCluskey’s filed a $56 millon lawsuit against the University of Utah. They believed that Lauren’s murder could have been prevented and even with a thorough investigation showing a history of negligence and not taking Lauren’s concerns seriously, the U of U president was adament they did all they could.

https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2020/08/05/report-university-utah/

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/10/27/im-grateful-i-was-able/

https://www.laurenmccluskey.org/

https://gephardtdaily.com/local/weber-county-sheriffs-office-hires-university-of-utah-detective-terminated-after-campus-murder-of-student-lauren-mccluskey/

https://kslnewsradio.com/1893755/opinion-university-utah-police-saved-lauren-mccluskeys-life/amp/

https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2019/07/01/university-utah-officer/

https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2019/11/03/university-utah-police/

https://www.laurenmccluskey.org/

Lauren McCluskey Part 2 Apr 27, 2021

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After breaking things off with Melvin Rowland, Lauren McCluskey couldn’t escape her abuser and stalker. He used spoof phones to call and harass her, looked into her windows at night, tried to lure her out of her apartment, and he even blackmailed her for $1,000. She took her concerns to the UofU campus police who dismissed her worries and violated her trust in the most disrespectful and disgusting way.

https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2020/08/05/report-university-utah/

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/10/27/im-grateful-i-was-able/

https://www.laurenmccluskey.org/

https://gephardtdaily.com/local/weber-county-sheriffs-office-hires-university-of-utah-detective-terminated-after-campus-murder-of-student-lauren-mccluskey/

https://kslnewsradio.com/1893755/opinion-university-utah-police-saved-lauren-mccluskeys-life/amp/

https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2019/07/01/university-utah-officer/

https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2019/11/03/university-utah-police/

https://www.laurenmccluskey.org/

Lauren McCluskey Part 1 Apr 13, 2021

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In fall 2018, Lauren McCluskey was a student at the University of Utah on a Track and Field scholarship. While on the phone with her mother, she was walking back to her dorm when she was attacked. Later, she was found dead in the backseat of a vehicle on campus. Her family and friends didn’t hesitate to point the finger at the man she had just broken up with.

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/saltlaketribune/obituary.aspx?n=lauren-jennifer-mccluskey&pid=190589650&fhid=23444

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/12/19/university-utah-announce/

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/10/26/timeline-extortion/

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/10/23/university-utah-is/

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/10/25/utah-governor-calls/

https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2020/05/17/university-utah-police/

Sarah "Ella" Snow Young Mar 30, 2021

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Ella Young was a wife and mother of 2, including a 4 month old baby boy. She loved hiking in Hobble Creek Canyon with her husband and their sons. When she left on September morning in 1953 to go get a can of corn for their supper that night, she never returned home. Her family was worried and started looking at the place she loved the most, Hobble Creek Canyon. There, they found her car abandoned with her shoes in it. Did Ella leave voluntarily to start a new life? Or was she unknowingly suffering from postpartum depression?

https://charleyproject.org/case/sarah-luella-snow

https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/58753?nav

https://www.newspapers.com/image/289763636/?terms=ella%20young&match=1

https://www.wheelermortuaries.com/obituary/Don-Young

https://www.newspapers.com/image/467768038/?terms=ella%20young&match=1

Gary Gilmore Mar 23, 2021

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After a childhood of abuse, Gary Gilmore lived a life of crime. After living in and out of prison, he settled in Provo, UT with family members hoping to help him change his life around. But after being convicted of killing two young men within a day of each other, Gary was determined that his death sentence be carried out, despite pleas and appeals from those closest to him.

https://www.newspapers.com/image/12130528/?terms=Bessie%20Brown&match=1

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-execution-of-gary-gilmore

http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,945718,00.html

https://time.com/3742999/gary-gilmore-history/.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gary-Gilmore

https://murderpedia.org/male.G/g1/gilmore-gary-mark.htm

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-01-11-mn-3947-story.html

Tommy Walling Mar 16, 2021

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In 1983, Tommy was just 9 years old when he was removed from his mother's care and placed in a foster home in Thatcher, Utah. One morning, he went out to feed the dog and never came back in the home. His body was found about a month later. With several other children going missing and being murdered in SLC and Pocatello, ID, police wondered if Tommy's case was related. Arthur Gary Bishop denied involvement and Tommy's killer has never been found.

https://www.newspapers.com/image/613325570/?terms=Tommy%20Walling&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/613482859/?terms=Thomas%20walling&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/285534871/?terms=Thomas%20walling&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/613483719/?terms=Thomas%20walling&match=1

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/77po4e/pocatello_abductions/

https://www.deseret.com/2014/4/18/20539720/man-admits-raping-killing-young-ogden-girl-when-he-was-15

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Rachael_Runyan

Nancy Perry Baird Mar 09, 2021

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On July 4th, 1975, Nancy was working her shift at the Fina gas station on Highway 89 in East Layton. Her supervisor arrived to take over at 5:30pm, but Nancy was nowhere to be found. There were no signs of a struggle, and all of Nancy’s belongings were left undisturbed. She was thought to be a Ted Bundy victim, but he adamantly denies involvement and there isn’t any evidence linking her to him. Is Bundy to blame for her disappearance? Or a local that Nancy was familiar with?

https://www.newspapers.com/image/469167464/?article=257df27d-4a2b-4075-a6a0-d55f0ec2bce7

https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=58129359&itype=cmsid

https://www.newspapers.com/image/468744236/?terms=nancy%20perry%20baird&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/598050981/?terms=nancy%20perry%20baird&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/468744236/?terms=nancy%20perry%20baird&match=1

June Nelson Mar 02, 2021

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On New Years Eve 1928, 12 year-old June Nelson was walking home after leaving the family’s cafe that evening. When she didn’t return home, family and neighbors went searching. Unfortunately, the next day they found her body in a canal just two miles from her home. Her murder has a eerie commonality with that of a girl in Oakland, California that occurred just two years earlier. Are their murders connected?

https://www.newspapers.com/image/288634784/?terms=June%20Nelson&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/288635239/?terms=June%20Nelson&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/542299518/?terms=June%20Nelson&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/542299510

https://www.newspapers.com/image/542299890/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/288645203/?terms=June%20Nelson&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/542300556/?terms=June%20Nelson&match=1

Sheree Allen Feb 16, 2021

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In 2005, Sheree Allen's body was found in a trash bag in a dumpster behind a strip mall. Sheree had dreams of being a nurse, but instead found herself in an abusive relationship and addicted to drugs. Unfortunately, the suspects in her death are either keeping quiet, unable to be located or dead themselves.

https://www.abc4.com/news/the-justice-files-who-killed-my-daughter/

https://www.ksl.com/article/38234504/11-years-after-womans-body-found-in-dumpster-police-seek-info-to-solve-cold-case

https://www.newspapers.com/image/472614743/?terms=sheree%20Allen&match=1

https://www.cityweekly.net/utah/mean-streets/Content?oid=2128930

https://www.deseret.com/2005/1/28/19874325/friends-kin-are-saddened-by-slaying

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2580780-homelessness-heartache-and-hoops-caleb-swanigans-rough-road-to-purdue

https://www.deseret.com/1995/6/8/19176077/ex-suspect-thankful-for-time-behind-bars

Everett Ruess Feb 09, 2021

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In 1934, Everett Ruess was a poet, artist, adventurer, and free spirit. At the young age of 20, he enjoyed writing poems about his travels in his journal. In November, he took off into the wilderness with his two burros and was never seen again.

https://www.newspapers.com/image/557141653/?terms=everett%20ruess&match=1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everett_Ruess

https://www.newspapers.com/image/612883959/?terms=everett%20ruess&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/467355324/?terms=everett%20ruess&match=1

https://www.everettruess.net/poetry/

https://discover.hubpages.com/education/The-Mystery-And-Disappearance-of-Everett-Ruess-in-1934