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Nigerian Ayoola Ajayi Faces Death Sentence Over Murder Of University Of Utah Student
Nigerian Ayoola Ajayi Faces Death Sentence Over Murder Of University Of Utah Student
A Nigerian-American, arrested for murder of US student in Utah has now been charged with aggravated murder.
Ayoola Ajayi, who was accused of killing in the United States University of Utah student MacKenzie Lueck has been charged with aggravated murder and aggravated kidnapping.
The charge was slammed on him days after police found Lueck’s body in Logan Canyon.
31-year-old Ajayi, faces four felony counts, including second-degree felony obstruction of justice and third-degree felony desecration of a body, in the high-profile case that has captivated the state and the nation since 23 year-old Lueck, disappeared on June 17.
The charge, filed yesterday by Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill, says Lueck died of blunt force trauma to her head. It came with such force that Lueck died of internal bleeding.
Gill said her body was found with her arms bound behind her back by a zip tie and rope.
“Mackenzie’s arms were bound behind her back by a zip tie and rope. A 5-centimeter hole was located on the left side of her skull with part of her left scalp missing,” according to charging documents filed in 3rd District Court.
Ajayi was booked into jail June 28 on suspicion of the same counts. The aggravated murder charge carries a potential death penalty if he is convicted.
Investigators have said that Lueck took a Lyft from the airport to Hatch Park in North Salt Lake in the early morning of June 17. She was picked up there by Ajayi, police said, and her phone stopped transmitting data at that point. A police search of Lueck’s phone showed he was the last person who communicated with her.
Gill declined to comment on the “prior history” between Lueck and Ajayi, or on “the nature or the contents” of texts between [Lueck and Ajayi] early on June 17.
Cellphone records showed Ajayi was near Logan Canyon on June 25, Gill said. On July 3rd, police went to Logan Canyon to search for Lueck’s body and located a disturbed area of soil under trees. They discovered a charred human body and DNA testing returned a profile consistent with Lueck, he said.
“This was an area that was off the main road” in Logan Canyon, Gill said. “A wooded area.”
The canyon is two hours north of Salt Lake City. Ajayi attended Utah State University, which is located in Logan, near the canyon.
A Look Inside Ajayi’s House Where The Victim’s Body Was Discovered.
Faith Nbodo
July 11, 2019 at 4:28 AM
I was shocked when I saw the news. This is no longer a Nigerian, he now has American blood
U are disgrace to manhood
gentle
July 11, 2019 at 5:09 AM
Ooh Nigerians nothing good can come out of that place.from their leaders to the common person. Nigeria: the highest corrupt country in the world, the highest arm rubbers, highest greedy people, highest ritualist, highest scammers, highest and professional prostitute, highest beggers, highest scam pastors n highest churches with plenty evil in the country etc.wow thank God I am not a Nigerian even in the next world I won’t to me a country like that won’t have existed. A country with the highest church in the world n richest scammers of pastors yet the country is full of evil, wickedness, thieves and greedy people. The devil lives there in Nigeria.
Metu Nyetu
July 11, 2019 at 8:25 AM
@GENTLE, HERE IS the main problem: You do not have your individuality, your personal identity. You easily and evenly blend with a community of an obscure people, and whatsoever thing you may have achieved in all your life so far has a thousand other names to it. You cannot do without group and grouping, or you would have been able to isolate this case and treat it accordingly and effectively. Go get a self!
Ace
July 11, 2019 at 8:57 AM
@gentle, did you watch the video?
Be rest assured the devil is around the world, and can use anyone irrespective of the color, national, or what have you! Are there no murderers in America? We’ve husbands murder wives, mother’s murder their own kids, what are you talking about!
I am a Nigerian, I am a proud Nigerian at that. There are good, and bad people dispersed all through the world. We just pray God to save us.
If you have nothing to say, keep your mouth shut.
Dr Gentle
July 12, 2019 at 7:26 AM
@Ace u n I know well that what am saying it’s the truth Nigerian r the worst creation of human being in the universe to me such country/people won’t have existed. Nigeria is now is worster than Sodom n Gomorrah. The only thing that will help Nigeria now is destruction. The highest Churches with the highest scammers n fake pastors n richest pastor with the highest ritualist, rapists, arm rubbers etc with the Churches full in Nigeria so this is to tell u God is not there those churches r fake n pastors r there for money that’s y they compit with Jet plains each pastors want to buy jet so they go extra Miles to scam their members because Nigeria is the garden of illitrate people they fall for it.funny u guy will suffer all ur life no change wait n see the only way u can get changes is when the whole Nigeria will b destroy then the pregnant women give new birth then grow them up with a different mentality and In a different country when they r grown they come to Nigeria that’s the only way Nigeria can change. Take it or leave it it’s the truth.good day
marcy
July 11, 2019 at 11:46 AM
you are a fool to say all that about Nigeria, where are you from tell me and i will till you about the foolish and corrupt country you are from.
gentle
July 12, 2019 at 7:42 AM
@mercy as for you your name sounds very beautiful but am pretty sure u a very n extremely ugly cos that’s the nature of Nigerian women they r ugly for the past 4 to have years I have been visiting Nigeria I haven’t seen a complete pretty later that will make me say wow. Is either pretty on the face ugly down look like a man or she is good down with an ugly face.they r not attracted. The worst is that dispite their ugly faces they love money everything about them is money with block head Nigeria men nice than the women the women have very bad n wicked heart. Let me tell u a secret mercy do u know y Nigerian men run after u women, is not because u r beautiful ooo is because of lack of women statistics show that Nigerian men are 10 times than women there is scacecity of women that’s y ur men can do everything for u not because u r beautiful ok. In Africa Nigeria has the Best beauty salon artists/make up artists is because they know they r ugly so they had to work on that to make them beautiful. Even most of ur actresses r ugly is just money n often make up that makes them look like that go to their houses or see them when they just wakeup from bed you will run for real Nigerian girls need beauty deliverance go to ur churches for ugly deliverance. Here in US every girl is pretty even the Nigerian when they come here n stay long they turn to b pretty even though I can’t n will never in my entire life date a Nigerian women they r no wife material. A lady saw me in law ask for money I ask her r u Nigeria she said yeah I said that’s how Nigerian women r they like money, no beauty,no brain n stigin. Good day pretty mercy.
Ayoola
July 12, 2019 at 6:49 PM
gentle am very sorry if Nigeria has wrong u In one or two ways ….
buh am also a Nigeria lady I can’t deny dat…
in a situation like dis, dis happens every where and every country…
Dr Inyang
July 13, 2019 at 6:53 AM
Are you serious? Nigeria tops the list of all evil. Am sure you don’t follow the news. How are we sure thus young man killed the girl. What if it was a set up. Why would someone call a friend to kill her? I think you’re a moron!
Fifelomo
July 11, 2019 at 5:09 AM
This is weird!
gentle
July 12, 2019 at 7:49 AM
Nigeria the garden of ugly women, fake pastors that uses juju, arm rubbers, prostitute jet plain pastors lol ritualist drug dealers etc.its a curse land weda u like it or not it’s the truth come n see what ur brothers n sisters r doing here in the USA. Girls sleeping with animals for money sleepx with men for money men selling drugs etc doing scamx. Every one in Nigeria is bad n corrupt n have the most ugliest women on the planet n they love money without brain n beauty that’s y in Africa Nigeria has the best make up artists cos their women r ugly so they need to put them up Abit hahahaha praise God am not a Nigerian.
ENDURANCE
July 12, 2019 at 12:17 PM
@gentle. What are you talking about Mr man? I wonder why some of you in foreign land can’t use your common sense when giving comment regarding matter involving Nigerians. I’ve just read the story above and of course, what that guy did is quite awful and cruel but that is not a reason for you to generalize such matter to include all Nigerians. That’s absurd and senseless on your part. The bottom line is, nobody is really safe from anything or anyone in this world. The world isn’t enough either a hiding place to keep somebody safe from the ruthlessness of other people. As cruel as this world is, there are still innocent people who choose to do good, be good, enrich themselves and their lives with education, careers, doing things the righteous way, go to church and to be wise Samaritans throughout their lives but even they are unfortunately victim to those who are committing the crime. Nigeria you are busy castigating is relatively calm compare to other countries including the US with very high crime rate where you live. So I wonder what exactly you are talking about. Talking about our girls, I guess you’ve approach one for a relationship but was turned down. Perhaps that could rightly explain why you have so much hatred for our girls ? ??. No sane Nigeria girls will like to date or court with a senseless man like you. Nigeria is not even among the 10 countries with the highest crime rate in the world despite our security challenge here. But your paradise USA is ranked number 9 country with the highest crime rate in the world. How many times have we heard of an American young man pulling out automatic weapon and shooting indiscriminately in the crowd killing so many innocent people on the streets or in the schools and they will end up calling the one who carried out that attack as a mentally derange someone. Or haven’t you heard about that? What would you say about that? Oh! You won’t say anything bad about America because it’s your paradise and a holy land, right? You need your brain to be checked. Your hatred for Nigeria can’t remove a dine from our pocket here. For you to hate a full country shows how wicked and evil you are. You just been jealous of Nigerians that’s all. You should have requested F-35 fighter jet from pentagon by the order from Donald Trump to come and destroy Nigeria. Devil incarnate!!!
iron bar
July 11, 2019 at 5:29 AM
complete mad man..u had a slaughter house in ur basement..what a disgrace to his family and nation at large.
Danti
July 11, 2019 at 11:04 AM
Before his crime, he was an American, a patriotic citizen who served in the military and all that, but now he is a Nigerian who killed a U.S student. Folks, read the beginning lines and understand the “science “ of human mind. If he was white are they going to say; Italian-American or Irish -America man killed a U.S student? The damage has been done, he deserves the death penalty!
Lola O
July 11, 2019 at 9:16 PM
I wonder o……. slaughter house for fellow human beings – or animals? I always ponder how a person can kill a fellow human without an iota of guilt or remorse. Anyone that willfully takes the life of another (except for extreme circumstances like self-defense in facing imminent danger to his own life or that of another in close proximity), does not deserve to live and forfeit the right to their own lives. A murderer is a murderer, irrespective of their nationality and have no place in any decent society. The same goes for the so called human ritualists and body part sellers in Nigeria. May God deliver us from monsters in human form.
Segun Daniel
July 12, 2019 at 12:22 AM
Aj is a psycho , black Ted Burndy .He should be executed if found guilty .
Ejike
July 12, 2019 at 7:15 AM
Terrible human being.
nik
July 12, 2019 at 8:00 PM
Good that crime was comitted where police cannot be bribed and justice waived. He will get what he deserves except if proven to have a case of insanity.
For @gentle, your utterances and grammar shows you are an illiterate. It is not everyone that lives in USA that are lettered. You are embittered and angry at something you are yet to reveal. I live in USA and I know and know it is not devoid of ugly people, obese people, criminals but rich and poor. But you know what? There is a saying here, “don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time” but if you are caught at it with prove, justice will be served swiftly no matter who you are.
So, stop vomiting rubbish.
Mon
July 12, 2019 at 6:03 AM
He did wrong and must be condemned, but the attachment of Nigeria is to make it look more hilarious, otherwise, what and how he did it is an American or western world style, meaning, he’s more of an American than Nigerian.
nik
July 12, 2019 at 8:01 PM
Good that crime was committed where police cannot be bribed and justice waived. He will get what he deserves except if proven to have a case of insanity.
For @gentle, your utterances and grammar shows you are an illiterate. It is not everyone that lives in USA that are lettered. You are embittered and angry at something you are yet to reveal. I live in USA and I know and know it is not devoid of ugly people, obese people, criminals but rich and poor. But you know what? There is a saying here, “don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time” but if you are caught at it with prove, justice will be served swiftly no matter who you are.
So, stop vomiting rubbish.