The University of Utah Police Department has released a detailed timeline of a slain student’s final days, beginning on the night she met the man authorities said would take her life. Track and field athlete Lauren McCluskey, 21, was shot and killed on the university’s campus Monday night by her ex-boyfriend, 37-year-old Melvin Rowland, police said. McCluskey was on the phone with her mother when Rowland attacked her, according to authorities and the family. University of Utah Chief of Police Dale Brophy ran through the timeline of McCluskey’s relationship with Rowland and the events leading up to her death during a press conference Thursday afternoon. Throughout the press conference, Brophy characterized Rowland as “manipulative,” adding that he displayed his “skill and ability … to con people” throughout his life. Sept. 2 McCluskey met Rowland at a local bar, where he was working as a bouncer. The pair then began dating “immediately,” Brophy said. Rowland would visit McCluskey often at her residence hall on campus and built friendships with other students. (MORE: NBA player among those honoring slain University of Utah athlete Lauren McCluskey) Oct. 9 While on vacation, McCluskey discovered Rowland’s “real identity” and his criminal history, including his actual… Read full this story
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