Ayoola Adisa Ajayi of Salt Lake City, whose home at Fairpark was searched for the passed two days in the case of missing Utah College student, MacKenzie Lueck, has been arrested for aggravated murder, aggravated kidnapping, desecration of body and obstruction of justice.
The 31-year old was apprehended by a police SWAT team on Friday morning at the Parkside Condominium Complex at 1000 S. West Temple. And here is what we know about him.
See more after the jump!!!
1). Ajayi was a former Utah University student. According to USU Public Relation Director, Tim Vitale, Ajayi attended the Northern Utah University at three different time frames.
Fall 2009 (Just that semester)
Fall 2010 and Spring 2011
Spring 2015 and Fall 2016
2). He was a former Information Technology Specialist in the US Army. He was discharged for medical procurement standards from the Utah National Guard on June 10, 2015 after serving 6 months. The Utah National Guard released the statement below......
"Private Ajayi was a member of the 214th Forward Support Company based out of Tooele, Utah, but did not attend Basic Training or Advanced Individual Training. As a result, he did not receive any certificates or awards from the Army National Guard. He was, therefore, ineligible to deploy or conduct any tours of duty with the Utah Army National Guard."
3). He was also a former Senior Technical Support Analyst at DELL (according to his LinkedIn account.
4).A divorced man with the separation finalized six months ago.
5). He is a legal resident of the US but not a citizen. He is a Nigerian.
6). Ajayi was formerly investigated in a sexual assault that was reported to North Park Police Department but the woman in the incident at the time chose not to pursue charges.
7). He appears to have dabbled into modelling. He has a modelling page with Model Management and at some point also worked as a systems administrator at Goldman Sachs
8). He previously lived in the Northridge Apartments in North Salt Lake across the street from Hatch Park, the location a Lyft driver dropped off 23-year old Lueck on June 17th----whee she was last seen getting into another vehicle at 2.59am. Ajayi was evicted from that apartment in 2016.
9). His home at 547 N. 1000 West is where police found and booked into evidence 27 boxes AR-15 223 ammunition and a pitchfork along with bags of other items
10) Ajayi is featured in a YouTube Video by GoArmyWestPoint dated Dec 4th, 2017, which introduces the football uniform of the Army/Navy game that honors the soldiers in the 10th mountain division. He is cast a player.
WATCH VIDEO HERE:
THE BOOK HE SUPPOSEDLY AUTHORED
11) On an Amazon account, Ajayi's biography states that he was born and raised in Africa, It is attached to a book, "Forge Identity" that he supposedly authored. It's a book about a teenager who has witnessed violent murders and then has to decide whether he "he will join the ranks of a criminal mastermind, or fight to escape the tyranny that has surrounded his young life" and goes on to say.......
"He has been a salesman, an entrepreneur, and a writer. He has survived a tyrannical dictatorship, escaped a real life crime, traveled internationally, excelled professionally in several industries, and is currently curating a multi-platform advertising campaign for his debut novel, Forge Identity, a sample of which can be found on Kindle, Amazon, Facebook, and any current social media. He lives in Salt Lake.
12). He murdered Ms. Lueck and burned her remains at his backyard
Mackenzie Lueck who is from El Segundo, California, disappeared hours after arriving at Salt Lake City airport on June 17th from a trip home for her grandmother's funeral. The college senior called a Lyft from the airport to Hatch where the share-ride driver saw her jump into another vehicle right before 3am.
Lueck's last text message was with Ajayi, which obviously led officers to him. Neighbors later informed the police that they observed him burning something in his backyard that smelled awful.
A search of his home resulted in findings of fresh dig areas on his property which is the same area that he was reportedly burning something. A forensic excavation of the burn area was conducted, which resulted in the finding of several charred items that were consistent with personal items of Mackenzie. Other charred items found has forensically been determined to be female human tissue. A DNA profile was compared and it's consistent with DNA profile obtain through further forensic testing of personal items of Mackenzie Lueck
Ajayi is being held without bail. May the soul of Mackenzie Lueck rest in perfect peace, and may JUSTICE BE SERVED.......AMEN! #SenselessKilling
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