SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on the investigation into a Utah college student’s disappearance (all times local):
11:45 a.m.
Authorities are filing murder and kidnapping charges in the death of a Utah college student who disappeared 11 days ago.
Salt Lake City police chief Mike Brown said 31-year-old Ayoola A. Ajayi will be charged with aggravated murder, kidnaping and desecration of a body in the death of 23-year-old Mackenzie Lueck.
Police say Ajayi met Lueck at a park where she was last seen after taking a Lyft from the airport at 3 a.m.
Brown says burned evidence, including Lueck’s things and her remains, was found at his home. The home was searched on Wednesday and Thursday and Ajayi was the man previously identified as a person of interest.
It wasn’t immediately clear if Ajayi had an attorney. He has not returned previous messages from The Associated Press.
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10:30 a.m.
Police say one person has been taken into custody in the case of a Utah college student who disappeared 11 days ago.
Salt Lake City police said the person was brought in Friday morning, but did not immediately provide further details ahead of a planned news conference.
The news comes a day after police finished using shovels and dogs in their search of a home belonging to a man they called a “person of interest” in the case. They also removed a vehicle from the man’s home. Investigators have also been searching for a mattress given away from the home last week.
Mackenzie Lueck disappeared after taking a Lyft June 17 from the airport to a park. Police said she met an unidentified person at 3 a.m.
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