Rob Woodward
2019-03-10 10:04:07 UTC
The detective assigned to the case of a University of Utah
student-athlete who said she was being threatened by an ex-boyfriend
is now out of a job -- just a few months after cops say the
ex-boyfriend behind the harassment murdered the 21-year-old woman.
Officials say Lauren McCluskey was fatally shot by Melvin Rowland on
Oct. 22, 10 days after McCluskey first told authorities she was being
threatened with compromising photos. But it took seven more days --
and another call to campus police -- for officials to open a case. And
when the probe was finally on the books, it was reportedly handed to
an unidentified University of Utah detective who was off work and
never got started on the investigation before McCluskey was murdered.
That detective is no longer part of campus police, the Salt Lake
Tribune reported Thursday. Chris Nelson, a spokesman for the
department, didnt comment when asked if the detective quit or was
fired.
Lauren McCluskey was killed in October.
McCluskey made her first call to police Oct. 12 to report Rowlands
alleged threats in the wake of the couple's break-up, according to the
newspaper. Police didnt open a formal investigation until seven days
later and no work was reportedly ever done because the detective
didnt return to work until the woman had already been killed.
An independent review of the case found the detective in question, who
was hired in March 2016, never talked to McCluskey in person,
according to the Salt Lake Tribune. The review also found gaps in the
way the police department trained officers, and that the detective
lacked [the] expertise to recognize subtle indicators of domestic
violence cases, the newspaper reported.
In December, University of Utah President Ruth Watkins expressed
confidence in police Chief Dale Brophy, despite the unflattering
review.
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student-athlete who said she was being threatened by an ex-boyfriend
is now out of a job -- just a few months after cops say the
ex-boyfriend behind the harassment murdered the 21-year-old woman.
Officials say Lauren McCluskey was fatally shot by Melvin Rowland on
Oct. 22, 10 days after McCluskey first told authorities she was being
threatened with compromising photos. But it took seven more days --
and another call to campus police -- for officials to open a case. And
when the probe was finally on the books, it was reportedly handed to
an unidentified University of Utah detective who was off work and
never got started on the investigation before McCluskey was murdered.
That detective is no longer part of campus police, the Salt Lake
Tribune reported Thursday. Chris Nelson, a spokesman for the
department, didnt comment when asked if the detective quit or was
fired.
Lauren McCluskey was killed in October.
McCluskey made her first call to police Oct. 12 to report Rowlands
alleged threats in the wake of the couple's break-up, according to the
newspaper. Police didnt open a formal investigation until seven days
later and no work was reportedly ever done because the detective
didnt return to work until the woman had already been killed.
An independent review of the case found the detective in question, who
was hired in March 2016, never talked to McCluskey in person,
according to the Salt Lake Tribune. The review also found gaps in the
way the police department trained officers, and that the detective
lacked [the] expertise to recognize subtle indicators of domestic
violence cases, the newspaper reported.
In December, University of Utah President Ruth Watkins expressed
confidence in police Chief Dale Brophy, despite the unflattering
review.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/detective-assigned-to-student-athletes-case-before-she-was-murdered-out-of-job-report
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