Parents of slain Utah student discuss daughter's death

 


SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The parents of a University of Utah student killed by her ex-boyfriend have said their formerly shy daughter was brimming with confidence and excited to graduate before she was fatally shot on campus last year.

Jill and Matt McCluskey told the Deseret News newspaper in Salt Lake City that 21-year-old Lauren McCluskey planned to move to a warmer place like San Diego after her scheduled graduation in May.

But, she was killed before she could begin her final semester. Authorities have said 37-year-old Melvin Rowland killed her on Oct. 22, 2018 — after the track athlete broke...



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