murder. we are usual homicide investigation, we start, there s a dead party. we were starting with something. we have a victim and we re moving backwards. in this case, we started with nothing. first action, sayes and wiley was to pull the salt lake city airport footage from the night of mackenzie s disappearance. and sure enough, there she was. so, there is nothing out of the ordinary. we are able to see her come off the terminal and we followed her all the way down to the baggage going, where she picked up her luggage. seem perfectly normal, fine, casual? yes. nothing out of the ordinary that we can seattle. the last clip shows mackenzie, like so many other passengers, casually getting into a car outside baggage claim. but the identity of the driver? a mystery. news of this police investigation quickly spread among mackenzie s friends. the second i heard about that, my stomach dropped.
that as been consistent with mckenzie. the swat team took aj into custody. police called a press conference to announce his arrest. we are filing charges of aggregated murder and homicide on mackenzie lewis. her friend was watching on her cell phone. i almost blacked out, or something. i dropped my purse, my phone, and then i drop to the ground on the street. i was just balling. i could not even believe it. i still can t believe it. but the detective work was not done. although they found human tissue in the fire pit that linked it to mackenzie, they had not found her body. so the investigation continued, and, once again, aj s personal cell phone gave it away. remember when he first spoke to police about mackenzie. the very next day, his cell
of course, the bottom of the big site there was a damaged iphone. it looks like maybe clothing. it was just a sinking feeling, really. i just ripley this one night i had with her and i just want to grab her and say don t do it. don t go. hello and welcome to dateline . college student mackenzie lueck was diving into adulthood, eager to find her path. her family and friends knew her as fun, responsible and always careful. then one night, mackenzie vanished. a trail of electronic clues helped investigators retrace her steps and exposed a dark underworld were evil was hiding behind webs of lives. here s keith morrison with the waiting car . our minds have a curious way of deceiving us. we sense something off,
the mind once a simple explanation. after all, she knew her best friend was grieving. mackenzie s grandmother had recently passed away in california. i know she was heartbroken over that and so was the rest of her family, because they were all very close. she went to the funeral? she did. she left utah, she went to the funeral. so, i was thinking maybe she just took a few days off social media or something. mackenzie s parents though, had heard from her either. after three days of escalating fear, mackenzie s that made that most dreadful phone call to the salt lake city police department. yes, i d like to get if possible, have a wellness check down on my daughter. i ve been trying to get a hold of her and her phone just tends to go to voice mail. i was just wondering if i could have somebody maybe go by her house and check on her? the story mackenzie s that told was this.
bright, bubbly girl, friendly. they talked for more than an hour said robbed or she did while he listened. rob is a cop, which of course he told her. if you mention you re an ex cop in your piece i, everybody all of a sudden wants to tell you they re dark secrets or risky behaviors. it s not how people react, really? yeah. you would be surprised. people just want to tell you things that you don t want to hear. anyway. he only saw mackenzie that one time, he said. didn t get her phone number and i didn t offer my number, i usually don t get on my number. and that was that, he said. he didn t expect to see her again. but, just three weeks later. mckenzie was missing. rob said the friend who was with him at the bar that tonight made the connection. he just mention to me casually, that girl we met at the bar, that s the girl that went missing. of course rob remembered the student and the secret she