welcome back to dateline, i m natalie morales. where was mackenzie lueck? the college student took a lyft to meet someone at a park at 3 am. but who? mckenzie was active on dating sites making police wonder if her late night rendezvous was a hook up, and her radio silence was intentional. now a tipster was about to share troubling details of his encounter with mckenzie shortly before she went missing. here s keith morrison with the waiting car. it was a few weeks before mckenzie vanished, a meeting at a bar, with this man rob joseph. she seemed like a very bright, bubbly girl friendly. they talked for more than an hour said robbed or she did while he listened.
aircraft services nearby. now back to dateline. aircraft services nearby welcome back to dateline, i m natalie morales. where was mackenzie? the college student took a lyft to meet someone at a park at 3 am. but who? mckenzie was active on dating sites, making police wonder if her late night rendezvous was a hook up, and her radio silence was intentional. now a tipster was about to share troubling details of his encounter with mckenzie shortly before she went missing. here s keith morrison with the waiting car. it was a few weeks before mckenzie vanished, a meeting at a bar, with this man rob joseph. she seemed like a very
on the warning to vegas either. it was at that point that we were able to say okay, we have enough here that we can build our probable cause back up and really start serving some search warrants again. and off the detectives when, in search of the mystery person mckenzie was texting the night she vanished. with the 2:06 area code, conversations going well before she left l. a. to all the way where she ended up in hatch park. that digital trail eventually led them to a wi-fi router at this salt lake city house, owned by a man for named ayoola ajayi, ex national guard, successful tech worker, part-time model. police knocked on aj s door talked with him and found he was friendly, helpful, sure he said he had girlfriends, but
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