University of Utah Dorms(Image is author's) Four years ago, Lauren McCluskey was a student athlete at the University of Utah in track and field. She was killed on October 22, 2018, by a person she had dated. Although she had tried to break off the relationship, she was being stalked by the man. She had reported him to the campus police, but nothing had stopped him from murdering her in the parking lot of a campus housing area.