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(CNN)The University of Utah track athlete shot dead by an ex-boyfriend told police she'd recently sent the man $1,000 to keep compromising photos from being posted online, university officials revealed Thursday.
Lauren McCluskey, a 21-year-old senior from Pullman, Washington, was slain Monday night on the campus in Salt Lake City, police said. The suspect, Melvin Rowland, 37, killed himself hours later after a police chase, university police have said.
McCluskey told campus police on October 13 that she had gotten messages from Rowland, whom she'd met the prior month, or from his friends demanding money in exchange for not posting online compromising photos of her and Rowland, according to a timeline of McCluskey's contacts with campus police that was released by the university's communications office.
McCluskey told police she sent $1,000 to an account in hopes of keeping the photos private, the timeline shows. Police had assigned a detective to follow up on possible sexual extortion charges, it also notes.
Lauren McCluskey: Slain student paid her killer $1,000 to halt posting of photos, police say she told them - CNN
And he killed her anyway. True scum
Lauren McCluskey, a 21-year-old senior from Pullman, Washington, was slain Monday night on the campus in Salt Lake City, police said. The suspect, Melvin Rowland, 37, killed himself hours later after a police chase, university police have said.
McCluskey told campus police on October 13 that she had gotten messages from Rowland, whom she'd met the prior month, or from his friends demanding money in exchange for not posting online compromising photos of her and Rowland, according to a timeline of McCluskey's contacts with campus police that was released by the university's communications office.
McCluskey told police she sent $1,000 to an account in hopes of keeping the photos private, the timeline shows. Police had assigned a detective to follow up on possible sexual extortion charges, it also notes.
Lauren McCluskey: Slain student paid her killer $1,000 to halt posting of photos, police say she told them - CNN
And he killed her anyway. True scum