1 00:00:17,059 --> 00:00:18,280 >>> I'M LESTER HOLT. 2 00:00:17,059 --> 00:00:18,280 TONIGHT ON "DATELINE" -- 3 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:22,100 A YOUNG WOMAN ALONE WITH DANGER 4 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:22,100 IN THE DARK. 5 00:00:22,100 --> 00:00:24,269 >> I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE SHE 6 00:00:22,100 --> 00:00:24,269 WOULD MEET SOMEONE AT A PARK AT 7 00:00:24,269 --> 00:00:27,219 3:00 A.M 8 00:00:24,269 --> 00:00:27,219 I THINK SHE KNEW THE SECOND SHE 9 00:00:27,219 --> 00:00:31,129 GOT IN HIS CAR THAT SOMETHING 10 00:00:27,219 --> 00:00:31,129 WAS WRONG. 11 00:00:31,129 --> 00:00:33,219 >> A NEW CHAPTER IN A 12 00:00:31,129 --> 00:00:33,219 HEARTBREAKING STORY. 13 00:00:33,219 --> 00:00:37,130 >> I'D LIKE TO HAVE A WELLNESS 14 00:00:33,219 --> 00:00:37,130 CHECK DONE ON MY DAUGHTER. 15 00:00:37,130 --> 00:00:40,280 >> A SECRET LIFE UNCOVERED 16 00:00:37,130 --> 00:00:40,280 >> SHE WAS ON A DATING SITE 17 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:44,170 LOOKING FOR SUGAR DADDIES. 18 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:44,170 >> GOING INTO IT BLINDLY IS NOT 19 00:00:44,170 --> 00:00:54,060 SOMETHING I WOULD RECOMMEND. 20 00:00:44,170 --> 00:00:54,060 >> NEVER BEFORE REVEALED 21 00:00:54,060 --> 00:00:55,090 DETAILS. 22 00:00:54,060 --> 00:00:55,090 >> IS THIS GUY DODGING US? 23 00:00:55,090 --> 00:00:56,100 >> Reporter: HE KIND OF SELECTED 24 00:00:55,090 --> 00:00:56,100 HER AS HIS VICTIM? 25 00:00:56,100 --> 00:00:57,070 >> CORRECT 26 00:00:56,100 --> 00:00:57,070 TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THE -- THE 27 00:00:57,070 --> 00:00:58,149 DIG SITE, THERE WAS A DAMAGED 28 00:00:57,070 --> 00:00:58,149 IPHONE 29 00:00:58,149 --> 00:01:03,119 >> LOOKED LIKE MAYBE CLOTHING. 30 00:00:58,149 --> 00:01:03,119 IT WAS JUST A SINKING FEELING 31 00:01:03,119 --> 00:01:04,219 REALLY 32 00:01:03,119 --> 00:01:04,219 >> I JUST REPLAY THIS ONE NIGHT 33 00:01:04,219 --> 00:01:07,170 I HAD WITH HER 34 00:01:04,219 --> 00:01:07,170 AND I JUST WANT TO GRAB HER AND 35 00:01:07,170 --> 00:01:21,069 SAY, "DON'T DO IT. 36 00:01:07,170 --> 00:01:21,069 DON'T GO." 37 00:01:21,069 --> 00:01:29,150 >> HERE'S KEITH MORRISON WITH 38 00:01:21,069 --> 00:01:29,150 "THE WAITING CAR." 39 00:01:29,150 --> 00:01:36,009 >> Reporter: OUR MINDS HAVE A 40 00:01:29,150 --> 00:01:36,009 CURIOUS WAY OF DECEIVING US. 41 00:01:36,009 --> 00:01:40,170 WE SENSE SOMETHING OFF 42 00:01:36,009 --> 00:01:40,170 SOMETHING WRONG, EVEN TERRIBLE 43 00:01:40,170 --> 00:01:45,250 AND YET, SOMETHING IN THE BRAIN 44 00:01:40,170 --> 00:01:45,250 WANTS TO BELIEVE THE WORST 45 00:01:45,250 --> 00:01:50,170 DIDN'T HAPPEN. 46 00:01:45,250 --> 00:01:50,170 KENNEDY STONER KNOWS THAT 47 00:01:50,170 --> 00:01:54,069 FEELING WELL 48 00:01:50,170 --> 00:01:54,069 >> I WAS KIND OF PUSHING AWAY 49 00:01:54,069 --> 00:01:58,069 FROM MY GUT INSTINCT 50 00:01:54,069 --> 00:01:58,069 I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHY. 51 00:01:58,069 --> 00:02:02,069 I NEVER IMAGINED THIS EVER 52 00:01:58,069 --> 00:02:02,069 HAPPENING TO ONE OF MY FRIENDS 53 00:02:02,069 --> 00:02:04,060 >> Reporter: I WOULDN'T THINK 54 00:02:02,069 --> 00:02:04,060 YOU'D WANT TO IMAGINE IT 55 00:02:04,060 --> 00:02:09,009 RIGHT? 56 00:02:04,060 --> 00:02:09,009 >> NO, OR ANYONE THAT I KNOW -- 57 00:02:09,009 --> 00:02:13,000 OR SO MY MIND DIDN'T GO THERE. 58 00:02:09,009 --> 00:02:13,000 >> Reporter: SO SHE TOLD HERSELF 59 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,169 IT WOULD BE FINE AS SHE REACHED 60 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,169 OUT FROM HER HOME HERE IN SALT 61 00:02:15,169 --> 00:02:18,289 LAKE CITY, UTAH. 62 00:02:15,169 --> 00:02:18,289 MESSAGES TO HER FRIEND 63 00:02:18,289 --> 00:02:22,150 MACKENZIE LUECK. 64 00:02:18,289 --> 00:02:22,150 >> I SAW THAT SHE WASN'T OPENING 65 00:02:22,150 --> 00:02:27,240 MY SNAP CHATS, AND I TEXTED HER, 66 00:02:22,150 --> 00:02:27,240 AND I DIDN'T GET A TEXT BACK 67 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:31,229 AND, "THIS IS STUPID." 68 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:31,229 BUT I WAS KIND OF WONDERING IF 69 00:02:31,229 --> 00:02:34,099 SHE WAS MAD AT ME FOR SOMETHING. 70 00:02:31,229 --> 00:02:34,099 >> Reporter: THE MIND WANTS A 71 00:02:34,099 --> 00:02:38,180 SIMPLE EXPLANATION 72 00:02:34,099 --> 00:02:38,180 AFTER ALL, SHE KNEW HER BEST 73 00:02:38,180 --> 00:02:40,009 FRIEND WAS GRIEVING. 74 00:02:38,180 --> 00:02:40,009 MACKENZIE'S GRANDMOTHER HAD 75 00:02:40,009 --> 00:02:42,060 RECENTLY PASSED AWAY IN 76 00:02:40,009 --> 00:02:42,060 CALIFORNIA 77 00:02:42,060 --> 00:02:43,219 >> I KNOW SHE WAS HEARTBROKEN 78 00:02:42,060 --> 00:02:43,219 OVER THAT. 79 00:02:43,219 --> 00:02:45,210 AND SO WAS THE REST OF HER 80 00:02:43,219 --> 00:02:45,210 FAMILY BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL VERY 81 00:02:45,210 --> 00:02:46,270 CLOSE. 82 00:02:45,210 --> 00:02:46,270 >> Reporter: AND SHE WENT TO THE 83 00:02:46,270 --> 00:02:49,030 FUNERAL? 84 00:02:46,270 --> 00:02:49,030 >> SHE DID 85 00:02:49,030 --> 00:02:54,079 SHE LEFT UTAH. 86 00:02:49,030 --> 00:02:54,079 SHE WENT TO THE FUNERAL. 87 00:02:54,079 --> 00:02:56,159 SO I WAS THINKING MAYBE SHE JUST 88 00:02:54,079 --> 00:02:56,159 LIKE TOOK A FEW DAYS OFF SOCIAL 89 00:02:56,159 --> 00:02:58,159 MEDIA OR SOMETHING 90 00:02:56,159 --> 00:02:58,159 >> Reporter: MACKENZIE'S 91 00:02:58,159 --> 00:03:03,199 PARENTS, THOUGH, HADN'T HEARD 92 00:02:58,159 --> 00:03:03,199 FROM HER EITHER. 93 00:03:03,199 --> 00:03:07,270 AFTER THREE DAYS OF ESCALATING 94 00:03:03,199 --> 00:03:07,270 FEAR, MACKENZIE'S DAD MADE THAT 95 00:03:07,270 --> 00:03:12,240 MOST DREADFUL PHONE CALL TO THE 96 00:03:07,270 --> 00:03:12,240 SALT LAKE CITY POLICE 97 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:13,240 DEPARTMENT 98 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:13,240 >> YEAH, I'D LIKE TO GET -- IF 99 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,120 POSSIBLE, HAVE A WELLNESS CHECK 100 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,120 DONE ON MY DAUGHTER. 101 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:18,259 I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET A HOLD 102 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:18,259 OF HER, AND HER PHONE JUST TENDS 103 00:03:18,259 --> 00:03:23,039 TO GO TO VOICEMAIL 104 00:03:18,259 --> 00:03:23,039 I WAS JUST WONDERING IF I COULD 105 00:03:23,039 --> 00:03:25,129 HAVE SOMEBODY, MAYBE, GO BY HER 106 00:03:23,039 --> 00:03:25,129 HOUSE AND CHECK ON HER 107 00:03:25,129 --> 00:03:30,250 >> Reporter: THE STORY 108 00:03:25,129 --> 00:03:30,250 MACKENZIE'S DAD TOLD WAS THIS. 109 00:03:30,250 --> 00:03:36,229 ON THE NIGHT OF SUNDAY, 110 00:03:30,250 --> 00:03:36,229 JUNE 16th, 2019, MACKENZIE HAD 111 00:03:36,229 --> 00:03:40,139 BOARDED A FLIGHT FROM 112 00:03:36,229 --> 00:03:40,139 LOS ANGELES BACK TO UTAH, 113 00:03:40,139 --> 00:03:43,270 ARRIVING IN SALT LAKE CITY 114 00:03:40,139 --> 00:03:43,270 AROUND 1:35 A.M. MONDAY. 115 00:03:43,270 --> 00:03:48,129 AT 2:01 A.M., SHE TEXTED HER MOM 116 00:03:43,270 --> 00:03:48,129 TO SAY SHE LANDED SAFELY 117 00:03:48,129 --> 00:03:53,170 AFTER THAT, THREE DAYS OF 118 00:03:48,129 --> 00:03:53,170 SILENCE. 119 00:03:53,170 --> 00:03:56,129 TWO PATROL OFFICERS WENT 120 00:03:53,170 --> 00:03:56,129 STRAIGHT AWAY TO MACKENZIE'S 121 00:03:56,129 --> 00:04:01,080 TOWNHOUSE. 122 00:03:56,129 --> 00:04:01,080 HER CAR WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY. 123 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:06,110 THAT WAS A GOOD SIGN 124 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:06,110 REPEATED KNOCKS AT THE DOOR, 125 00:04:06,110 --> 00:04:09,069 HOWEVER, WENT UNANSWERED 126 00:04:06,110 --> 00:04:09,069 PEERING THROUGH A WINDOW, THE 127 00:04:09,069 --> 00:04:13,060 OFFICERS SAW NOTHING 128 00:04:09,069 --> 00:04:13,060 NOT A SOUL AROUND. 129 00:04:13,060 --> 00:04:18,180 THEY CALLED MACKENZIE'S DAD TO 130 00:04:13,060 --> 00:04:18,180 REPORT THE NEWS. 131 00:04:18,180 --> 00:04:20,259 NEXT, THE OFFICERS PHONED 132 00:04:18,180 --> 00:04:20,259 MACKENZIE'S FRIENDS, BOSS, 133 00:04:20,259 --> 00:04:25,139 PROFESSORS 134 00:04:20,259 --> 00:04:25,139 NONE OF THEM HAD SEEN HER. 135 00:04:25,139 --> 00:04:30,160 ALL REASONS WHY, BY THE END OF 136 00:04:25,139 --> 00:04:30,160 THIS UNSETTLING DAY, MACKENZIE'S 137 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:34,000 CASE WAS REFERRED TO A PLACE 138 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:34,000 THAT SOUNDED VERY SERIOUS 139 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:38,159 INDEED -- THE SALT LAKE CITY 140 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:38,159 POLICE DEPARTMENT'S HOMICIDE 141 00:04:38,159 --> 00:04:43,279 SQUAD. 142 00:04:38,159 --> 00:04:43,279 >> WE GET A LOT OF MISSING 143 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:47,120 PERSONS CASES IN SALT LAKE CITY. 144 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:47,120 >> Reporter: LT. TODD MITCHELL 145 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:50,139 IS THE UNIT'S CHIEF DETECTIVE. 146 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:50,139 >> SO I TRY MY BEST TO SIFT 147 00:04:50,139 --> 00:04:53,180 THROUGH THOSE AND FIND THE -- 148 00:04:50,139 --> 00:04:53,180 THE ONES THAT KINDA RAISE THE 149 00:04:53,180 --> 00:04:54,220 HAIR ON THE BACK OF YOUR NECK, 150 00:04:53,180 --> 00:04:54,220 FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM. 151 00:04:54,220 --> 00:04:58,040 AND THIS RAISED THE HAIR ON THE 152 00:04:54,220 --> 00:04:58,040 BACK OF MY NECK. 153 00:04:58,040 --> 00:04:59,259 SO, THAT'S WHY I DECIDED, "YEAH, 154 00:04:58,040 --> 00:04:59,259 WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION NOW AND 155 00:04:59,259 --> 00:05:04,209 AT LEAST START AN INITIAL 156 00:04:59,259 --> 00:05:04,209 INVESTIGATION INTO IT. 157 00:05:04,209 --> 00:05:08,290 >> Reporter: TRUTH BE TOLD, MOST 158 00:05:04,209 --> 00:05:08,290 REPORTS ARE EASILY RESOLVED. 159 00:05:08,290 --> 00:05:11,069 THE MISSING PERSON MAY HAVE 160 00:05:08,290 --> 00:05:11,069 SIMPLY LOST THEIR PHONE OR JUST 161 00:05:11,069 --> 00:05:14,279 DECIDED TAKE A BREAK FROM SOME 162 00:05:11,069 --> 00:05:14,279 FAMILY DRAMA 163 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:18,110 BUT THAT DIDN'T APPEAR TO BE THE 164 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:18,110 CASE WITH MACKENZIE. 165 00:05:18,110 --> 00:05:23,160 THE RELATIONSHIP SHE HAD WITH 166 00:05:18,110 --> 00:05:23,160 HER MOM AND DAD WOULD BE THE 167 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:24,180 ENVY OF MOST PARENTS 168 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:24,180 >> THEY WERE ALWAYS CONTACTING 169 00:05:24,180 --> 00:05:28,259 EACH OTHER 170 00:05:24,180 --> 00:05:28,259 THEY'D SEND LITTLE, SILLY TEXTS 171 00:05:28,259 --> 00:05:30,000 BACK AND FORTH ON A DAILY BASIS. 172 00:05:28,259 --> 00:05:30,000 >> Reporter: DETECTIVES 173 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:31,290 NATE WILEY AND TIFFANY SAYES LED 174 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:31,290 THE MISSING PERSONS 175 00:05:31,290 --> 00:05:38,069 INVESTIGATION, EVEN THOUGH THEIR 176 00:05:31,290 --> 00:05:38,069 SPECIALTY WAS MURDER 177 00:05:38,069 --> 00:05:39,129 >> I MEAN, A USUAL HOMICIDE 178 00:05:38,069 --> 00:05:39,129 INVESTIGATION WE START, THERE'S 179 00:05:39,129 --> 00:05:42,240 A DEAD BODY. 180 00:05:39,129 --> 00:05:42,240 WE'RE STARTING WITH SOMETHING. 181 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:47,019 WE HAVE A VICTIM AND WE'RE 182 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:47,019 MOVING BACKWARDS IN THIS CASE. 183 00:05:47,019 --> 00:05:49,189 WE STARTED WITH NOTHING. 184 00:05:47,019 --> 00:05:49,189 >> Reporter: FIRST ACTION SAYES 185 00:05:49,189 --> 00:05:51,180 AND WILEY TOOK WAS TO PULL THE 186 00:05:49,189 --> 00:05:51,180 SALT LAKE CITY AIRPORT'S 187 00:05:51,180 --> 00:05:54,050 SURVEILLANCE CAMERA FOOTAGE FROM 188 00:05:51,180 --> 00:05:54,050 THE NIGHT OF MACKENZIE'S 189 00:05:54,050 --> 00:05:57,149 DISAPPEARANCE. 190 00:05:54,050 --> 00:05:57,149 AND SURE ENOUGH, THERE SHE WAS 191 00:05:57,149 --> 00:05:59,090 >> SO THERE WAS NOTHING OUT OF 192 00:05:57,149 --> 00:05:59,090 THE ORDINARY 193 00:05:59,090 --> 00:06:03,000 WE'RE ABLE TO SEE HER COME OFF 194 00:05:59,090 --> 00:06:03,000 THE -- THE TERMINAL. 195 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:06,199 AND WE FOLLOWED HER ALL THE WAY 196 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:06,199 DOWN TO THE BAGGAGE CLAIM TO 197 00:06:06,199 --> 00:06:09,069 WHERE SHE PICKED UP HER LUGGAGE. 198 00:06:06,199 --> 00:06:09,069 >> Reporter: SEEMED PERFECTLY 199 00:06:09,069 --> 00:06:14,029 NORMAL, FINE, CASUAL 200 00:06:09,069 --> 00:06:14,029 >> YES 201 00:06:14,029 --> 00:06:16,029 NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY THAT 202 00:06:14,029 --> 00:06:16,029 WE COULD SEE AT ALL. 203 00:06:16,029 --> 00:06:19,069 >> Reporter: THE LAST CLIP SHOWS 204 00:06:16,029 --> 00:06:19,069 MACKENZIE, LIKE SO MANY OTHER 205 00:06:19,069 --> 00:06:21,149 PASSENGERS, CASUALLY GETTING 206 00:06:19,069 --> 00:06:21,149 INTO A CAR OUTSIDE BAGGAGE 207 00:06:21,149 --> 00:06:26,009 CLAIM. 208 00:06:21,149 --> 00:06:26,009 BUT THE IDENTITY OF THE DRIVER 209 00:06:26,009 --> 00:06:28,180 A MYSTERY. 210 00:06:26,009 --> 00:06:28,180 NEWS OF THIS POLICE 211 00:06:28,180 --> 00:06:31,129 INVESTIGATION QUICKLY SPREAD 212 00:06:28,180 --> 00:06:31,129 AMONG MACKENZIE'S FRIENDS. 213 00:06:31,129 --> 00:06:38,079 >> THE SECOND THAT I HEARD ABOUT 214 00:06:31,129 --> 00:06:38,079 THAT, MY STOMACH DROPPED 215 00:06:38,079 --> 00:06:43,079 >> Reporter: SO KENNEDY LAUNCHED 216 00:06:38,079 --> 00:06:43,079 HER OWN INVESTIGATION. 217 00:06:43,079 --> 00:06:45,029 >> I WENT ON FACEBOOK. 218 00:06:43,079 --> 00:06:45,029 I DROPPED PICTURES OF US 219 00:06:45,029 --> 00:06:47,120 TOGETHER 220 00:06:45,029 --> 00:06:47,120 AND I SAID, "SHE'S MISSING 221 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:49,110 LIKE, IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING, YOU 222 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:49,110 REACH OUT TO ME OR YOU TELL THE 223 00:06:49,110 --> 00:06:54,069 POLICE." 224 00:06:49,110 --> 00:06:54,069 >> I THOUGHT SHE WAS STILL IN 225 00:06:54,069 --> 00:06:57,139 CALIFORNIA UNTIL I SAW KENNEDY'S 226 00:06:54,069 --> 00:06:57,139 MESSAGE ON FACEBOOK. 227 00:06:57,139 --> 00:06:59,019 >> Reporter: ASHLEY FINE, 228 00:06:57,139 --> 00:06:59,019 ANOTHER OF MACKENZIE'S COLLEGE 229 00:06:59,019 --> 00:07:05,079 FRIENDS, PUT UP HER OWN FACEBOOK 230 00:06:59,019 --> 00:07:05,079 POST 231 00:07:05,079 --> 00:07:08,040 >> AND I TAGGED HER IN IT. 232 00:07:05,079 --> 00:07:08,040 AND BECAUSE I TAGGED HER 233 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:09,100 FACEBOOK, SOME OF HER OTHER 234 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:09,100 FAMILY MEMBERS REACHED OUT TO ME 235 00:07:09,100 --> 00:07:10,220 IMMEDIATELY. 236 00:07:09,100 --> 00:07:10,220 >> Reporter: WHAT FAMILY 237 00:07:10,220 --> 00:07:12,029 MEMBERS? 238 00:07:10,220 --> 00:07:12,029 >> SOME OF HER DISTANT COUSINS 239 00:07:12,029 --> 00:07:14,040 >> Reporter: OKAY. 240 00:07:12,029 --> 00:07:14,040 >> ONE WHO LIVES HERE IN UTAH. 241 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:20,290 AND WE STARTED TALKING AND 242 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:20,290 MESSAGING. 243 00:07:20,290 --> 00:07:23,069 AND I SAID, "YOU KNOW, I HAVE A 244 00:07:20,290 --> 00:07:23,069 FEELING THAT SHE TOOK A LYFT 245 00:07:23,069 --> 00:07:25,149 SHARE. 246 00:07:23,069 --> 00:07:25,149 I FEEL REALLY STRONG THAT SHE 247 00:07:25,149 --> 00:07:26,290 DID THAT." 248 00:07:25,149 --> 00:07:26,290 >> Reporter: SO YOU'RE WORRIED 249 00:07:26,290 --> 00:07:27,250 THAT MAYBE SOMETHING HAPPENED IN 250 00:07:26,290 --> 00:07:27,250 THAT CAR 251 00:07:27,250 --> 00:07:31,220 >> DEFINITELY. 252 00:07:27,250 --> 00:07:31,220 DEFINITELY 253 00:07:31,220 --> 00:07:35,129 >> Reporter: ON THEIR OWN, 254 00:07:31,220 --> 00:07:35,129 ASHLEY AND THIS COUSIN CALLED 255 00:07:35,129 --> 00:07:38,079 LYFT AND UBER TO SEE IF EITHER 256 00:07:35,129 --> 00:07:38,079 ONE OF THEM HAD PICKED UP 257 00:07:38,079 --> 00:07:41,290 MACKENZIE AT THE AIRPORT 258 00:07:38,079 --> 00:07:41,290 >> AND THAT'S REALLY WHEN THIS 259 00:07:41,290 --> 00:07:45,110 BEGAN. 260 00:07:41,290 --> 00:07:45,110 BECAUSE SOMEHOW THEY LET IT 261 00:07:45,110 --> 00:07:48,019 SLIP, LYFT DID, THAT SHE GOT IN 262 00:07:45,110 --> 00:07:48,019 A LYFT THAT NIGHT. 263 00:07:48,019 --> 00:07:50,209 >> Reporter: WHAT DID YOU DO AT 264 00:07:48,019 --> 00:07:50,209 THAT POINT 265 00:07:50,209 --> 00:07:53,279 >> WE CONTACTED LAW ENFORCEMENT 266 00:07:50,209 --> 00:07:53,279 ABOUT THE LYFT 267 00:07:53,279 --> 00:07:57,279 >> Reporter: A BIG BREAK FOR 268 00:07:53,279 --> 00:07:57,279 SAYES AND WILEY BECAUSE IT GAVE 269 00:07:57,279 --> 00:08:02,050 THEM PROBABLE CAUSE TO SERVE 270 00:07:57,279 --> 00:08:02,050 LYFT WITH A SEARCH WARRANT 271 00:08:02,050 --> 00:08:03,089 >> AND FIND OUT WHERE HER 272 00:08:02,050 --> 00:08:03,089 DESTINATION WAS, WHERE SHE WAS 273 00:08:03,089 --> 00:08:08,129 DROPPED OFF, WHAT TIME SHE WAS 274 00:08:03,089 --> 00:08:08,129 PICKED UP. 275 00:08:08,129 --> 00:08:12,040 >> Reporter: WHERE DID SHE GO? 276 00:08:08,129 --> 00:08:12,040 >> SO, WE'RE ABLE TO GET THE 277 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:14,040 DESTINATION FROM THE AIRPORT ALL 278 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:14,040 THE WAY UP TO A NORTH SALT LAKE 279 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:20,269 ADDRESS, AND SHE WAS DROPPED OFF 280 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:20,269 AT HATCH PARK UP IN NORTH 281 00:08:20,269 --> 00:08:21,279 SALT LAKE JUST BEFORE 3:00 A.M 282 00:08:20,269 --> 00:08:21,279 >> Reporter: A PARK? 283 00:08:21,279 --> 00:08:28,019 AT 3:00 A.M. 284 00:08:21,279 --> 00:08:28,019 WHY WOULD MACKENZIE COME HERE? 285 00:08:28,019 --> 00:08:32,019 AND JUST AS IMPORTANT, WHY WOULD 286 00:08:28,019 --> 00:08:32,019 A DRIVER LEAVE A YOUNG WOMAN 287 00:08:32,019 --> 00:08:34,149 ALONE, BURDENED WITH LUGGAGE, AT 288 00:08:32,019 --> 00:08:34,149 A PARK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 289 00:08:34,149 --> 00:08:41,039 NIGHT? 290 00:08:34,149 --> 00:08:41,039 WHO WOULD DO SUCH A THING? 291 00:08:41,039 --> 00:08:44,169 IT WAS DETECTIVE SAYES' JOB TO 292 00:08:41,039 --> 00:08:44,169 TRACK DOWN THE DRIVER WHO, SHE 293 00:08:44,169 --> 00:08:47,100 DISCOVERED, WAS NOT SO EASY TO 294 00:08:44,169 --> 00:08:47,100 FIND 295 00:08:47,100 --> 00:08:51,200 >> WE WERE LIKE, "IS THIS GUY 296 00:08:47,100 --> 00:08:51,200 DODGING US?" 297 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:53,279 >>> MACKENZIE'S FRIENDS HAVE A 298 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:53,279 TERRIFYING THEORY ABOUT WHY 299 00:08:53,279 --> 00:08:56,269 SHE'S MISSING. 300 00:08:53,279 --> 00:08:56,269 WHEN WE COME BACK -- 301 00:08:56,269 --> 00:09:03,070 >> I ASSUMED THAT THE LYFT 302 00:08:56,269 --> 00:09:03,070 DRIVER ABDUCTED HER. 303 00:09:03,070 --> 00:09:05,289 AND HERE'S ONE REASON WHY. 304 00:09:03,070 --> 00:09:05,289 >> HER LAST TEXT MESSAGE THAT WE 305 00:09:05,289 --> 00:09:09,090 RECOVERED WAS AT 2:58, PRIOR TO 306 00:09:05,289 --> 00:09:09,090 HER ARRIVING AT THE HATCH PARK 307 00:09:09,090 --> 00:09:15,000 LOCATION 308 00:09:09,090 --> 00:09:15,000 AND THAT WAS THE LAST ACTIVITY 309 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:15,120 EVER WE HAD ON HER PHONE 310 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:35,120 >> Reporter: BEFORE MACKENZIE 311 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:35,120 LUECK DISAPPEARED IN JUNE 2019, 312 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:38,090 A DISTURBING STORY HAD GONE 313 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:38,090 NATIONAL -- SEVERAL STORIES, 314 00:09:38,090 --> 00:09:42,159 ACTUALLY, ABOUT WOMEN BEING 315 00:09:38,090 --> 00:09:42,159 ASSAULTED WHILE USING LYFT OR 316 00:09:42,159 --> 00:09:43,210 UBER 317 00:09:42,159 --> 00:09:43,210 >> AT LEAST 14 WOMEN HAVE NOW 318 00:09:43,210 --> 00:09:47,200 FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE RIDE 319 00:09:43,210 --> 00:09:47,200 SHARE GIANT. 320 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:50,149 >> Reporter: AND, PERHAPS NO 321 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:50,149 SURPRISE, MACKENZIE'S FRIEND 322 00:09:50,149 --> 00:09:54,139 ASHLEY FINE IMAGINED SOMETHING 323 00:09:50,149 --> 00:09:54,139 LIKE THAT -- OR WORSE. 324 00:09:54,139 --> 00:09:58,049 >> I ASSUMED THAT THE LYFT 325 00:09:54,139 --> 00:09:58,049 DRIVER ABDUCTED HER, OR MAYBE 326 00:09:58,049 --> 00:10:01,259 THEY WERE IN A CAR ACCIDENT AND 327 00:09:58,049 --> 00:10:01,259 HAD THE CAR DRIVEN OFF THE ROAD. 328 00:10:01,259 --> 00:10:05,000 >> Reporter: THE DETECTIVES 329 00:10:01,259 --> 00:10:05,000 THOUGHT THAT WAS A POSSIBILITY 330 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,080 TOO. 331 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,080 SO THEY WANTED VERY MUCH TO FIND 332 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:11,259 THAT ELUSIVE LYFT DRIVER WHO 333 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:11,259 GAVE MACKENZIE A RIDE THE NIGHT 334 00:10:11,259 --> 00:10:13,129 SHE VANISHED 335 00:10:11,259 --> 00:10:13,129 >> WE WANTED TO KNOW IF HE WAS 336 00:10:13,129 --> 00:10:16,289 IN FACT GOING TO BE A SUSPECT OR 337 00:10:13,129 --> 00:10:16,289 NOT. 338 00:10:16,289 --> 00:10:20,110 >> Translator: HE WAS, THOUGH, 339 00:10:16,289 --> 00:10:20,110 NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. 340 00:10:20,110 --> 00:10:24,019 JUST AS ODD? 341 00:10:20,110 --> 00:10:24,019 MACKENZIE'S PHONE, THE 342 00:10:24,019 --> 00:10:30,049 DETECTIVES LEARNED, WAS TURNED 343 00:10:24,019 --> 00:10:30,049 OFF JUST AS HER LYFT RIDE CAME 344 00:10:30,049 --> 00:10:39,190 TO AN END. 345 00:10:30,049 --> 00:10:39,190 >> HER LAST TEXT MESSAGE THAT WE 346 00:10:39,190 --> 00:10:40,250 RECOVERED WAS AT 2:58 PRIOR TO 347 00:10:39,190 --> 00:10:40,250 HER ARRIVING AT THE HATCH PARK 348 00:10:40,250 --> 00:10:41,100 LOCATION 349 00:10:40,250 --> 00:10:41,100 >> HMM HMM 350 00:10:41,100 --> 00:10:44,049 >> AND THAT WAS THE LAST 351 00:10:41,100 --> 00:10:44,049 ACTIVITY EVER WE HAD ON HER 352 00:10:44,049 --> 00:10:46,220 PHONE. 353 00:10:44,049 --> 00:10:46,220 >> Reporter: ON THE MORNING OF 354 00:10:46,220 --> 00:10:49,259 SATURDAY, JUNE 22nd -- SIX DAYS 355 00:10:46,220 --> 00:10:49,259 AFTER MACKENZIE WENT MISSING -- 356 00:10:49,259 --> 00:10:53,080 DETECTIVE TIFFANY SAYES FINALLY 357 00:10:49,259 --> 00:10:53,080 TRACKED DOWN MACKENZIE'S LYFT 358 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:54,289 DRIVER 359 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:54,289 >> Reporter: HE SAYS, THERE 360 00:10:54,289 --> 00:10:58,029 WASN'T A LOT OF CONVERSATION 361 00:10:54,289 --> 00:10:58,029 GOING ON IN THE CAR. 362 00:10:58,029 --> 00:11:00,279 HE DID RECALL HER BEING ON HER 363 00:10:58,029 --> 00:11:00,279 PHONE, UM, BUT HE DIDN'T KNOW 364 00:11:00,279 --> 00:11:03,179 WHO SHE WAS TALKING TO 365 00:11:00,279 --> 00:11:03,179 >> WAS HE FULLY COOPERATIVE? 366 00:11:03,179 --> 00:11:04,159 DID HE SEEM, HE SEEM LIKE HE 367 00:11:03,179 --> 00:11:04,159 WANTED TO HELP 368 00:11:04,159 --> 00:11:07,059 >> OH YES, DEFINITELY. 369 00:11:04,159 --> 00:11:07,059 HE DID 370 00:11:07,059 --> 00:11:11,149 HE DIDN'T, HE DIDN'T SEEM LIKE 371 00:11:07,059 --> 00:11:11,149 HE HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS 372 00:11:11,149 --> 00:11:14,179 AT ALL 373 00:11:11,149 --> 00:11:14,179 >> Reporter: BECAUSE HE HAD AN 374 00:11:14,179 --> 00:11:18,179 ALIBI -- A VERY GOOD ONE, 375 00:11:14,179 --> 00:11:18,179 ACTUALLY 376 00:11:18,179 --> 00:11:20,259 AS SOON AS HE DROPPED MACKENZIE 377 00:11:18,179 --> 00:11:20,259 OFF, SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE AT A 378 00:11:20,259 --> 00:11:22,250 NEARBY INTERSECTION CAPTURED HIM 379 00:11:20,259 --> 00:11:22,250 LEAVING TO PICK UP ANOTHER 380 00:11:22,250 --> 00:11:26,080 FARE - 381 00:11:22,250 --> 00:11:26,080 THE DATE 382 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:28,240 TIME AND LOCATION ALL CONFIRMED 383 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:28,240 BY THE TRACKING SOFTWARE ON HIS 384 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:30,149 LYFT APP 385 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:30,149 >> AND HE CONTINUED THAT THROUGH 386 00:11:30,149 --> 00:11:33,019 THE NIGHT. 387 00:11:30,149 --> 00:11:33,019 AND SO - 388 00:11:33,019 --> 00:11:35,019 >> SO, YOU COULD ELIMINATE HIM 389 00:11:33,019 --> 00:11:35,019 PRETTY EASILY BASED ON THE FACT 390 00:11:35,019 --> 00:11:37,269 HE WAS ELSEWHERE 391 00:11:35,019 --> 00:11:37,269 >> VERY QUICKLY, YES 392 00:11:37,269 --> 00:11:41,100 >> SHE WAS SMILING 393 00:11:37,269 --> 00:11:41,100 UM, SHE WAS IN UH, IN GOOD 394 00:11:41,100 --> 00:11:44,129 SPIRITS. 395 00:11:41,100 --> 00:11:44,129 >> Reporter: MACKENZIE'S LYFT 396 00:11:44,129 --> 00:11:47,190 DRIVER, HEATH CANADA TOLD 397 00:11:44,129 --> 00:11:47,190 POLICE -- AND LATER US -- HE 398 00:11:47,190 --> 00:11:50,220 REMEMBERED THE WEIRD DROP OFF 399 00:11:47,190 --> 00:11:50,220 LOCATION 400 00:11:50,220 --> 00:11:56,090 EVEN MACKENZIE COMMENTED ON 401 00:11:50,220 --> 00:11:56,090 THAT, HE SAID. 402 00:11:56,090 --> 00:11:59,250 >> SAYING HOW IT WAS ODD TO BE 403 00:11:56,090 --> 00:11:59,250 DROPPED OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 404 00:11:59,250 --> 00:12:04,179 NIGHT AT A PARK. 405 00:11:59,250 --> 00:12:04,179 >> Reporter: CANADA, THOUGH, 406 00:12:04,179 --> 00:12:06,110 SAID HE WASN'T TOO WORRIED 407 00:12:04,179 --> 00:12:06,110 BECAUSE SOMEONE, WITH A CAR, WAS 408 00:12:06,110 --> 00:12:09,250 THERE WAITING FOR MACKENZIE. 409 00:12:06,110 --> 00:12:09,250 >> I UN -- UNLOADED UM, HER 410 00:12:09,250 --> 00:12:13,220 LUGGAGE, SAID GOODBYE. 411 00:12:09,250 --> 00:12:13,220 AND DROVE AWAY 412 00:12:13,220 --> 00:12:17,129 >> Reporter: SO -- WHO WAS THAT 413 00:12:13,220 --> 00:12:17,129 SOMEONE IN THE WAITING CAR 414 00:12:17,129 --> 00:12:19,230 THE DETECTIVES WERE HOPING THEY 415 00:12:17,129 --> 00:12:19,230 COULD IDENTIFY HIM OR HER, 416 00:12:19,230 --> 00:12:24,090 THROUGH MACKENZIE'S PHONE 417 00:12:19,230 --> 00:12:24,090 RECORDS. 418 00:12:24,090 --> 00:12:27,039 AND -- SHE HAD BEEN TEXTING A 419 00:12:24,090 --> 00:12:27,039 NUMBER, WITH A TWO-ZERO-SIX AREA 420 00:12:27,039 --> 00:12:30,080 CODE, RIGHT UP TO THE POINT HER 421 00:12:27,039 --> 00:12:30,080 PHONE WENT DEAD. 422 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:34,210 >> SO WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY 423 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:34,210 TAKE THAT NUMBER AND RUN IT 424 00:12:34,210 --> 00:12:38,149 THROUGH OUR LITTLE DATA BASES 425 00:12:34,210 --> 00:12:38,149 AND IT CAME BACK AS ABSOLUTELY 426 00:12:38,149 --> 00:12:44,169 NOTHING, IT DIDN'T COME BACK TO 427 00:12:38,149 --> 00:12:44,169 ANYBODY. 428 00:12:44,169 --> 00:12:47,090 >> Reporter: HAD TO BE SOME TYPE 429 00:12:44,169 --> 00:12:47,090 OF BURNER PHONE, THEY THOUGHT. 430 00:12:47,090 --> 00:12:49,110 >> SO WHOEVER THAT WAS DID NOT 431 00:12:47,090 --> 00:12:49,110 WANT ANYONE TO KNOW UH ANYONE IN 432 00:12:49,110 --> 00:12:52,100 ANY OFFICIAL CAPACITY TO KNOW 433 00:12:49,110 --> 00:12:52,100 WHO IT WAS 434 00:12:52,100 --> 00:12:58,129 >> YEAH IT WAS PRETTY OBVIOUS AT 435 00:12:52,100 --> 00:12:58,129 THAT POINT 436 00:12:58,129 --> 00:13:01,259 >> Reporter: BUT -- ACCORDING TO 437 00:12:58,129 --> 00:13:01,259 THE LYFT DRIVER -- WHOEVER MET 438 00:13:01,259 --> 00:13:05,100 MACKENZIE AT THE PARK MADE NO 439 00:13:01,259 --> 00:13:05,100 EFFORT TO CONCEAL THEIR IDENTITY 440 00:13:05,100 --> 00:13:06,120 FROM HER 441 00:13:05,100 --> 00:13:06,120 TO THE CONTRARY. 442 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:08,279 >> THEY SEEMED TO KNOW EACH 443 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:08,279 OTHER, UM, REALLY WELL 444 00:13:08,279 --> 00:13:10,220 BECAUSE -- 445 00:13:08,279 --> 00:13:10,220 I THINK ALL I HEARD WAS HOW ARE 446 00:13:10,220 --> 00:13:13,240 YOU DOING, HOW WAS YOUR TRIP, 447 00:13:10,220 --> 00:13:13,240 JUST KIND OF BASIC UH, 448 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:16,019 GREETINGS. 449 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:16,019 >> THE SITUATION SEEMED R-- VERY 450 00:13:16,019 --> 00:13:18,269 SAFE 451 00:13:16,019 --> 00:13:18,269 SHE UH OBVIOUSLY KNEW THE PERSON 452 00:13:18,269 --> 00:13:22,120 THAT SHE WAS UM GETTING IN, UM 453 00:13:18,269 --> 00:13:22,120 INTO THE CAR WITH. 454 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:25,139 >> Reporter: THAT MACKENZIE HAD 455 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:25,139 CAUGHT A RIDE WITH SOMEONE SHE 456 00:13:25,139 --> 00:13:29,039 KNEW WAS BOTH GOOD -- AND BAD 457 00:13:25,139 --> 00:13:29,039 NEWS 458 00:13:29,039 --> 00:13:30,259 THE GOOD NEWS, OF COURSE WAS 459 00:13:29,039 --> 00:13:30,259 THAT IT MEANT MAYBE MACKENZIE 460 00:13:30,259 --> 00:13:35,200 JUST WENT OFF WITH A FRIEND 461 00:13:30,259 --> 00:13:35,200 SOMEWHERE. 462 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:37,200 THE BAD NEWS 463 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:37,200 BECAUSE THERE WAS NOW NO PROOF 464 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:41,200 OF A CRIME, THE DETECTIVES HAD 465 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:41,200 LOST THEIR POWER TO GET ANY 466 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:44,129 ADDITIONAL SEARCH WARRANTS 467 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:44,129 >> WE HAD LOST OUR WHAT WE CALL 468 00:13:44,129 --> 00:13:46,230 PROBABLE CAUSE THAT A CRIME HAD 469 00:13:44,129 --> 00:13:46,230 BEEN COMMITTED 470 00:13:46,230 --> 00:13:49,029 AND SO JUST, JUST LIKE THAT. 471 00:13:46,230 --> 00:13:49,029 >> JUST LIKE THAT? 472 00:13:49,029 --> 00:13:52,049 BECAUSE OF THE SUPPOSEDLY -- 473 00:13:49,029 --> 00:13:52,049 JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT THE LYFT 474 00:13:52,049 --> 00:13:55,090 DRIVER SAID, SUDDENLY YOU CAN'T 475 00:13:52,049 --> 00:13:55,090 BE GETTING WARRANTS OR THINGS? 476 00:13:55,090 --> 00:13:58,220 >> CORRECT 477 00:13:55,090 --> 00:13:58,220 AND SO THAT WAS THE HARD PART 478 00:13:58,220 --> 00:13:59,269 AND IT REALLY SLOWED DOWN THE 479 00:13:58,220 --> 00:13:59,269 INVESTIGATION AT THAT POINT 480 00:13:59,269 --> 00:14:02,129 BECAUSE, WE DIDN'T HAVE A CRIME 481 00:13:59,269 --> 00:14:02,129 TO ATTACH TO IT. 482 00:14:02,129 --> 00:14:05,250 IT WAS STILL NOW JUST A MISSING 483 00:14:02,129 --> 00:14:05,250 PERSON'S INVESTIGATION 484 00:14:05,250 --> 00:14:08,289 >> Reporter: WITHOUT A WARRANT 485 00:14:05,250 --> 00:14:08,289 THE DETECTIVES WERE BLOCKED FROM 486 00:14:08,289 --> 00:14:11,080 GETTING DETAILED PHONE RECORDS 487 00:14:08,289 --> 00:14:11,080 WHICH -- THEORETICALLY -- WOULD 488 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:16,250 HAVE SHOWN WHO MACKENZIE WAS 489 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:16,250 TEXTING. 490 00:14:16,250 --> 00:14:21,139 SO WHO WAS THIS "FRIEND" 491 00:14:16,250 --> 00:14:21,139 MACKENZIE MET AT THE PARK -- AND 492 00:14:21,139 --> 00:14:25,049 WHERE DID THEY GO? 493 00:14:21,139 --> 00:14:25,049 >> COMING UP - 494 00:14:25,049 --> 00:14:28,259 ONE PLACE MACKENZIE WASN'T 495 00:14:25,049 --> 00:14:28,259 MISSING WAS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 496 00:14:28,259 --> 00:14:30,080 >> DIFFERENT PEOPLE SAYING 'HEY 497 00:14:28,259 --> 00:14:30,080 I'M LOOKING AT HER SITE RIGHT 498 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:35,039 NOW, IT'S SHOWING THAT SHE'S 499 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:35,039 ACTIVELY ON-LINE 500 00:14:35,039 --> 00:14:37,090 HER BANK ACCOUNT WAS ACTIVE TOO. 501 00:14:35,039 --> 00:14:37,090 SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THERE 502 00:14:37,090 --> 00:14:40,200 WOULD BE FURTHER TRANSACTIONS ON 503 00:14:37,090 --> 00:14:40,200 THERE SO THAT WE COULD FIND HER. 504 00:14:40,200 --> 00:15:01,259 >> WHEN "DATELINE" CONTI 505 00:14:40,200 --> 00:15:01,259 >> Reporter: SO MANY QUESTIONS 506 00:15:01,259 --> 00:15:03,210 WHY DID MACKENZIE GO TO A PARK 507 00:15:01,259 --> 00:15:03,210 EIGHT MILES FROM HOME, AT 508 00:15:03,210 --> 00:15:07,090 3:00 A.M., NO LESS 509 00:15:03,210 --> 00:15:07,090 WHO DID SHE MEET 510 00:15:07,090 --> 00:15:11,120 IT MADE NO SENSE, THOUGHT HER 511 00:15:07,090 --> 00:15:11,120 FRIEND ASHLEY FINE 512 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:12,179 >> I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE SHE 513 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:12,179 WOULD MEET SOMEONE AT A PARK AT 514 00:15:12,179 --> 00:15:14,120 3:00 A.M 515 00:15:12,179 --> 00:15:14,120 IT'S JUST SO UNLIKE HER. 516 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:18,200 >> Reporter: IT IS 517 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:18,200 >> SO UNLIKE HER 518 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:22,210 >> Reporter: BECAUSE MACKENZIE, 519 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:22,210 LIKE MOST OF HER SORORITY 520 00:15:22,210 --> 00:15:26,159 SISTERS, HAD TALKED A LOT ABOUT 521 00:15:22,210 --> 00:15:26,159 SAFETY 522 00:15:26,159 --> 00:15:30,009 >> I MEAN, I'VE BEEN OUT WITH 523 00:15:26,159 --> 00:15:30,009 HER A LOT OF TIMES, AND SHE'S 524 00:15:30,009 --> 00:15:32,009 ALWAYS BEEN EXTREMELY SAFE 525 00:15:30,009 --> 00:15:32,009 SHE'S TEXTED ME AFTER -- AFTER 526 00:15:32,009 --> 00:15:35,210 GOING OUT AT NIGHT AND SAID, 527 00:15:32,009 --> 00:15:35,210 "HEY, DID YOU MAKE IT HOME 528 00:15:35,210 --> 00:15:38,179 ARE YOU OKAY?" 529 00:15:35,210 --> 00:15:38,179 >> Reporter: YOU WOULD EXCHANGE 530 00:15:38,179 --> 00:15:39,220 THINGS JUST TO KEEP EACH OTHER 531 00:15:38,179 --> 00:15:39,220 SAFE 532 00:15:39,220 --> 00:15:41,220 >> YES 533 00:15:39,220 --> 00:15:41,220 >> Reporter: ASHLEY HAD MET 534 00:15:41,220 --> 00:15:44,259 MACKENZIE ALMOST FOUR YEARS 535 00:15:41,220 --> 00:15:44,259 EARLIER. 536 00:15:44,259 --> 00:15:48,000 >> SHE WAS A LITTLE BIT SHYER 537 00:15:44,259 --> 00:15:48,000 THAN PEOPLE WOULD THINK SHE 538 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,080 WOULD BE, BUT ONCE YOU GOT TO 539 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,080 KNOW HER, SHE HAD A BIG 540 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:54,059 PERSONALITY. 541 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:54,059 SHE CAN MAKE ANYONE LAUGH. 542 00:15:54,059 --> 00:15:58,059 >> Reporter: KENNEDY STONER ALSO 543 00:15:54,059 --> 00:15:58,059 MET MACKENZIE IN COLLEGE 544 00:15:58,059 --> 00:16:00,230 >> HER FAMILY DOESN'T LIVE HERE. 545 00:15:58,059 --> 00:16:00,230 SO SHE WAS ALL ON HER OWN HERE 546 00:16:00,230 --> 00:16:04,220 SO SHE HAD A JOB 547 00:16:00,230 --> 00:16:04,220 SHE WAS GOING TO SCHOOL. 548 00:16:04,220 --> 00:16:09,000 SHE WAS, LIKE, CHECKING OFF 549 00:16:04,220 --> 00:16:09,000 EVERYTHING THAT A RESPONSIBLE 550 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:12,120 ADULT WOULD HAVE ON THEIR CHECK 551 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:12,120 LIST, I GUESS. 552 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:16,210 >> Reporter: MACKENZIE GREW UP 553 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:16,210 NEAR LOS ANGELES -- EL SEGUNDO, 554 00:16:16,210 --> 00:16:20,120 CALIFORNIA 555 00:16:16,210 --> 00:16:20,120 AND SHE WAS RAISED IN THE CHURCH 556 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:21,259 OF LATTER DAY SAINTS 557 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:21,259 BUT WHEN SHE CAME TO THE 558 00:16:21,259 --> 00:16:25,070 UNIVERSITY OF UTAH TO STUDY 559 00:16:21,259 --> 00:16:25,070 KINESIOLOGY, ACCORDING TO 560 00:16:25,070 --> 00:16:28,279 ASHLEY, MACKENZIE DIDN'T EXACTLY 561 00:16:25,070 --> 00:16:28,279 REMAIN DEVOUT. 562 00:16:28,279 --> 00:16:31,149 >> I KNOW SHE WAS REGISTERED 563 00:16:28,279 --> 00:16:31,149 HERE IN A WARD IN 564 00:16:31,149 --> 00:16:34,179 SALT LAKE CITY, BUT I HEARD THAT 565 00:16:31,149 --> 00:16:34,179 SHE WAS NEVER ACTIVE 566 00:16:34,179 --> 00:16:39,049 AND THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME 567 00:16:34,179 --> 00:16:39,049 BECAUSE I THINK SHE WANTED TO 568 00:16:39,049 --> 00:16:41,289 FIND HER OWN PATH. 569 00:16:39,049 --> 00:16:41,289 >> Reporter: YOU SAW HER 570 00:16:41,289 --> 00:16:44,000 CHANGING IN RECENT TIMES, DIDN'T 571 00:16:41,289 --> 00:16:44,000 YOU? 572 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:48,080 IN WHAT WAYS 573 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:48,080 >> I THINK SHE WAS TRYING TO 574 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:50,250 ALMOST GAIN CONFIDENCE AND 575 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:50,250 SECURITY IN HERSELF. 576 00:16:50,250 --> 00:16:54,250 SHE'D ALWAYS WRITE HERSELF, 577 00:16:50,250 --> 00:16:54,250 LIKE, NOTES SAYING HOW SHE 578 00:16:54,250 --> 00:16:59,110 WANTED TO FEEL MORE CONFIDENT. 579 00:16:54,250 --> 00:16:59,110 BECAUSE I THINK SHE REALIZED SHE 580 00:16:59,110 --> 00:17:02,230 WAS REALLY SHY AND SHE WANTED TO 581 00:16:59,110 --> 00:17:02,230 BE MORE OUTGOING AND MEET 582 00:17:02,230 --> 00:17:09,119 PEOPLE 583 00:17:02,230 --> 00:17:09,119 AND SHE WANTED TO EXPLORE DATING 584 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:11,180 AND -- AND, UM, IT MIGHT NOT BE 585 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:11,180 HOW EVERYONE ELSE THINKS DATING 586 00:17:11,180 --> 00:17:16,039 SHOULD BE. 587 00:17:11,180 --> 00:17:16,039 >> Reporter: WHAT ASHLEY IS 588 00:17:16,039 --> 00:17:19,140 GETTING AT IS THAT MACKENZIE WAS 589 00:17:16,039 --> 00:17:19,140 ACTIVE ON DATING SITES 590 00:17:19,140 --> 00:17:21,170 SO MUCH SO THAT BY SATURDAY, 591 00:17:19,140 --> 00:17:21,170 JUNE 22nd, THE SIXTH DAY AFTER 592 00:17:21,170 --> 00:17:25,160 MACKENZIE'S DISAPPEARANCE, 593 00:17:21,170 --> 00:17:25,160 DETECTIVES HAD RECEIVED SEVERAL 594 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:28,130 PHONE CALLS FROM SOME OF THE MEN 595 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:28,130 MACKENZIE MET ONLINE 596 00:17:28,130 --> 00:17:33,150 MAINLY TO SAY THEY HAD NOTHING 597 00:17:28,130 --> 00:17:33,150 TO DO WITH HER DISAPPEARANCE 598 00:17:33,150 --> 00:17:38,019 >> I MEAN, NOWADAYS, THAT'S HOW 599 00:17:33,150 --> 00:17:38,019 PEOPLE MEET PEOPLE 600 00:17:38,019 --> 00:17:42,089 SO, WHILE IT WAS OF SIGNIFICANCE 601 00:17:38,019 --> 00:17:42,089 BECAUSE IT GAVE US, YOU KNOW, 602 00:17:42,089 --> 00:17:45,130 ONE MORE THING TO LOOK AT, IT 603 00:17:42,089 --> 00:17:45,130 WASN'T THIS, YOU KNOW, BIG, HUGE 604 00:17:45,130 --> 00:17:48,150 RED FLAG EITHER. 605 00:17:45,130 --> 00:17:48,150 >> Reporter: SO WAS MACKENZIE 606 00:17:48,150 --> 00:17:51,119 OFF ON A LARK WITH A GUY SHE MET 607 00:17:48,150 --> 00:17:51,119 ONLINE 608 00:17:51,119 --> 00:17:55,210 A HOOK-UP SHE WANTED TO KEEP 609 00:17:51,119 --> 00:17:55,210 SECRET FROM HER DEVOUTLY 610 00:17:55,210 --> 00:17:58,009 RELIGIOUS PARENTS? 611 00:17:55,210 --> 00:17:58,009 WELL, THAT CERTAINLY SEEMED FAR 612 00:17:58,009 --> 00:18:02,109 MORE LIKELY THAN SOME SORT OF 613 00:17:58,009 --> 00:18:02,109 KIDNAPPING SCENARIO. 614 00:18:02,109 --> 00:18:04,069 >> SHE COULD HAVE GONE CAMPING 615 00:18:02,109 --> 00:18:04,069 OR GONE WITH A FRIEND WHERE THEY 616 00:18:04,069 --> 00:18:09,109 WOULD LOSE CELL SERVICE, AND IT 617 00:18:04,069 --> 00:18:09,109 WOULDN'T BE OUT OF THE ORDINARY. 618 00:18:09,109 --> 00:18:11,269 >> Reporter: BUT ONCE THEY DID 619 00:18:09,109 --> 00:18:11,269 SOME CHECKING AROUND, THAT 620 00:18:11,269 --> 00:18:12,220 CAMPING IDEA SEEMED A LOT LESS 621 00:18:11,269 --> 00:18:12,220 LIKELY 622 00:18:12,220 --> 00:18:16,049 WHY? 623 00:18:12,220 --> 00:18:16,049 STANDARD PROCEDURE 624 00:18:16,049 --> 00:18:19,009 THEY LOOKED UP AIRLINE FLIGHT 625 00:18:16,049 --> 00:18:19,009 RECORDS AND DISCOVERED MACKENZIE 626 00:18:19,009 --> 00:18:22,029 HAD BEEN BOOKED ON A FLIGHT OUT 627 00:18:19,009 --> 00:18:22,029 OF TOWN. 628 00:18:22,029 --> 00:18:25,079 TO LAS VEGAS 629 00:18:22,029 --> 00:18:25,079 SO MAYBE SHE WAS THERE 630 00:18:25,079 --> 00:18:28,130 AND MEANWHILE, THE DETECTIVES 631 00:18:25,079 --> 00:18:28,130 BEGAN TO SEE ACTIVITY ON HER 632 00:18:28,130 --> 00:18:32,029 BANK ACCOUNT 633 00:18:28,130 --> 00:18:32,029 AND SOMETHING ELSE 634 00:18:32,029 --> 00:18:33,079 >> DIFFERENT PEOPLE SAYING, 635 00:18:32,029 --> 00:18:33,079 "HEY, I'M LOOKING AT HER SITE 636 00:18:33,079 --> 00:18:35,150 RIGHT NOW. 637 00:18:33,079 --> 00:18:35,150 IT'S SHOWING THAT SHE'S ACTIVELY 638 00:18:35,150 --> 00:18:40,099 ONLINE." 639 00:18:35,150 --> 00:18:40,099 >> Reporter: SO MAYBE SHE WAS 640 00:18:40,099 --> 00:18:43,099 JUST FINE, IGNORING THE FUSS, OR 641 00:18:40,099 --> 00:18:43,099 JUST ZONED OUT AND ENTIRELY 642 00:18:43,099 --> 00:18:45,140 UNAWARE OF IT. 643 00:18:43,099 --> 00:18:45,140 >> AND SO WE'RE HOPEFUL. 644 00:18:45,140 --> 00:18:48,259 >> Reporter: SURE. 645 00:18:45,140 --> 00:18:48,259 >> 'CAUSE WHEN PEOPLE GO 646 00:18:48,259 --> 00:18:51,130 MISSING, EVEN IF IT'S ON THEIR 647 00:18:48,259 --> 00:18:51,130 OWN ACCORD, THEY'RE STILL GONNA 648 00:18:51,130 --> 00:18:55,039 BE MAKING TRANSACTIONS OR PAYING 649 00:18:51,130 --> 00:18:55,039 FOR STUFF. 650 00:18:55,039 --> 00:18:59,259 AND SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THERE 651 00:18:55,039 --> 00:18:59,259 WOULD BE FURTHER TRANSACTIONS ON 652 00:18:59,259 --> 00:19:01,289 THERE SO THAT WE COULD FIND HER. 653 00:18:59,259 --> 00:19:01,289 >> Reporter: NOT FAR FROM THE 654 00:19:01,289 --> 00:19:04,240 POLICE STATION, KENNEDY AND 655 00:19:01,289 --> 00:19:04,240 ASHLEY HOSTED A RALLY TO MAKE 656 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:08,240 SURE EVERYONE IN SALT LAKE CITY 657 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:08,240 KNEW TO BE LOOKING FOR 658 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:10,059 MACKENZIE. 659 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:10,059 >> HEY, GUYS, THIS GIRL'S 660 00:19:10,059 --> 00:19:11,109 MISSING, AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR 661 00:19:10,059 --> 00:19:11,109 HER. 662 00:19:11,109 --> 00:19:16,049 SHE COULD BE IN DANGER 663 00:19:11,109 --> 00:19:16,049 WE THINK SHE'S IN DANGER 664 00:19:16,049 --> 00:19:18,220 >> Reporter: BUT WAS SHE 665 00:19:16,049 --> 00:19:18,220 ON SUNDAY, JUNE THE 23rd, 666 00:19:18,220 --> 00:19:22,049 DETECTIVES LEARNED MACKENZIE HAD 667 00:19:18,220 --> 00:19:22,049 A FLIGHT BOOKED FOR THAT VERY 668 00:19:22,049 --> 00:19:28,089 DAY, TRAVELING FROM LAS VEGAS TO 669 00:19:22,049 --> 00:19:28,089 LOS ANGELES TO ATTEND A FRIEND'S 670 00:19:28,089 --> 00:19:34,119 WEDDING. 671 00:19:28,089 --> 00:19:34,119 >> AND SHE WOULDN'T MISS THAT. 672 00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:38,130 SO WE CONTACTED LAPD, AND THEY 673 00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:38,130 HAD OFFICERS WAITING FOR THAT 674 00:19:38,130 --> 00:19:42,109 FLIGHT TO LAND 675 00:19:38,130 --> 00:19:42,109 >> Reporter: THEY WAITED BY THE 676 00:19:42,109 --> 00:19:45,230 JETWAY FOR ALL THE PASSENGERS TO 677 00:19:42,109 --> 00:19:45,230 DEPLANE. 678 00:19:45,230 --> 00:19:48,180 MACKENZIE WAS NOT AMONG THEM 679 00:19:45,230 --> 00:19:48,180 THEN, THEY LEARNED THIS. 680 00:19:48,180 --> 00:19:51,190 IT WASN'T MACKENZIE WHO'D BEEN 681 00:19:48,180 --> 00:19:51,190 LOGGING INTO HER SOCIAL MEDIA 682 00:19:51,190 --> 00:19:56,279 ACCOUNTS 683 00:19:51,190 --> 00:19:56,279 THAT HAD BEEN HER FRIENDS. 684 00:19:56,279 --> 00:19:59,039 >> THAT HAD OBTAINED HER EMAIL 685 00:19:56,279 --> 00:19:59,039 AND PASSWORD, AND THEY WEREN'T 686 00:19:59,039 --> 00:20:02,160 DOING IT TO TRY TO RUIN THINGS 687 00:19:59,039 --> 00:20:02,160 OR ANYTHING. 688 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:04,069 THEY WERE TRYING TO GO ON THERE 689 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:04,069 TO MONITOR THE SITES AS WELL TO 690 00:20:04,069 --> 00:20:06,250 SEE IF ANY INFORMATION COULD 691 00:20:04,069 --> 00:20:06,250 COME UP. 692 00:20:06,250 --> 00:20:12,059 >> Reporter: AND THE ACTIVITY ON 693 00:20:06,250 --> 00:20:12,059 MACKENZIE'S BANK ACCOUNT 694 00:20:12,059 --> 00:20:13,190 >> IT WAS THE LYFT TRANSACTION 695 00:20:12,059 --> 00:20:13,190 ON THE 17th AND THEN AN 696 00:20:13,190 --> 00:20:19,009 AUTOMATIC PAYROLL DEPOSIT FROM 697 00:20:13,190 --> 00:20:19,009 HER WORK 698 00:20:19,009 --> 00:20:23,180 >> Reporter: AND THEN THE 699 00:20:19,009 --> 00:20:23,180 DETECTIVES GOT A TIP FROM THIS 700 00:20:23,180 --> 00:20:30,119 GUY WHO JUST MAYBE COULD BRING 701 00:20:23,180 --> 00:20:30,119 ALL THOSE BLURRY DETAILS INTO 702 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:34,200 SHARP FOCUS. 703 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:34,200 >>> COMING UP -- 704 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:39,000 >> I GOT ON THE COMPUTER, AND 705 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:39,000 WITHIN AN HOUR, TWO HOURS, I HAD 706 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:40,119 FOUND HER PROFILE. 707 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:40,119 >> THE WORLD OF SUGAR BABIES 708 00:20:40,119 --> 00:20:44,200 DID MACKENZIE KNOW WHAT SHE WAS 709 00:20:40,119 --> 00:20:44,200 GETTING INTO 710 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:47,240 >> A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO GO INTO 711 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:47,240 IT ARE, LIKE, SERIOUSLY SO BLIND 712 00:20:47,240 --> 00:21:06,170 TO THE WHOLE REALITY OF WHAT IT 713 00:20:47,240 --> 00:21:06,170 IS 714 00:21:06,170 --> 00:21:07,250 >> Reporter: IT WAS A FEW WEEKS 715 00:21:06,170 --> 00:21:07,250 BEFORE MACKENZIE LUECK VANISHED. 716 00:21:07,250 --> 00:21:13,039 A CHANCE MEETING AT A BAR WITH 717 00:21:07,250 --> 00:21:13,039 THIS MAN, ROB JOSEPH 718 00:21:13,039 --> 00:21:16,079 >> SHE JUST SEEMED LIKE A VERY 719 00:21:13,039 --> 00:21:16,079 BRIGHT, BUBBLY GIRL. 720 00:21:16,079 --> 00:21:23,000 FRIENDLY 721 00:21:16,079 --> 00:21:23,000 >> Reporter: THEY TALKED FOR 722 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:27,190 MORE THAN AN HOUR, SAID ROB. 723 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:27,190 OR, SHE DID, WHILE HE LISTENED 724 00:21:27,190 --> 00:21:34,230 ROB IS AN EX-SALT LAKE CITY COP. 725 00:21:27,190 --> 00:21:34,230 PRIVATE EYE NOW. 726 00:21:34,230 --> 00:21:39,170 WHICH, OF COURSE, HE TOLD HER. 727 00:21:34,230 --> 00:21:39,170 >> IF YOU MENTION YOU'RE AN 728 00:21:39,170 --> 00:21:40,230 EX-COP AND YOU'RE A P.I. -- 729 00:21:39,170 --> 00:21:40,230 EVERYBODY ALL OF A SUDDEN WANTS 730 00:21:40,230 --> 00:21:41,250 TO TELL YOU THEIR DARK SECRETS, 731 00:21:40,230 --> 00:21:41,250 YOU KNOW, OR - 732 00:21:41,250 --> 00:21:43,170 OR RISKY BEHAVIORS 733 00:21:41,250 --> 00:21:43,170 >> Reporter: IS THAT WHAT HAP -- 734 00:21:43,170 --> 00:21:46,220 IS THAT HOW PEOPLE REACT TRULY 735 00:21:43,170 --> 00:21:46,220 >> OH YEAH, YOU'D BE SURPRISED 736 00:21:46,220 --> 00:21:48,210 THAT PEOPLE JUST WANNA TELL YOU 737 00:21:46,220 --> 00:21:48,210 THINGS THAT YOU DON'T WANNA 738 00:21:48,210 --> 00:21:50,259 HEAR 739 00:21:48,210 --> 00:21:50,259 >> Reporter: ANYWAY, HE ONLY SAW 740 00:21:50,259 --> 00:21:53,079 MACKENZIE THAT ONE TIME, HE 741 00:21:50,259 --> 00:21:53,079 SAID 742 00:21:53,079 --> 00:21:56,029 DIDN'T GET HER PHONE NUMBER, 743 00:21:53,079 --> 00:21:56,029 AND -- 744 00:21:56,029 --> 00:21:58,109 >> I DIDN'T OFFER MY NUMBER. 745 00:21:56,029 --> 00:21:58,109 I GENERALLY DON'T GIVE OUT MY 746 00:21:58,109 --> 00:22:01,150 NUMBER 747 00:21:58,109 --> 00:22:01,150 >> Reporter: AND THAT WAS THAT, 748 00:22:01,150 --> 00:22:04,099 HE SAID. 749 00:22:01,150 --> 00:22:04,099 HE DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE HER 750 00:22:04,099 --> 00:22:07,140 AGAIN. 751 00:22:04,099 --> 00:22:07,140 BUT, JUST THREE WEEKS LATER -- 752 00:22:07,140 --> 00:22:10,089 MACKENZIE WAS MISSING. 753 00:22:07,140 --> 00:22:10,089 AND ROB SAID THE FRIEND WHO WAS 754 00:22:10,089 --> 00:22:13,130 WITH HIM AT THE BAR THAT NIGHT 755 00:22:10,089 --> 00:22:13,130 MADE THE CONNECTION. 756 00:22:13,130 --> 00:22:16,079 >> HE JUST MENTIONED TO ME 757 00:22:13,130 --> 00:22:16,079 CASUALLY, "HEY, YOU KNOW, THAT 758 00:22:16,079 --> 00:22:19,240 GIRL WE MET AT THE BAR, THAT'S 759 00:22:16,079 --> 00:22:19,240 THE GIRL THAT WENT MISSING." 760 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:23,039 >> Reporter: OF COURSE, ROB 761 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:23,039 REMEMBERED THE FRIENDLY COLLEGE 762 00:22:23,039 --> 00:22:29,119 STUDENT, AND THE SECRET SHE 763 00:22:23,039 --> 00:22:29,119 REVEALED TO HIM THAT NIGHT 764 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:31,190 >> I DON'T KNOW WHETHER SHE WAS 765 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:31,190 SEEKING APPROVAL OR JUST ADVICE 766 00:22:31,190 --> 00:22:33,220 OR RECOMMENDATIONS AND - 767 00:22:31,190 --> 00:22:33,220 >> Reporter: HOW'D SHE PUT IT? 768 00:22:33,220 --> 00:22:36,230 >> SHE JUST SAID SHE WAS ON A 769 00:22:33,220 --> 00:22:36,230 DATING SITE. 770 00:22:36,230 --> 00:22:37,269 AND LOOKING FOR SUGAR DADDIES. 771 00:22:36,230 --> 00:22:37,269 AND I ASKED HER WHICH ONE. 772 00:22:37,269 --> 00:22:42,039 AND SHE SAID "SEEKING 773 00:22:37,269 --> 00:22:42,039 ARRANGEMENTS." 774 00:22:42,039 --> 00:22:43,279 >> Reporter: "SEEKING 775 00:22:42,039 --> 00:22:43,279 ARRANGEMENT," A WEBSITE DESIGNED 776 00:22:43,279 --> 00:22:48,289 TO CONNECT YOUNG WOMEN WITH 777 00:22:43,279 --> 00:22:48,289 PROSPEROUS OLDER MEN 778 00:22:48,289 --> 00:22:53,000 ROB KNEW A LOT ABOUT DATING 779 00:22:48,289 --> 00:22:53,000 SITES, HE'S A P.I., REMEMBER, 780 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:56,029 AND HE FIGURED IF MACKENZIE WAS 781 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:56,029 MISSING, THAT JUST MIGHT HAVE 782 00:22:56,029 --> 00:22:59,180 SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT. 783 00:22:56,029 --> 00:22:59,180 >> I WENT STRAIGHT HOME, GOT ON 784 00:22:59,180 --> 00:23:02,109 THE COMPUTER AND GOT ONTO 785 00:22:59,180 --> 00:23:02,109 SEEKING ARRANGEMENTS 786 00:23:02,109 --> 00:23:07,230 AND -- AND WITHIN AN HOUR, TWO 787 00:23:02,109 --> 00:23:07,230 HOURS, I HAD FOUND HER PROFILE 788 00:23:07,230 --> 00:23:12,099 >> Reporter: THERE SHE WAS, 789 00:23:07,230 --> 00:23:12,099 "BEACH BABY 96." 790 00:23:12,099 --> 00:23:14,259 >> WHAT WAS INTERESTING ABOUT 791 00:23:12,099 --> 00:23:14,259 HER PROFILE WAS IT WAS JUST VERY 792 00:23:14,259 --> 00:23:17,220 AUTHENTIC AND HONEST 793 00:23:14,259 --> 00:23:17,220 SHE WASN'T REALLY HIDING WHO SHE 794 00:23:17,220 --> 00:23:20,079 WAS. 795 00:23:17,220 --> 00:23:20,079 >> Reporter: SOON AS HE FOUND 796 00:23:20,079 --> 00:23:24,069 IT, HE SENT A SCREEN GRAB OF 797 00:23:20,079 --> 00:23:24,069 MACKENZIE'S PROFILE TO THE SALT 798 00:23:24,069 --> 00:23:28,160 LAKE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT. 799 00:23:24,069 --> 00:23:28,160 >> THIS WAS DEFINITELY ANOTHER 800 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:31,029 AVENUE THAT WE HAD TO LOOK AT 801 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:31,029 AND, YOU KNOW, TRACK DOWN 802 00:23:31,029 --> 00:23:32,279 ANYBODY THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN 803 00:23:31,029 --> 00:23:32,279 CONTACT WITH HER 804 00:23:32,279 --> 00:23:36,240 >> Reporter: MACKENZIE, IT 805 00:23:32,279 --> 00:23:36,240 APPEARED, HAD COMPARTMENTALIZED 806 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:39,269 INFORMATION ABOUT HER LIFE 807 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:39,269 THE PLANE TICKET TO LAS VEGAS, 808 00:23:39,269 --> 00:23:44,059 FOR INSTANCE, HAD BEEN PAID FOR 809 00:23:39,269 --> 00:23:44,059 BY A MAN SHE MET THROUGH SEEKING 810 00:23:44,059 --> 00:23:46,170 ARRANGEMENT. 811 00:23:44,059 --> 00:23:46,170 AND A $300 DEPOSIT TO ONE OF 812 00:23:46,170 --> 00:23:49,089 MACKENZIE'S BANK ACCOUNTS? 813 00:23:46,170 --> 00:23:49,089 >> THAT WAS FROM ONE OF HER 814 00:23:49,089 --> 00:23:53,079 OTHER DATES THAT SHE HAD BEEN 815 00:23:49,089 --> 00:23:53,079 ON 816 00:23:53,079 --> 00:23:56,289 THAT SHE'D RECEIVED A -- A 817 00:23:53,079 --> 00:23:56,289 PAYMENT FROM AND THAT WAS PRIOR 818 00:23:56,289 --> 00:24:00,210 TO HER GOING OVER TO HER UH 819 00:23:56,289 --> 00:24:00,210 GRANDMOTHER'S FUNERAL. 820 00:24:00,210 --> 00:24:04,029 >> Reporter: HER FRIEND ASHLEY 821 00:24:00,210 --> 00:24:04,029 SAID SHE DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE. 822 00:24:04,029 --> 00:24:06,109 >> I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT 823 00:24:04,029 --> 00:24:06,109 HER BEING ON THAT SITE 824 00:24:06,109 --> 00:24:07,240 >> Reporter: SHE DIDN'T TALK 825 00:24:06,109 --> 00:24:07,240 ABOUT IT 826 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:10,269 IT WASN'T LIKE A SUBJECT OF 827 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:10,269 CONVERSATION 828 00:24:10,269 --> 00:24:12,289 >> NOT WITH ME 829 00:24:10,269 --> 00:24:12,289 >> Reporter: MACKENZIE'S FRIEND 830 00:24:12,289 --> 00:24:16,180 KENNEDY WANTED TO AVOID THE 831 00:24:12,289 --> 00:24:16,180 SUBJECT ALL TOGETHER 832 00:24:16,180 --> 00:24:21,049 BUT, SHE ACKNOWLEDGED, THAT 833 00:24:16,180 --> 00:24:21,049 SEEKING ARRANGEMENT IS WELL 834 00:24:21,049 --> 00:24:24,170 KNOWN ON CAMPUS. 835 00:24:21,049 --> 00:24:24,170 >> THIS SITE IS NOT UNFAMILIAR 836 00:24:24,170 --> 00:24:25,289 TO A LOT OF WOMEN IN COLLEGE 837 00:24:24,170 --> 00:24:25,289 >> Reporter: EVERYBODY KNOWS 838 00:24:25,289 --> 00:24:31,119 ABOUT IT 839 00:24:25,289 --> 00:24:31,119 >> EVERYBODY KNOWS OF THIS SITE. 840 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:34,079 >> Reporter: SEEKING ARRANGEMENT 841 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:34,079 WAS FOUNDED IN 2006 BY A 842 00:24:34,079 --> 00:24:38,240 SELF-PROCLAIMED "NERD" AND M-I-T 843 00:24:34,079 --> 00:24:38,240 GRAD, NAMED BRANDON WADE 844 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:43,019 HE DECLINED OUR INTERVIEW 845 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:43,019 REQUEST, BUT IN THIS 2016 "TODAY 846 00:24:43,019 --> 00:24:48,059 SHOW" STORY, WADE SAID HE CAME 847 00:24:43,019 --> 00:24:48,059 UP WITH THE IDEA AS A WAY TO 848 00:24:48,059 --> 00:24:51,009 MEET YOUNG WOMEN 849 00:24:48,059 --> 00:24:51,009 >> THE AVERAGE SUGAR BABY IS 850 00:24:51,009 --> 00:24:52,130 ROUGHLY 27 YEARS OLD 851 00:24:51,009 --> 00:24:52,130 50% OF THEM ARE COLLEGE 852 00:24:52,130 --> 00:24:56,130 STUDENTS 853 00:24:52,130 --> 00:24:56,130 THEY ARE AMBITIOUS 854 00:24:56,130 --> 00:24:58,119 THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL AND THEY ARE 855 00:24:56,130 --> 00:24:58,119 ON THE WEBSITE BECAUSE THEY WANT 856 00:24:58,119 --> 00:25:00,119 TO FIND SOMEBODY WHO IS 857 00:24:58,119 --> 00:25:00,119 SUCCESSFUL, WHO IS GOING TO 858 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:02,289 ACTUALLY HELP THEM OR SPOIL 859 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:02,289 THEM 860 00:25:02,289 --> 00:25:06,289 >> I THINK WE'RE LIVING IN A 861 00:25:02,289 --> 00:25:06,289 CULTURE WHERE IT'S MUCH MORE 862 00:25:06,289 --> 00:25:10,109 ACCEPTED AND EMBRACED FOR WOMEN 863 00:25:06,289 --> 00:25:10,109 TO BE UPFRONT ABOUT WHAT THEY 864 00:25:10,109 --> 00:25:14,109 NEED AND WANT. 865 00:25:10,109 --> 00:25:14,109 >> Reporter: JOURNALIST MARIELLA 866 00:25:14,109 --> 00:25:18,269 MOSTHOF WRITES ABOUT SEX AND 867 00:25:14,109 --> 00:25:18,269 CULTURE, AND SEES "SUGARING" AS 868 00:25:18,269 --> 00:25:25,039 A FORM OF FEMALE EMPOWERMENT 869 00:25:18,269 --> 00:25:25,039 THAT'S OPEN, THAT IS LESS 870 00:25:25,039 --> 00:25:28,079 STIGMATIZED THAN IT HAS BEEN IN 871 00:25:25,039 --> 00:25:28,079 THE PAST 872 00:25:28,079 --> 00:25:31,039 >> Reporter: SO THEY PERCEIVE 873 00:25:28,079 --> 00:25:31,039 THIS AS HOLDING POWER? 874 00:25:31,039 --> 00:25:33,029 >> I SEE IT AS VERY POWERFUL, 875 00:25:31,039 --> 00:25:33,029 YES. 876 00:25:33,029 --> 00:25:35,289 >> Reporter: HOW -- EXPLAIN THAT 877 00:25:33,029 --> 00:25:35,289 A LITTLE BIT 878 00:25:35,289 --> 00:25:38,069 >> ANY TIME YOU GO INTO A 879 00:25:35,289 --> 00:25:38,069 RELATIONSHIP OF ANY KIND OF 880 00:25:38,069 --> 00:25:40,160 SAYING, "THIS IS WHAT I NEED 881 00:25:38,069 --> 00:25:40,160 AND IF YOU CAN'T GIVE ME THIS, 882 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:45,109 I'M GOING TO MOVE ON," IS A 883 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:45,109 POWERFUL THING TO SAY. 884 00:25:45,109 --> 00:25:47,019 >> Reporter: THERE IS SOME 885 00:25:45,109 --> 00:25:47,019 DEBATE ABOUT THIS, WHETHER IT 886 00:25:47,019 --> 00:25:55,130 ACTUALLY EMPOWERS YOUNG WOMEN OR 887 00:25:47,019 --> 00:25:55,130 EXPLOITS THE INNOCENT. 888 00:25:55,130 --> 00:25:58,220 >> I MEAN, A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO 889 00:25:55,130 --> 00:25:58,220 GO INTO IT ARE, LIKE, SERIOUSLY 890 00:25:58,220 --> 00:26:02,210 SO BLIND TO, LIKE, THE WHOLE 891 00:25:58,220 --> 00:26:02,210 REALITY OF WHAT IT IS, YOU KNOW. 892 00:26:02,210 --> 00:26:07,240 >> Reporter: LIKE MACKENZIE, 893 00:26:02,210 --> 00:26:07,240 TASIA LARKIN'S A 20-SOMETHING 894 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:12,000 FROM SALT LAKE CITY WITH A 895 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:12,000 SEEKING ARRANGEMENT PROFILE. 896 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:15,069 BUT UNLIKE MACKENZIE, TASIA TOLD 897 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:15,069 US SHE WAS ANYTHING BUT A NEWBIE 898 00:26:15,069 --> 00:26:18,109 WHEN WE SPOKE TO HER IN 2019 899 00:26:15,069 --> 00:26:18,109 AT THE TIME, SHE HAD BEEN WITH A 900 00:26:18,109 --> 00:26:22,099 SUGAR DADDY FOR SIX MONTHS 901 00:26:18,109 --> 00:26:22,099 HE WAS 63. 902 00:26:22,099 --> 00:26:26,119 >> Reporter: DO YOU MIND TELLIN' 903 00:26:22,099 --> 00:26:26,119 ME HOW MUCH HE PAYS YOU? 904 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:29,049 >> MY ALLOWANCE IS $1,200 A 905 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:29,049 MONTH. 906 00:26:29,049 --> 00:26:31,220 >> Reporter: TASIA TOLD US IT 907 00:26:29,049 --> 00:26:31,220 TOOK HER A LONG TIME TO FIND AN 908 00:26:31,220 --> 00:26:36,250 ARRANGEMENT. 909 00:26:31,220 --> 00:26:36,250 >> YOU HAVE TO FISH THROUGH ALL 910 00:26:36,250 --> 00:26:39,140 OF THOSE GUYS WHO, LIKE, 911 00:26:36,250 --> 00:26:39,140 LITERALLY, THEY'RE LIKE, "LET'S 912 00:26:39,140 --> 00:26:41,200 MEET UP AT A HOTEL, HAVE SEX, 913 00:26:39,140 --> 00:26:41,200 AND I'LL GIVE YOU MONEY. 914 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:47,029 AND I'M LIKE, "THAT'S A 915 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:47,029 PROSTITUTE." 916 00:26:47,029 --> 00:26:54,059 >> Reporter: SHADES OF GRAY CAN 917 00:26:47,029 --> 00:26:54,059 BE CONFUSING FOR ANYBODY, SAID 918 00:26:54,059 --> 00:26:56,059 TASIA. 919 00:26:54,059 --> 00:26:56,059 LET ALONE A NOVICE ON "SEEKING 920 00:26:56,059 --> 00:26:57,039 ARRANGEMENT. 921 00:26:56,059 --> 00:26:57,039 >> I'VE SEEN LIKE GIRLS WHO HAVE 922 00:26:57,039 --> 00:26:59,009 HAD SUGAR DADDIES. 923 00:26:57,039 --> 00:26:59,009 THEY'RE NOT EVEN THE SAME PERSON 924 00:26:59,009 --> 00:27:01,009 AFTER IT 925 00:26:59,009 --> 00:27:01,009 >> Reporter: DID YOU READ 926 00:27:01,009 --> 00:27:03,089 MACKENZIE'S PROFILE? 927 00:27:01,009 --> 00:27:03,089 >> YES, I DID. 928 00:27:03,089 --> 00:27:05,250 >> Reporter: SHE CAME FROM A 929 00:27:03,089 --> 00:27:05,250 VERY SHELTERED SORT OF 930 00:27:05,250 --> 00:27:08,039 UPBRINGING 931 00:27:05,250 --> 00:27:08,039 WOULD THAT HAVE MADE IT MORE 932 00:27:08,039 --> 00:27:13,240 DANGEROUS FOR HER? 933 00:27:08,039 --> 00:27:13,240 >> OH, MOST DEFINITELY 934 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:19,049 GOING INTO IT BLINDLY IS NOT 935 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:19,049 SOMETHING I WOULD RECOMMEND, 936 00:27:19,049 --> 00:27:21,069 LIKE, AT ALL 937 00:27:19,049 --> 00:27:21,069 >> WELCOME TO "LET'S TALK 938 00:27:21,069 --> 00:27:23,059 SUGAR. 939 00:27:21,069 --> 00:27:23,059 THIS EPISODE IS ALL ABOUT 940 00:27:23,059 --> 00:27:25,140 GETTING READY FOR YOUR SUGAR 941 00:27:23,059 --> 00:27:25,140 DATE 942 00:27:25,140 --> 00:27:29,220 >> Reporter: SEEKING ARRANGEMENT 943 00:27:25,140 --> 00:27:29,220 DOES MAKE, WHAT THEY CALL, 944 00:27:29,220 --> 00:27:32,009 "LET'S TALK SUGAR" VIDEOS THAT 945 00:27:29,220 --> 00:27:32,009 OFFER UP ADVICE TO NOVICE SUGAR 946 00:27:32,009 --> 00:27:35,130 BABIES 947 00:27:32,009 --> 00:27:35,130 GIVING TIPS ON EVERYTHING FROM 948 00:27:35,130 --> 00:27:39,119 HOW TO ASK FOR AN ALLOWANCE TO 949 00:27:35,130 --> 00:27:39,119 WHAT TO PACK IN YOUR PURSE 950 00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:43,200 PERFUME, THEY SAY, AND PEPPER 951 00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:43,200 SPRAY. 952 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:46,150 >> NOT THAT YOU'LL NEED IT ON 953 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:46,150 YOUR DATE, BUT GOING OUT LOOKING 954 00:27:46,150 --> 00:27:48,240 HOT IS ALWAYS A RISK 955 00:27:46,150 --> 00:27:48,240 >> Reporter: DID MACKENZIE WATCH 956 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:53,130 THE VIDEOS 957 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:53,130 WE DON'T KNOW. 958 00:27:53,130 --> 00:27:57,190 BUT ONE OF HER DECISIONS, SAID 959 00:27:53,130 --> 00:27:57,190 TASIA, BETRAYED HER LACK OF 960 00:27:57,190 --> 00:28:01,180 EXPERIENCE 961 00:27:57,190 --> 00:28:01,180 >> WHY WOULD YOU MEET IN THE 962 00:28:01,180 --> 00:28:05,089 MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT IN A PARK. 963 00:28:01,180 --> 00:28:05,089 >> Reporter: AND THERE WAS 964 00:28:05,089 --> 00:28:08,220 SOMETHING ELSE, WHETHER 965 00:28:05,089 --> 00:28:08,220 MACKENZIE DID IT OR THE PERSON 966 00:28:08,220 --> 00:28:11,160 SHE MET, WE DON'T KNOW 967 00:28:08,220 --> 00:28:11,160 BUT, REMEMBER, RIGHT AFTER THE 968 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:15,069 LYFT DRIVER DROPPED HER OFF AT 969 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:15,069 THE PARK, SOMEONE TURNED OFF 970 00:28:15,069 --> 00:28:18,170 MACKENZIE'S CELL PHONE 971 00:28:15,069 --> 00:28:18,170 WHICH HAPPENS TO BE CONTRARY TO 972 00:28:18,170 --> 00:28:21,079 SEEKING ARRANGEMENT'S MOST 973 00:28:18,170 --> 00:28:21,079 IMPORTANT RULE 974 00:28:21,079 --> 00:28:25,140 >> YOU NEVER WANNA GET STUCK 975 00:28:21,079 --> 00:28:25,140 PHONELESS. 976 00:28:25,140 --> 00:28:28,190 THAT'S YOUR LIFELINE 977 00:28:25,140 --> 00:28:28,190 >> COMING UP - 978 00:28:28,190 --> 00:28:32,099 >> WE'VE GOT AN IP ADDRESS THAT 979 00:28:28,190 --> 00:28:32,099 COMES BACK TO HIS RESIDENCE. 980 00:28:32,099 --> 00:28:36,089 >> TRACKING TEXTS AND A TIP FROM 981 00:28:32,099 --> 00:28:36,089 A CONCERNED NEIGHBOR 982 00:28:36,089 --> 00:28:41,220 >> SHE DESCRIBED IT AS JUST 983 00:28:36,089 --> 00:28:41,220 BEING REALLY OFFENSIVELY SMOKY 984 00:28:41,220 --> 00:28:59,220 AN 985 00:28:41,220 --> 00:28:59,220 >> Reporter: DETECTIVES IN 986 00:28:59,220 --> 00:29:01,190 SALT LAKE CITY WERE TRYING TO 987 00:28:59,220 --> 00:29:01,190 FIND OUT IF MACKENZIE LUECK'S 988 00:29:01,190 --> 00:29:05,289 DISAPPEARANCE WAS VOLUNTARY, OR 989 00:29:01,190 --> 00:29:05,289 NOT. 990 00:29:05,289 --> 00:29:08,069 REMEMBER THE FLIGHT SHE WAS 991 00:29:05,289 --> 00:29:08,069 SUPPOSED TO BE ON, TO 992 00:29:08,069 --> 00:29:11,109 LOS ANGELES? 993 00:29:08,069 --> 00:29:11,109 THEY FOUND OUT IT HAD BEEN PAID 994 00:29:11,109 --> 00:29:15,269 FOR BY A SUGAR DADDY 995 00:29:11,109 --> 00:29:15,269 BUT REMEMBER, MACKENZIE WASN'T 996 00:29:15,269 --> 00:29:19,269 ON THAT FLIGHT, AND THEY FOUND 997 00:29:15,269 --> 00:29:19,269 OUT SHE WASN'T ON THE ONE TO 998 00:29:19,269 --> 00:29:23,009 VEGAS, EITHER. 999 00:29:19,269 --> 00:29:23,009 >> IT WAS AT THAT POINT, THAT WE 1000 00:29:23,009 --> 00:29:27,079 WERE ABLE TO SAY OKAY WE'VE GOT 1001 00:29:23,009 --> 00:29:27,079 ENOUGH HERE THAT WE CAN BUILD 1002 00:29:27,079 --> 00:29:30,119 OUR PROBABLE CAUSE BACK UP AND 1003 00:29:27,079 --> 00:29:30,119 REALLY KICK IN AND START SERVING 1004 00:29:30,119 --> 00:29:35,000 SOME SEARCH WARRANTS AGAIN 1005 00:29:30,119 --> 00:29:35,000 >> Reporter: AND OFF, THE 1006 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:38,059 DETECTIVES WENT, IN SEARCH OF 1007 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:38,059 THE MYSTERY PERSON MACKENZIE WAS 1008 00:29:38,059 --> 00:29:41,160 TEXTING THE NIGHT SHE VANISHED 1009 00:29:38,059 --> 00:29:41,160 >> WITH A 206 AREA CODE. 1010 00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:45,069 CONVERSATIONS GOING WELL BEFORE 1011 00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:45,069 SHE LEFT L.A. TO ALL THE WAY TO 1012 00:29:45,069 --> 00:29:49,140 WHERE SHE ENDED UP IN HATCH 1013 00:29:45,069 --> 00:29:49,140 PARK 1014 00:29:49,140 --> 00:29:52,180 >> Reporter: THAT DIGITAL TRAIL 1015 00:29:49,140 --> 00:29:52,180 EVENTUALLY LED THEM TO A WI-FI 1016 00:29:52,180 --> 00:29:55,220 ROUTER AT THIS SALT LAKE CITY 1017 00:29:52,180 --> 00:29:55,220 HOUSE. 1018 00:29:55,220 --> 00:30:01,039 OWNED BY A MAN NAMED 1019 00:29:55,220 --> 00:30:01,039 AYOOLA AJAYI, "AJ," EX-NATIONAL 1020 00:30:01,039 --> 00:30:05,200 GUARD, SUCCESSFUL TECH WORKER, 1021 00:30:01,039 --> 00:30:05,200 PART TIME MODEL. 1022 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:09,119 POLICE KNOCKED ON AJ'S DOOR, 1023 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:09,119 TALKED WITH HIM, AND FOUND HE 1024 00:30:09,119 --> 00:30:14,069 WAS FRIENDLY, HELPFUL. 1025 00:30:09,119 --> 00:30:14,069 SURE, HE SAID, HE HAD 1026 00:30:14,069 --> 00:30:17,049 GIRLFRIENDS. 1027 00:30:14,069 --> 00:30:17,049 BUT MACKENZIE? 1028 00:30:17,049 --> 00:30:21,069 THEY SHOWED HIM A PHOTO. AND 1029 00:30:17,049 --> 00:30:21,069 HE - 1030 00:30:21,069 --> 00:30:22,049 >> TOLD THEM HE'D NEVER SEEN 1031 00:30:21,069 --> 00:30:22,049 THAT LADY BEFORE 1032 00:30:22,049 --> 00:30:23,269 >> Reporter: SO, WHY THEN, THE 1033 00:30:22,049 --> 00:30:23,269 POLICE ASKED, DID MACKENZIE GET 1034 00:30:23,269 --> 00:30:28,099 TEXTS ROUTED THROUGH AJ'S HOME 1035 00:30:23,269 --> 00:30:28,099 WI-FI SYSTEM 1036 00:30:28,099 --> 00:30:31,259 >> HE SAID, "WELL I HAVE AN OPEN 1037 00:30:28,099 --> 00:30:31,259 WI-FI BECAUSE I RUN AN AIRBNB 1038 00:30:31,259 --> 00:30:35,240 BUSINESS AND SO IT COULD BE 1039 00:30:31,259 --> 00:30:35,240 ANYBODY FROM HERE. 1040 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:37,160 >> Reporter: DID HE RUN AN 1041 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:37,160 AIRBNB BUSINESS? 1042 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:39,079 >> HE DID. 1043 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:39,079 HE RENTED OUT THE TWO BEDROOMS, 1044 00:30:39,079 --> 00:30:43,069 DOWN IN THIS BASEMENT FOR 1045 00:30:39,079 --> 00:30:43,069 AIRBNB 1046 00:30:43,069 --> 00:30:50,019 >> Reporter: THEY LOOKED AROUND, 1047 00:30:43,069 --> 00:30:50,019 SAW NOTHING AMISS, AND LEFT. 1048 00:30:50,019 --> 00:30:57,119 AND THEN, THAT SAME EVENING, AJ 1049 00:30:50,019 --> 00:30:57,119 STOPPED BY THE POLICE STATION TO 1050 00:30:57,119 --> 00:30:59,019 SAY HE'D DISCOVERED SOMETHING. 1051 00:30:57,119 --> 00:30:59,019 TURNED OUT HE HAD TEXTED WITH 1052 00:30:59,019 --> 00:31:00,259 MACKENZIE LUECK THE NIGHT SHE 1053 00:30:59,019 --> 00:31:00,259 DISAPPEARED. 1054 00:31:00,259 --> 00:31:03,130 HE'D FORGOTTEN HE SAID, BECAUSE 1055 00:31:00,259 --> 00:31:03,130 MACKENZIE WAS THE ONE WHO 1056 00:31:03,130 --> 00:31:08,000 REACHED OUT TO HIM WITHOUT 1057 00:31:03,130 --> 00:31:08,000 IDENTIFYING HERSELF. 1058 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:13,289 MAYBE, HE SAID, SHE'D SEEN HIS 1059 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:13,289 SEEKING ARRANGEMENT PROFILE. 1060 00:31:13,289 --> 00:31:17,069 >> SO, I THINK THAT'S HOW SHE 1061 00:31:13,289 --> 00:31:17,069 MET ON MY PROFILE. 1062 00:31:17,069 --> 00:31:18,069 >> SO SHE JUST TEXTED YOUR 1063 00:31:17,069 --> 00:31:18,069 NUMBER 1064 00:31:18,069 --> 00:31:21,190 >> YEAH. 1065 00:31:18,069 --> 00:31:21,190 >> Reporter: SAID HE HAD NO IDEA 1066 00:31:21,190 --> 00:31:24,230 WHO IT WAS 1067 00:31:21,190 --> 00:31:24,230 >> YOU'RE STILL SAYING THAT -- 1068 00:31:24,230 --> 00:31:26,000 THAT'S THE ONLY TEXTS -- THAT'S 1069 00:31:24,230 --> 00:31:26,000 THE ONLY MESSAGES YOU GOT FROM 1070 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:29,009 HER, RIGHT 1071 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:29,009 >> THAT I CAN REMEMBER 1072 00:31:29,009 --> 00:31:32,049 SO ABOUT -- PERHAPS IT JUST SENT 1073 00:31:29,009 --> 00:31:32,049 ME A QUESTION MARK. 1074 00:31:32,049 --> 00:31:34,220 SO THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT 1075 00:31:32,049 --> 00:31:34,220 I'VE TALKED TO HER IN THE PAST 1076 00:31:34,220 --> 00:31:37,170 >> Reporter: BUT SHE BLEW HIM 1077 00:31:34,220 --> 00:31:37,170 OFF, HE SAID. 1078 00:31:37,170 --> 00:31:41,160 GHOSTED HIM. 1079 00:31:37,170 --> 00:31:41,160 SO HE FORGOT ALL ABOUT HER 1080 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:46,039 BUT, HE TOLD THAT STORY WITH SO 1081 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:46,039 MUCH CONFIDENCE. 1082 00:31:46,039 --> 00:31:48,119 TOO MUCH, MAYBE? 1083 00:31:46,039 --> 00:31:48,119 >> WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT THINGS 1084 00:31:48,119 --> 00:31:52,109 NOW. 1085 00:31:48,119 --> 00:31:52,109 WE'VE GOT AN IP ADDRESS THAT 1086 00:31:52,109 --> 00:31:56,019 COMES BACK TO HIS RESIDENCE AND 1087 00:31:52,109 --> 00:31:56,019 NOW WE KNOW THAT HE SOLELY HAD 1088 00:31:56,019 --> 00:32:00,180 CONTACT WITH HER 1089 00:31:56,019 --> 00:32:00,180 >> Reporter: EXCEPT, THERE WAS 1090 00:32:00,180 --> 00:32:02,259 NO PROOF MACKENZIE HAD BEEN 1091 00:32:00,180 --> 00:32:02,259 ABDUCTED, BY AJ OR ANYONE ELSE 1092 00:32:02,259 --> 00:32:06,180 FOR THAT MATTER. 1093 00:32:02,259 --> 00:32:06,180 SO, HE WAS FREE TO LEAVE 1094 00:32:06,180 --> 00:32:09,150 BUT BEFORE DOING SO, HE GAVE 1095 00:32:06,180 --> 00:32:09,150 DETECTIVES HIS CELL PHONE 1096 00:32:09,150 --> 00:32:12,079 NUMBER, JUST IN CASE THEY NEEDED 1097 00:32:09,150 --> 00:32:12,079 TO GET HOLD OF HIM 1098 00:32:12,079 --> 00:32:17,109 A CELL NUMBER ACTUALLY 1099 00:32:12,079 --> 00:32:17,109 REGISTERED IN HIS NAME 1100 00:32:17,109 --> 00:32:19,200 REMEMBER POLICE DIDN'T HAVE THAT 1101 00:32:17,109 --> 00:32:19,200 BEFORE, THEY JUST HAD THAT BOGUS 1102 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:25,019 2-6-0 NUMBER USED BY THE TEXTING 1103 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:25,019 APP. 1104 00:32:25,019 --> 00:32:27,250 SO NOW WITH AJ'S PERSONAL CELL 1105 00:32:25,019 --> 00:32:27,250 NUMBER THEY COULD GET A SEARCH 1106 00:32:27,250 --> 00:32:31,099 WARRANT FOR HIS CALL RECORDS AND 1107 00:32:27,250 --> 00:32:31,099 TRACKING DATA. 1108 00:32:31,099 --> 00:32:34,220 AND TWO DAYS LATER - 1109 00:32:31,099 --> 00:32:34,220 >> WE GOT THE CONFIRMATION BACK 1110 00:32:34,220 --> 00:32:38,130 FROM THE FBI THAT MACKENZIE'S 1111 00:32:34,220 --> 00:32:38,130 RECORDS WERE SHOWING HER GOING 1112 00:32:38,130 --> 00:32:42,039 FROM THE AIRPORT TO HATCH PARK 1113 00:32:38,130 --> 00:32:42,039 AND AJ'S RECORDS WERE SHOWING 1114 00:32:42,039 --> 00:32:46,119 GOING FROM HIS RESIDENCE AND 1115 00:32:42,039 --> 00:32:46,119 ALSO MEETING UP AT HATCH PARK AT 1116 00:32:46,119 --> 00:32:48,099 THE EXACT SAME TIME. 1117 00:32:46,119 --> 00:32:48,099 >> Reporter: AND THAT WAS ENOUGH 1118 00:32:48,099 --> 00:32:51,150 TO GET A WARRANT TO SEARCH AJ'S 1119 00:32:48,099 --> 00:32:51,150 HOME 1120 00:32:51,150 --> 00:32:54,029 WHERE INVESTIGATORS NOTICED A 1121 00:32:51,150 --> 00:32:54,029 MATTRESS WAS MISSING FROM THE 1122 00:32:54,029 --> 00:32:58,029 BEDROOM, AND THERE WAS A STRONG 1123 00:32:54,029 --> 00:32:58,029 SMELL OF BLEACH. 1124 00:32:58,029 --> 00:33:01,140 THEY ALSO SPOKE WITH A CONCERNED 1125 00:32:58,029 --> 00:33:01,140 NEIGHBOR, HER FACE BLURRED IN 1126 00:33:01,140 --> 00:33:05,220 THIS POLICE VIDEO, WHO WANTED 1127 00:33:01,140 --> 00:33:05,220 THE POLICE TO KNOW AJ, THE WEEK 1128 00:33:05,220 --> 00:33:09,140 BEFORE HAD STARTED AN ILLEGAL, 1129 00:33:05,220 --> 00:33:09,140 BACKYARD TRASH FIRE. 1130 00:33:09,140 --> 00:33:15,119 >> AND SHE DESCRIBED IT AS JUST 1131 00:33:09,140 --> 00:33:15,119 BEING A REALLY OFFENSIVELY SMOKY 1132 00:33:15,119 --> 00:33:18,250 AND VERY, VERY ODOROUS 1133 00:33:15,119 --> 00:33:18,250 >> Reporter: DEBRIS EVEN FLEW 1134 00:33:18,250 --> 00:33:22,240 INTO THE NEIGHBOR'S YARD 1135 00:33:18,250 --> 00:33:22,240 >> LOOKED LIKE MAYBE THERE WERE 1136 00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:24,069 CLOTHING, PIECES OF LIKE UM, 1137 00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:24,069 LIKE MAYBE FAKE LEATHER, VINYL 1138 00:33:24,069 --> 00:33:27,210 SOMETHING, WE WEREN'T SURE WHAT 1139 00:33:24,069 --> 00:33:27,210 IT WAS 1140 00:33:27,210 --> 00:33:28,279 >> Reporter: WHAT WAS IT LIKE 1141 00:33:27,210 --> 00:33:28,279 FOR YOU WHEN THIS DISCOVERY WAS 1142 00:33:28,279 --> 00:33:29,279 MADE 1143 00:33:28,279 --> 00:33:29,279 >> I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO 1144 00:33:29,279 --> 00:33:32,150 DESCRIBE IT. 1145 00:33:29,279 --> 00:33:32,150 I MEAN IT WAS -- IT WAS JUST A 1146 00:33:32,150 --> 00:33:34,230 SINKING FEELING REALLY. 1147 00:33:32,150 --> 00:33:34,230 I MEAN WE -- IT'S LIKE WE WANNA 1148 00:33:34,230 --> 00:33:37,009 KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BUT WE ALSO 1149 00:33:34,230 --> 00:33:37,009 DON'T WANNA KNOW WHAT HAPPENED 1150 00:33:37,009 --> 00:33:39,269 BECAUSE IF IT'S WHAT WE THINK 1151 00:33:37,009 --> 00:33:39,269 HAPPENED THEN WE DON'T WANNA 1152 00:33:39,269 --> 00:33:44,079 KNOW THAT HAPPENED, IF THAT 1153 00:33:39,269 --> 00:33:44,079 MAKES SENSE. 1154 00:33:44,079 --> 00:33:47,089 >>> COMING UP: 1155 00:33:44,079 --> 00:33:47,089 >> THAT WAS PROBABLY THE HARDEST 1156 00:33:47,089 --> 00:33:51,130 PART IN THE INVESTIGATION IS 1157 00:33:47,089 --> 00:33:51,130 WATCHING HIM WALK OUT THE DOOR 1158 00:33:51,130 --> 00:33:53,240 THAT NIGHT 1159 00:33:51,130 --> 00:33:53,240 >>> HARD FOR DETECTIVES, BUT IT 1160 00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:58,180 GAVE MACKENZIE'S FRIENDS REASON 1161 00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:58,180 TO HOPE. 1162 00:33:58,180 --> 00:34:00,279 >> MAYBE KENZIE WAS STILL ALIVE 1163 00:33:58,180 --> 00:34:00,279 AND HE WAS HIDING HER, BECAUSE 1164 00:34:00,279 --> 00:34:01,089 THE POLICE LET HIM GO. 1165 00:34:21,130 --> 00:34:31,230 ♪♪ (MÚSICA) ♪♪ 1166 00:34:21,130 --> 00:34:31,230 >> Caller: 1167 00:34:31,230 --> 00:34:34,150 >>> A NEIGHBOR SAID AJ HAD SET A 1168 00:34:31,230 --> 00:34:34,150 SUSPICIOUS FIRE. 1169 00:34:34,150 --> 00:34:38,269 THE NEIGHBOR HAD FOUND DEBRIS IN 1170 00:34:34,150 --> 00:34:38,269 HER BACK YARD. 1171 00:34:38,269 --> 00:34:41,159 THEY LOOKED IN AJ'S BACK YARD 1172 00:34:38,269 --> 00:34:41,159 AND FOUND SOMETHING ELSE 1173 00:34:41,159 --> 00:34:50,230 DISTURBING, A FRESHLY-DUG PATCH 1174 00:34:41,159 --> 00:34:50,230 OF SOIL. 1175 00:34:50,230 --> 00:35:00,090 THEY CALLED IN A CADAVER DOG, 1176 00:34:50,230 --> 00:35:00,090 WHICH GAVE THE UNMISTAKENABLE TA 1177 00:35:00,090 --> 00:35:04,110 SIGNAL, HUMAN REMAINS. 1178 00:35:00,090 --> 00:35:04,110 AJ WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. 1179 00:35:04,110 --> 00:35:07,000 A TEAM FROM THE CRIME LAB SPENT 1180 00:35:04,110 --> 00:35:07,000 THE NIGHT DIGGING UP THE BACK 1181 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:11,010 YARD 1182 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:11,010 THEY FOUND MORE BURNT CLOTHING, 1183 00:35:11,010 --> 00:35:15,030 PURSES OR BACKPACKS. 1184 00:35:11,010 --> 00:35:15,030 AND THEN DOWN TOWARDS THE BOTTOM 1185 00:35:15,030 --> 00:35:19,119 OF THE DIG SITE, THERE WAS A 1186 00:35:15,030 --> 00:35:19,119 VERY BURNT AND DAMAGED iPHONE. 1187 00:35:19,119 --> 00:35:22,280 AND THE MEDICAL EXAMINER 1188 00:35:19,119 --> 00:35:22,280 IDENTIFIED HUMAN TISSUE. 1189 00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:27,090 >> JUST FRAGMENTS, MIND YOU. 1190 00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:27,090 THEY COULDN'T BE CERTAIN WHO OR 1191 00:35:27,090 --> 00:35:32,110 EVEN WHAT THEY HAD EXACTLY 1192 00:35:27,090 --> 00:35:32,110 >> WE HAD THESE TISSUE SAMPLES 1193 00:35:32,110 --> 00:35:35,179 OR PIECES. 1194 00:35:32,110 --> 00:35:35,179 SO IN ORDER TO CHARGE SOMEBODY 1195 00:35:35,179 --> 00:35:39,170 OR ARREST THEM, THAT NEEDED TO 1196 00:35:35,179 --> 00:35:39,170 BE CONFIRMED AND WE KNEW THAT 1197 00:35:39,170 --> 00:35:44,000 WAS GOING TO TAKE TIME. 1198 00:35:39,170 --> 00:35:44,000 >> SO WITHOUT SOLID PROOF A 1199 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:48,150 MURDER HAD BEEN COMMITTED, THEY 1200 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:48,150 ONCE AGAIN, RELUCTANTLY, LET AJ 1201 00:35:48,150 --> 00:35:51,110 GO. 1202 00:35:48,150 --> 00:35:51,110 >> THAT WAS PROBABLY THE HARDEST 1203 00:35:51,110 --> 00:35:53,210 PART IN THE INVESTIGATION, WAS 1204 00:35:51,110 --> 00:35:53,210 WATCHING HIM WALK OUT THE DOOR 1205 00:35:53,210 --> 00:35:58,019 THAT NIGHT. 1206 00:35:53,210 --> 00:35:58,019 >> MACKENZIE'S FRIENDS HEARD HE 1207 00:35:58,019 --> 00:36:03,079 WAS RELEASED AND THEY TOOK IT AS 1208 00:35:58,019 --> 00:36:03,079 A SIGN OF HOPE. 1209 00:36:03,079 --> 00:36:06,260 >> THAT MAYBE KENZIE WAS STILL 1210 00:36:03,079 --> 00:36:06,260 ALIVE AND HE WAS HIDING HER, 1211 00:36:06,260 --> 00:36:10,139 BECAUSE THE POLICE LET HIM GO 1212 00:36:06,260 --> 00:36:10,139 THE NEXT DAY. 1213 00:36:10,139 --> 00:36:14,260 >> AT DAYBREAK, DETECTIVES GOT A 1214 00:36:10,139 --> 00:36:14,260 CALL FROM THE STATE CRIME LAB 1215 00:36:14,260 --> 00:36:16,280 ABOUT THE REMAINS FOUND IN THE 1216 00:36:14,260 --> 00:36:16,280 BACK YARD. 1217 00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:20,130 >> THEY WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY 1218 00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:20,130 THAT AS BEING CONSISTENT WITH 1219 00:36:20,130 --> 00:36:23,119 MACKENZIE. 1220 00:36:20,130 --> 00:36:23,119 >> THE SWAT TEAM TOOK AJ INTO 1221 00:36:23,119 --> 00:36:25,159 CUSTODY AND POLICE CALLED A 1222 00:36:23,119 --> 00:36:25,159 PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE HIS 1223 00:36:25,159 --> 00:36:33,289 ARREST. 1224 00:36:25,159 --> 00:36:33,289 >> WE ARE FILING CHARGES OF 1225 00:36:33,289 --> 00:36:37,230 AGGRAVATED MURDER IN THE 1226 00:36:33,289 --> 00:36:37,230 HOMICIDE OF MACKENZIE LUECK. 1227 00:36:37,230 --> 00:36:40,039 >> I ALMOST BLACKED OUT OR 1228 00:36:37,230 --> 00:36:40,039 SOMETHING. 1229 00:36:40,039 --> 00:36:46,099 I DROPPED MY PURSE, MY PHONE AND 1230 00:36:40,039 --> 00:36:46,099 I DROPPED TO THE GROUND ON THE 1231 00:36:46,099 --> 00:36:51,059 STREET AND I WAS JUST BAWLING. 1232 00:36:46,099 --> 00:36:51,059 I JUST COULDN'T EVEN BELIEVE IT. 1233 00:36:51,059 --> 00:36:54,119 I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE IT 1234 00:36:51,059 --> 00:36:54,119 >> BUT THE DETECTIVES' WORK WAS 1235 00:36:54,119 --> 00:37:03,099 NOT DONE 1236 00:36:54,119 --> 00:37:03,099 ALTHOUGH THEY FOUND HUMAN TISSUE 1237 00:37:03,099 --> 00:37:05,269 IN THE FIRE PIT ANDLING LINGKED 1238 00:37:03,099 --> 00:37:05,269 MACKENZIE THEY HAD NOT FOUND HER 1239 00:37:05,269 --> 00:37:10,070 BODY 1240 00:37:05,269 --> 00:37:10,070 SO THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUED 1241 00:37:10,070 --> 00:37:13,260 ONCE AGAIN, AJ'S PERSONAL CELL 1242 00:37:10,070 --> 00:37:13,260 PHONE GAVE HIM AWAY. 1243 00:37:13,260 --> 00:37:19,030 REMEMBER WHEN HE FIRST SPOKE TO 1244 00:37:13,260 --> 00:37:19,030 POLICE ABOUT MACKENZIE 1245 00:37:19,030 --> 00:37:21,219 THE VERY NEXT DAY HIS CELL PHONE 1246 00:37:19,030 --> 00:37:21,219 MADE ITS WAY UP INTO THESE 1247 00:37:21,219 --> 00:37:26,190 MOUNTAINS. 1248 00:37:21,219 --> 00:37:26,190 >> ABOUT TWO HOURS KNOT SS NORTH 1249 00:37:26,190 --> 00:37:31,250 UP TO LOGAN CITY AND PARTIALLY 1250 00:37:26,190 --> 00:37:31,250 NORTH TO THE CANYON AND THEN 1251 00:37:31,250 --> 00:37:35,280 RETURNS BACK TO SALT LAKE CITY A 1252 00:37:31,250 --> 00:37:35,280 COUPLE HOURS LATER 1253 00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:40,159 THAT WAS ODD TO US. 1254 00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:40,159 >> IS HE, A NERVOUS KILLER, 1255 00:37:40,159 --> 00:37:44,190 EXHUME HER BODY FROM THAT BACK 1256 00:37:40,159 --> 00:37:44,190 YARD FIRE PIT AND BURY HER UP 1257 00:37:44,190 --> 00:37:48,179 HERE 1258 00:37:44,190 --> 00:37:48,179 >> WE SEARCHED LOGAN CANYON AND 1259 00:37:48,179 --> 00:37:51,210 IT TOOK US THE BETTER PART OF 1260 00:37:48,179 --> 00:37:51,210 THE DAY UNTIL WE FOUND HER. 1261 00:37:51,210 --> 00:37:55,070 >> THAT'S GOT TO BE ANOTHER 1262 00:37:51,210 --> 00:37:55,070 TOUGH PART OF YOUR JOB. 1263 00:37:55,070 --> 00:37:57,139 >> IT WAS HORRIFIC 1264 00:37:55,070 --> 00:37:57,139 IT WAS A SIGHT THAT NONE OF US 1265 00:37:57,139 --> 00:38:02,030 WANTED TO SEE. 1266 00:37:57,139 --> 00:38:02,030 >> THE SEARCH FOR MACKENZIE WAS 1267 00:38:02,030 --> 00:38:04,090 OVER, BUT THE INVESTIGATION WAS 1268 00:38:02,030 --> 00:38:04,090 NOT. 1269 00:38:04,090 --> 00:38:10,059 IN THE WEEKS FOLLOWING, A WOMAN 1270 00:38:04,090 --> 00:38:10,059 CAME FORWARD TO SAY SHE'D BEEN 1271 00:38:10,059 --> 00:38:12,250 SEXUAL ASSAULTED BY AJ A YEAR 1272 00:38:10,059 --> 00:38:12,250 EARLIER. 1273 00:38:12,250 --> 00:38:15,050 >> AT AJ'S RESIDENCE, THE SAME 1274 00:38:12,250 --> 00:38:15,050 RESIDENCE WHERE MACKENZIE WAS 1275 00:38:15,050 --> 00:38:19,119 KILLED. 1276 00:38:15,050 --> 00:38:19,119 >> SHE SAID SHE MET HIM THROUGH 1277 00:38:19,119 --> 00:38:23,170 A DATING APP, A RELIGIOUS ONE. 1278 00:38:19,119 --> 00:38:23,170 AJ WAS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED 1279 00:38:23,170 --> 00:38:26,039 KIDNAPPING AND FORCIBLE SEXUAL 1280 00:38:23,170 --> 00:38:26,039 ABUSE IN THAT CASE 1281 00:38:26,039 --> 00:38:28,289 THE EVIDENCE WAS TIGHTENING 1282 00:38:26,039 --> 00:38:28,289 AROUND HIM 1283 00:38:28,289 --> 00:38:36,050 EVIDENCE OF WHAT HE DID TO 1284 00:38:28,289 --> 00:38:36,050 MACKENZIE WAS GROWING. 1285 00:38:36,050 --> 00:38:40,030 AND FINALLY, OCTOBER 7th, 2020, 1286 00:38:36,050 --> 00:38:40,030 AJ PLEADED GUILTY TO MURDERING 1287 00:38:40,030 --> 00:38:43,269 MACKENZIE LUECK. 1288 00:38:40,030 --> 00:38:43,269 AS PART OF HIS PLEA DEAL, HE 1289 00:38:43,269 --> 00:38:48,150 ADMITTED HE THOUGHT ABOUT 1290 00:38:43,269 --> 00:38:48,150 KILLING MACKENZIE AND THEN HE 1291 00:38:48,150 --> 00:38:51,210 PLANNED THE KILLING OF 1292 00:38:48,150 --> 00:38:51,210 MACKENZIE, A THOROUGHLY 1293 00:38:51,210 --> 00:38:57,000 PREMEDITATED MURDER. 1294 00:38:51,210 --> 00:38:57,000 >> HE KNEW THAT HE WAS GOING TO 1295 00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:00,070 MURDER MACKENZIE BEFORE SHE EVEN 1296 00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:00,070 TOUCHED DOWN AT THE AIRPORT. 1297 00:39:00,070 --> 00:39:02,030 >> HE KIND OF SELECTED HER AS 1298 00:39:00,070 --> 00:39:02,030 HIS VICTIM 1299 00:39:02,030 --> 00:39:06,030 >> CORRECT. 1300 00:39:02,030 --> 00:39:06,030 >> IS THERE ANY EXPLANATION AT 1301 00:39:06,030 --> 00:39:09,199 ALL OF WHAT HIS MOTIVATION WAS 1302 00:39:06,030 --> 00:39:09,199 TO DO THAT 1303 00:39:09,199 --> 00:39:16,159 >> NONE. 1304 00:39:09,199 --> 00:39:16,159 HE NEVER OFFED EDOFFERED ANY REA 1305 00:39:16,159 --> 00:39:21,210 OF WHY OR EVEN HOW 1306 00:39:16,159 --> 00:39:21,210 >> AJAYI ALSO PLEADED GUILTY TO 1307 00:39:21,210 --> 00:39:24,269 SEXUALLY ABUSING HIS FIRST 1308 00:39:21,210 --> 00:39:24,269 VICTIM 1309 00:39:24,269 --> 00:39:27,269 HE WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE WITHOUT 1310 00:39:24,269 --> 00:39:27,269 PAROLE 1311 00:39:27,269 --> 00:39:30,110 ONE MORE THING, SAID THE 1312 00:39:27,269 --> 00:39:30,110 DETECTIVES 1313 00:39:30,110 --> 00:39:33,260 HE WAS ACTIVE ON THE SEEKING 1314 00:39:30,110 --> 00:39:33,260 ARRANGEMENT SITE RIGHT UP UNTIL 1315 00:39:33,260 --> 00:39:37,050 HE WAS ARRESTED. 1316 00:39:33,260 --> 00:39:37,050 >> EVEN AFTER WE HAD MADE 1317 00:39:37,050 --> 00:39:41,219 CONTACT WITH HIM, HE WAS STILL 1318 00:39:37,050 --> 00:39:41,219 ON THAT PAGE, STILL TRYING TO 1319 00:39:41,219 --> 00:39:47,230 GET A DATE 1320 00:39:41,219 --> 00:39:47,230 >> WE DON'T KNOW WHY 1321 00:39:47,230 --> 00:39:53,210 YOU KNOW, SOME SELFISH JERK USED 1322 00:39:47,230 --> 00:39:53,210 HIS POSITION ON A DATING WEBSITE 1323 00:39:53,210 --> 00:39:55,269 TO SOMEHOW ENSNARE THIS BRIGHT, 1324 00:39:53,210 --> 00:39:55,269 PRETTY WOMAN 1325 00:39:55,269 --> 00:39:59,210 AND FOR WHAT 1326 00:39:55,269 --> 00:39:59,210 >> YOU LOOK AT HIS PROFILE PAGES 1327 00:39:59,210 --> 00:40:03,059 ON THESE SITES AND HE COMES 1328 00:39:59,210 --> 00:40:03,059 ACROSS AS A GENTLEMAN, SOMEBODY 1329 00:40:03,059 --> 00:40:07,119 THAT HE TRULY ISN'T. 1330 00:40:03,059 --> 00:40:07,119 THAT'S THE WHOLE CAUTIONARY 1331 00:40:07,119 --> 00:40:10,289 TALE, IS YOU NEVER KNOW ARE THEY 1332 00:40:07,119 --> 00:40:10,289 ACTUALLY WHO THEY REALLY SAY 1333 00:40:10,289 --> 00:40:15,070 THEY ARE. 1334 00:40:10,289 --> 00:40:15,070 >> ALWAYS SHE'D BEEN SURROUNDED 1335 00:40:15,070 --> 00:40:22,010 BY PEOPLE WHO LOVED HER, WORRIED 1336 00:40:15,070 --> 00:40:22,010 ABOUT HER, CARED ABOUT HER 1337 00:40:22,010 --> 00:40:26,070 MACKENZIE LUECK WAS AN INNOCENT, 1338 00:40:22,010 --> 00:40:26,070 SETTING OUT IF ONLY FOR A MOMENT 1339 00:40:26,070 --> 00:40:30,130 TO EXPLORE NEW POSSIBILITIES, 1340 00:40:26,070 --> 00:40:30,130 UNAWARE THAT IN THE WORLD SHE 1341 00:40:30,130 --> 00:40:37,230 WAS ENTERING, THE INNOCENT CAN 1342 00:40:30,130 --> 00:40:37,230 ALSO BE PREY 1343 00:40:37,230 --> 00:40:42,019 >>> THAT'S ALL FOR THIS EDITION 1344 00:40:37,230 --> 00:40:42,019 OF "DATELINE." 1345 00:40:42,019 --> 00:40:44,250 WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN FRIDAY AT 1346 00:40:42,019 --> 00:40:44,250 9/8 CENTRAL. 1347 00:40:44,250 --> 00:40:46,190 AND OF COURSE I'LL SEE YOU EACH 1348 00:40:44,250 --> 00:40:46,190 WEEKNIGHT FOR "NBC NIGHTLY 1349 00:40:46,190 --> 00:40:49,019 NEWS." 1350 00:40:46,190 --> 00:40:49,019 I'M LESTER HOLT. 1351 00:40:49,019 --> 00:40:52,099 FOR ALL OF US AT NBC NEWS, GOOD 1352 00:40:49,019 --> 00:40:52,099 NIGHT.