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FILE - In this July 1, 2019, file photo, Ashley Fine speaks during a vigil for Mackenzie Lueck at the university in Salt Lake City. A tech worker pleaded guilty Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, in the death of Lueck, more than a year after her disappearance sparked a large-scale search that ended with the discovery of her charred remains in his backyard. Ayoola A. Ajayi is expected to be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. (Jeremy Harmon/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, File)

Family of slain Utah college student confronts her killer

By BRADY McCOMBS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2019, file photo, Ayoola A. Ajayi appears in 3rd District Court in Salt Lake City. Ajayi pleaded guilty in the death of a Utah college student Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, more than a year after her disappearance sparked a large-scale search that ended with the discovery of her charred remains in his backyard. Ajayi is expected to be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the death of 23-year-old Mackenzie Lueck. (Jeffrey D. Allred/The Deseret News via AP, File)

Tech worker pleads guilty in death of Utah college student

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST - Associated Press

FILE - This booking photo provided by the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office shows Ayoola A. Ajayi. Ajayi, a man accused of killing a Utah college student has been charged with 19 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor after investigators discovered child pornography on his computer. (Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Suspect in student death charged separately with child porn

By BRADY McCOMBS - Associated Press

FILE - This booking photo provided by the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office shows Ayoola A. Ajayi. Authorities investigating the death of Utah college student Mackenzie Lueck have searched dating sites for both her and the man charged in her death. Court documents outlining evidence gathered against 31-year-old tech worker Ayoola Ajayi include a search of the site Seeking Arrangement, which bills itself as a way for wealthy &quot;sugar daddies&quot; to meet women known as &quot;sugar babies.&quot; The document shows authorities also searched Tinder, Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook. It doesn't detail what evidence was found. Police and prosecutors have not said how the two met or disclosed a motive for the killing. They would not comment Tuesday, July 30, 2019. (Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Records: Police searched dating sites after student killed

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 28, 2019, file photo, Salt Lake City police take Ayoola A. Ajayi into custody in connection with missing University of Utah student MacKenzie Lueck in Salt Lake City. Ajayi, has been charged with murder, kidnapping and other charges in the death of Lueck. Prosecutors filed the case Wednesday, July 10. District Attorney Sim Gill also said Lueck's cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head, and her body was found with her arms bound behind her. (Kristin Murphy/The Deseret News via AP, File) MANDATORY CREDIT TV OUT

Man charged in Utah college student’s death appears in court

By BRADY McCOMBS - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by Kennedy Stoner shows herself, from left, posing with Mackenzie Lueck and Grace Peterson. Friends and mourners planned to remember Lueck, a Utah college student, Monday night who was missing for nearly two weeks before police arrested a man accused of killing her and burying her charred remains in his backyard. (Courtesy of Kennedy Stoner via AP)

Tech worker charged with murder in death of college student

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by Kennedy Stoner shows herself, from left, posing with Mackenzie Lueck and Grace Peterson. Friends and mourners planned to remember Lueck, a Utah college student, Monday night who was missing for nearly two weeks before police arrested a man accused of killing her and burying her charred remains in his backyard. (Courtesy of Kennedy Stoner via AP)

Utah police say body of slain college student recovered

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST - Associated Press

Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown speaks at a news conference on Friday, June 28, 2019 in Salt Lake City. Brown said Ayoola A. Ajayi was being charged with aggravated murder, kidnapping, obstruction of justice and desecration of a body in the death of 23-year-old Mackenzie Lueck. He was arrested without incident earlier Friday morning by a SWAT team. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

The Latest: Vigil held for slain university student

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FILE - In this June 24, 2019 file photo, a jogger runs past a poster seeking information on the whereabouts of missing student Mackenzie Lueck at Liberty Park in Salt Lake City. Lueck, who was missing for nearly two weeks before police arrested a man accused of killing her and burying her charred remains in his backyard, will be remembered Monday, July 1, 2019, at a vigil at the University of Utah, where she was a student. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Mourners remember slain Utah college student at vigil

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Salt Lake City police take Ayoola A. Ajayi into custody in connection with missing University of Utah student MacKenzie Lueck in Salt Lake City on Friday, June 28, 2019. Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown said, Friday that Ajayi was being charged with aggravated murder, kidnapping and desecration of a body in the death of 23-year-old student. (Kristin Murphy/The Deseret News via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

Ayoola Ajayi, Mackenzie Lueck suspect, sought soundproof room

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Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown speaks at a news conference on Friday, June 28, 2019 in Salt Lake City. Brown said Ayoola A. Ajayi was being charged with aggravated murder, kidnapping, obstruction of justice and desecration of a body in the death of 23-year-old Mackenzie Lueck. He was arrested without incident earlier Friday morning by a SWAT team. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

Mackenzie Lueck case: Contractor says suspect in killing wanted secret room

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Salt Lake City police take a man into custody in connection with missing University of Utah student MacKenzie Lueck in Salt Lake City on Friday, June 28, 2019. Salt Lake City police said the man was brought in Friday morning, but did not immediately provide further details. Lueck disappeared after taking a Lyft June 17 from the airport to a park. (Kristin Murphy/The Deseret News via AP)

The Latest: Suspect in Utah killing had been accused of rape

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Police investigators carry in multiple rakes and shovels into the backyard of a home at 547 N. 1000 West in Salt Lake City as part of the disappearance of University of Utah student MacKenzie Lueck on Wednesday, June 26, 2019. Police said Thursday that the owner of a home they searched in connection with the disappearance is a &quot;person of interest&quot; and that they are trying to find a mattress that had been inside his home. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

Police arrest man suspected of killing Utah college student

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST - Associated Press

The Latest: Police search house in missing Utah student case

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In this image made from a June 2019 Salt Lake City International Airport video provided by the Salt Lake City Police Department shows Mackenzie Lueck, a missing University of Utah student at the airport in Salt Lake City. Police are serving search warrants and hunting for any clues about the mysterious disappearance of Lueck, including basic details about a person she met when she was last seen. (Salt Lake City Police Department via AP)

Mackenzie Lueck ‘person of interest’ has home searched by police

By Lindsay Whitehurst - Associated Press

Salt Lake City police investigate a tip that may be connected to the disappearance of University of Utah student Mackenzie Lueck on Wednesday, June 26, 2019, in Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City Assistant Police Chief Tim Doubt said Wednesday night that detectives were serving a search warrant at the home in relation to the case, but refused to provide any more details. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

Search for missing student turns up ‘person of interest’

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST - Associated Press

Police: Missing student was texting before disappearance

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This undated missing persons poster provided by the Salt Lake City Police shows Mackenzie Lueck, 23, a senior at the University of Utah, who was last seen a week ago. Police and friends are investigating the disappearance of the University of Utah student who hasn't been heard from since she flew back to Salt Lake City last Monday after visiting family in El Segundo, California. (Salt Lake City Police via AP)

Police seek person who last saw missing Utah college student

By MORGAN SMITH - Associated Press

A joggers runs pass a poster of MacKenzie Luek at Liberty Park Monday, June 24, 2019, in Salt Lake City. Police and friends are investigating the disappearance of the 23-year-old University of Utah student, whose last communication with her family said she arrived at Salt Lake City International Airport on Monday, June 17. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Missing Utah college student last seen in a park at 3 a.m.

By MORGAN SMITH and BRADY McCOMBS - Associated Press

Police, friends looking for missing Utah university student

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