SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Eight years after University of Utah track star Lauren McCluskey was stalked, extorted and fatally shot on campus, data 2News Investigates obtained and reviewed show stalking reports at the university have surged, raising questions about whether more students are seeking help sooner and what that means for campus safety.
In a call to campus dispatch on Oct. 12, 2018, McCluskey told the dispatcher that she believed someone was trying to lure her. She had received suspicious messages that she believed were from friends of her ex-boyfriend.
“This is Lauren. I got a text about, you know, asking if I wanted to go to a funeral, his funeral. I think they’re trying to lure me somewhere,” she told the dispatcher…