Members of the Utah monitor staff attend a vigil for Lauren McCluskey together with different student-athletes and fellow college students on the College of Utah on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. McCluskey was killed Monday Oct. 22, 2018. Scott G Winterton, Deseret Information
Lauren McCluskey’s mother and father, Matt And Jill McCluskey, attend a vigil for his or her daughter on the College of Utah in Salt Lake Metropolis on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. Scott G Winterton, Deseret Information
“Pay attention,” a brand new ESPN documentary, explores the tragic dying of Lauren McCluskey, who was shot and killed on the College of Utah campus in October 2018.
“Pay attention” premieres on ESPN+ and ESPN+ on Hulu on March 28. It tells the story of McCluskey’s tumultuous relationship together with her killer, Melvin Rowland, and unsuccessful efforts to hunt assist from campus police. Rowland died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound the identical night time he killed McCluskey.
Within the aftermath of McCluskey’s dying, her mother and father, Jill and Matt, have labored with College of Utah leaders to enhance campus security and forestall future tragedies.
Forward of the discharge of ESPN’s new documentary, the Deseret Information revisited key occasions earlier than and after McCluskey’s homicide and compiled a timeline. Right here’s a have a look at McCluskey’s life, dying and lasting impression on Salt Lake Metropolis:
Lauren McCluskey timeline: What occurred earlier than and after her dying?
September 2018: McCluskey, a 21-year-old senior on the College of Utah and member of the college’s monitor staff, spends her time like many faculty seniors. She attends courses and hangs out together with her buddies, typically at bars in downtown Salt Lake Metropolis. McCluskey meets Melvin “Shawn” Rowland at a bar one night time in September 2018 and offers him her quantity. The pair start to this point.
Early October 2018: McCluskey travels residence to Pullman, Washington, in the course of the College of Utah’s fall break. Whereas there, she researches Rowland, who has exhibited some disturbing, controlling behaviors throughout their time collectively. McCluskey discovers that Rowland is sort of 10 years older than he has claimed to be and that he’s frolicked in jail for intercourse crimes. She breaks up with him as soon as she’s again on campus.
Mid-October 2018: McCluskey is scared. Though she’s ended issues with Rowland, she retains receiving disturbing textual content messages from individuals who declare to be his buddies. She contacts each campus police and Salt Lake Metropolis police about her considerations, however officers both go her off to different departments or inform her there’s nothing a lot they'll do.
Oct. 22, 2018: Rowland confronts McCluskey exterior her dorm round 8:20 p.m. He forces her into the automobile he delivered to campus and shoots her a number of occasions. McCluskey’s mother and father, who have been on the telephone with Lauren when Rowland attacked, name 911. The police seek for McCluskey on campus and discover her physique. Hours later, Rowland dies by suicide as he’s being tracked by police.
Oct. 23, 2018: Courses are canceled on the College of Utah as the college mourns McCluskey’s dying.
Oct. 24, 2018: College students and athletic division leaders maintain a vigil in McCluskey’s honor.
Lauren McCluskey’s mother and father, Matt And Jill McCluskey, attend a vigil for his or her daughter on the College of Utah in Salt Lake Metropolis on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018.
Scott G Winterton, Deseret Information
Oct. 25, 2018: Then-Utah Gov. Gary Herbert orders an investigation into how the Utah Board of Corrections and Utah Board of Pardons and Parole dealt with Rowland’s case.
Oct. 26, 2018: The College of Utah Board of Trustees meets to debate campus security and McCluskey’s dying.
March 13, 2019: The Utah Legislature passes a campus security invoice partly impressed by McCluskey’s experiences on the College of Utah.
June 27, 2019: Jill and Matt McCluskey sue the College of Utah for $56 million, arguing that college cops did not hold Lauren secure.
June 8, 2020: The McCluskeys file a second lawsuit in opposition to the College of Utah, arguing that college leaders, together with housing officers, ignored Lauren and her buddies’ requests for assist and have a historical past of ignoring ladies’s harassment-related considerations.
Oct. 22, 2020: On the second anniversary of Lauren McCluskey’s dying, her mother and father attain a $13.5 million settlement with the College of Utah that resolves their two lawsuits.