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>> chilling details, revealed. >> is this guy dodging us? >> he selected her as his victim. >> towards the bottom of the dig site there was a damaged iphone. >> it looks like maybe clothing, it was just a sinking feeling, really. >> i should play this one that i had with, or i just want to grab her and say, do not do it, do not go. >> hello, and welcome to dateline. college student mackenzie was diving into adulthood, eager to find her path. her family and friends knew her as fun, resp...

Detectives, he was active on the seeking arrangements site right up until he was arrested. >> even after we made contact with him, he was still on that page, still trying to get a date. >> we dont know why, some selfish jerk used his position on a dating website to somehow ensnare this bright, pretty woman, and for what? >> you look at his profile page, he comes across as a gentleman, somebody that he truly is not. that is the whole cautionary tale is that you never know if they are actually say...

California girl. likes to drink wine, likes to go out, likes to travel, looking for somebody to do that with. >> a little bit more pg than some of them, maybe? >> yeah. >> soon as he founded he sent a screen grab of mackenzies profile to the salt lake city police department. >> this was definitely another avenue that we had to look at, and track down anybody who might have been in contact with her. >> mckenzie appeared had compartmentalized information about her life. >> the plane ticket to los ...

Who she was talking to. >> does he fully cooperates? >> definitely. he did. he didnt seem like he had anything to do like this idol. >> because he had an alibi, a very good one actually. as soon as he dropped mackenzie off, surveillance footage at a nearby intersection capture him leaving picking up another fair, the daytime and location all confirmed by the tracking software on these lift apps. >> and he continue that throughout the night, and so -- >> you could eliminate him pretty easily base...

Around him, evidence of what he did to mckenzie was growing. and finally, october 7th 2020, ayoola ajayi pleaded guilty to murdering mckenzie lueck, and as part of his plea deal he admitted that he thought about killing mackenzie and then planned the killing of mckenzie. a thoroughly pre meditated murder. >> he knew that he was going to murder mackenzie before she even touched down at the airport. >> he selected her as his victim? >> correct. >> was there any explanation at all of what his motiv...

Power? >> i see it is very powerful, yes. >> explain that a little bit. >> anytime you go into a relationship of any kind saying this is what i need and if you cant give me this im going to move on, its a powerful thing to say. >> there is some debate about this, whether it actually empowers young women or exploits the innocent. >> i mean, a lot of people who go into it are seriously so blind to the whole reality of what it is, you know? >> like mckenzie, she had a seeking arrangement profile bu...

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The night in a park. >> he says that he wasnt worried because someone with a car was there waiting for mckenzie. >> i unloaded her luggage, said goodbye and drove away. >> so who was that someone in the waiting car? the detectives were hoping they could identify him or her through mckenzies phone records. and she had been texting a number with a two zero six area code right after the point her phone went dead. >> so, we were able to actually take that number run it through our little databases a...

People just want to tell you things that you dont want to hear. >> anyway. he only saw mackenzie that one time, he said. didnt get her phone number and -- >> i didnt offer my number, i usually dont get on my number. >> and that was that, he said. he didnt expect to see her again. but, just three weeks later. mckenzie was missing. rob said the friend who was with him at the bar that tonight made the connection. >> he just mention to me casually, that girl we met at the bar, thats the girl that we...

That point, because we didnt have a crime to attached to it, it was still now a missing persons investigation. >> without a warrant the detectives were blocked from getting detailed phone records, which theoretically, wouldve shown cool mckenzie was texting. so who was this friend mckenzie met at the park? where did they go? >> investigators are about to uncover fresh clues that deepen this mystery, but also give mckenzies loved ones a glimmer of hope. coming up. one place mckenzie wasnt missing...