21-year-old student murdered by her convicted sex offender harasser after police ignored calls for help
21-year-old Lauren McCluskey was shot and killed by her harasser, Melvin Rowland, after police refused to act on her numerous complaints.
A 21-year-old University of Utah senior and track athlete was shot and killed by her harasser after Salt Lake Police refused to intervene despite multiple complaints. Lauren McCluskey was murdered by 37-year-old Melvin Rowland -- with whom she was in a short relationship with -- on October 22.
According to CNN, McCluskey had met Rowland at a bar in September and dated him for a month before breaking things off after she learned he had lied to her about his age, his name and, most importantly, the fact that he had a long history of criminal convictions and was on the sexual offender registry.
The break up came on October 9, and after she ended the relationship, Rowland reportedly started harassing her.