they say they have a person in custody in relation to this case of missing mackenzie lueck. over the past couple days police have identified who they believe is a person of interest in this case, a homeowner, a man not far from here. and that home was searched. investigators could be seen digging in the backyard, removing all types of evidence that we believe is being tested right now, even the medical examiner showed up to that property. also a rather chilling development in this case, there was activity on missing mackenzie lueck's instagram within the past 48 hours. mind you, she's been missing since last monday. it is possible that activity was triggered without a person being active on her account. and this mattress -- police are still looking for the person who picked up a mattress from the suspected home where mackenzie might have ended up. police say the person of interest might have tried to get rid of this mattress by giving it away on social media. so police are asking whoever knows where this mattress ended up to come forward. police tell fox news this morning th

police say dna confirmed it is mackenzie lueck. the chief of police here say he called the parents of mackenzie and they were devastated and heart broken. >> at 9:20 a.m. this morning, we were able to take the suspect into custody. after the arrest, i spoke with greg lueck and informed him of the developments in this investigation. this is one of the most difficult phone calls i have ever made, as both greg and his wife diana were devastated and heart broken by this news. >> reporter: police are stressing this is an on going investigation. they're working to determine if the suspect acted alone or had any assistance. neighbors had told police there were some burns happening on his property and there was a stench coming from those burns that hit you in the face. mackenzie's uncle said the family is not taking any questions or interviews. police have a considerable amount of follow-up work do. so far we don't know much about this suspect. dana? >> dana: all right, matt finn, thank you. if there's more developments, we'll come back to

. >> reporter: lueck's uncle saying just a few words. >> the lueck family would like to express theiritude for the effort put forth by the salt lake city police department. they are also grateful to her community, her friends and others around the nation who have supported this investigation. >> reporter: salt lake city police say they would not have made an arrest were it not for the digital breadcrumbs left behind by lueck and the suspect, leading investigators to this home. police questioned the property's owner, 31-year-old ayoola ajayi, thursday as a person of interest. he was arrested on friday morning at a nearby apartment complex. >> after an exhaustive week of investigation, we are filing charges of aggravated murder, aggravated kidnapping, obstruction of justice, and desecration of a body in the homicide of mackenzie lueck. >> reporter: the clues leading to ajayi's arrest began at the salt lake city airport early last week. a 1:00 a.m. text confirming to her parents that lueck had arrived safely. a surveillance camera shows her with her baggage at the carousel. then she took

. >> reporter: lueck's uncle saying a few words. >> the lueck family would like to express gratitudece department. they are grateful to the community and friends and others around the nation who supported this investigation. >> reporter: salt lake city police say they would not have made an arrest were it not for the digital bread crumbs led behind by lueck and the suspect. police questioned the property owner at this home. 31-year-old ayoola ajayi thursday as a person of interest. he was arrested on friday morning at a nearby apartment complex. >> after a week of investigation, we are filing charges of aggravated murder and aggravated kidnapping and desecration of the body of the homicide of mackenzie lueck. >> reporter: clues leading to ayoola ajayi's arrest after a text confirming she arrived back in salt lake city safely. cctv showing her near a baggage carousel and then a lyft dropping her off at the park. >> the phone records show that her last communication were with the arrested person. phone records show the location of their phones to be at hatch park within less than a min

friday he was charged with kidnapping 23-year-old mackenzie lueck and murdering her. aridence of charred remains were unearthed in his backyard. >> several charred items that were consistent with personal items of mackenzie lueck. other charred material has been located, which has now been forensically determined to be female human tissue. >> reporter: a local contractor came forward claiming ajayi asked him in april to build a soundproof, hidden room behind a secret door at the house. >> i never had anybody ask me anything like this. >> reporter: after he turned down the job, ajayi persisted, making repeated requests through texts. >> he was adamant, he wanted to get it done fast and money was no object. on reporter: the contractor said he met the suspect june 15, there ploice believe ajayi took mackenzie lueck to his home and ziighbors reported a large fire coming from the backyard. police will not confirm or deny tonight reports that he met mackenzie lueck through an online dating service. >> strassmann: jonathan vigliotti, thanks. lou alvarez has died. he was one

police say they found everyday that the suspect murdered 23-year-old mackenzie lueck.rian todd has more. >> reporter: it was a dramatic and police say heartbreaking end to a nationwide mystery, the s.w.a.t. team in salt lake city arresting ayoola ajayi, the prime suspect in the disappearance of university of utah student mackenzie lueck. >> we are filing charges of aggravated murder, aggravated kidnapping, obstruction of justice, and desecration of a body in the homicide of mackenzie lueck. >> police say they believe ajayi killed mackenzie lueck sometime after picking her up at a park at about 3:00 in the morning on june 17th. police say the 23-year-old student had just landed at the airport returning from her grandmother's funeral. they say she used the lyft car service to take her from the airport to the park where the driver saw her get into ajayi's car. police say phone records show lueck and the 31-year-old suspect had been in touch texting just hours before she vanished and that their phones placed them at the park within a minute of each other that morning. >> i

investigators say they found the charred remains of mackenzie lueck in the backyard. reported missing two weeks ago. last seen leaving the airport taking a ride share to a park. early in the morning. the police chief says phone records show the last communication was with the suspect. abc's clayton sandell leads us off. >> reporter: a missing persons case becoming a murder case with a dramatic s.w.a.t. team takedown. >> we are filing charges of aggravated murder, aggravated kidnapping, obstruction of justice, and desecration of a body in the homicide of mackenzie lueck. >> reporter: the suspect, 31-year old ayoola ajayi. police say he and mackenzie lueck had been texting on june 17th just before meeting up at this salt lake city park around 3:00 a.m. >> phone records show the location of their phones to be at hatch park within less than a minute of each other. >> reporter: ajayi owns this house five miles from the park. police searched it wednesday night, carrying out bags of evidence and digging in the backyard, making a gruesome discovery where neighbors say he rece

i've talked to greg lueck a couple times this week. i can place myself in his situation. his young daughter is missing, he wants nothing more than to find her. i can hear in his voice the sadness, the concern that he just wants to find his daughter. that was my commitment to greg. i said, "greg, i promise you, we will do everything we can come of the salt lake city police department, to bring her back to you." since being notified of her disappearance on thursday of last week, we have, around the clock, 24/7, dedicated countless hours of resources, our detectives, our patrol, our specialty units, the civilians within our department, the analysts, everything that we can, we have pulled out all the stops. that's my commitment to the speefifteen family that we will do everything we can to bring mackenzie back. >> harris: we took your news conference life. we will stay on the story, and i appreciate you taking the time in the investigation to talk to us about 23-year-old mackenzie lueck. thank you, chief brown. >> thank you, harris. >> har

police in utah today confirmed what had been feared: mackenzie lueck was murdered. a suspect has been arrested. 11 days after lueck disappeared, police said her charred remains were found in the suspect's rerd. jonathan vigliotti is in salt lake city. rt it is with heavy heart that i address you today. c reporter: salt lake city police chief mike brown says up until the moment swat officers lwde an arrest, he had always arld out hope that 23-year-old mackenzie lueck would be found alive. when did you know in your gut that this was no longer a missing person's case? >> i did not know until early this morning. we are filing charges of aggravated murder, aggravated kidnapping, and desecration of a body in the homicide of mackenzie lueck. the man charged is ayoola ajayi. . will not be saying the killer's name again. >> reporter: police say digital evidence proves the suspect had texted mackenzie at 6:00 p.m., hours before she boarded a flight to salt lake city. she landed at 2:00 a.m. and took d lyft from the airport to hatch park. detectives tracked his phone to the sa

we don't know whether those cameras may have captured the last moments of mackenzie lueck. the college student whose family held out hope for so long. now started to plan a funeral. matt finn reporting live on scene in salt lake. matt? >> shep, the district attorney says right now the murder suspect is at the county jail being booked on charges of aggravated murder, aggravated kidnapping and discretion of a human course. they say they will review the entire police case and likely bring formal criminal charges at a later date. the murder suspect is scheduled to appear in court next week. prosecutors here tell us that the state crime lab worked through the night last night to test all of the evidence that was removed from the murder suspect's house, including horrifying dna evidence. the district attorney here is not commenting on whether the suspect has a criminal background, but our own review appears to shown traffic violations. authorities say there was a connection between mackenzie and the murder suspect. some type of nexus. police have mentioned cell phone communicatio

a strange twist in the depression disappearance of mackenzie lueck. police are saying she was last seen in the park with an unknown person in the middle of the night. you are watching "outnumbered overtime." i'm harris faulkner. let's take you through the timeline now. investigators say mackenzie lueck landed at selleck city international airport at 1:35 a.m. on june 17th. she texted her mother two oh one a.m. and got into a lift about 40 minutes later. this is where things start to take a turn. police say 23-year-old lueck was dropped off by that lift driver at hatch park at 2:59 a.m. she reportedly met with an unknown individual and left with that person. family and friends have not heard from mackenzie since. claudia cowan's life and selleck city. claudia , a lot of details coming together today. >> harris, the mystery here is really deepening because the search now includes at least one other person. the man or the woman who is behind the wheel of that waiting car, and who was presumably the last person to see mackenzie lueck eight days ago. detec

>>lueck west from southern california and had just returned to utah after visiting a home when she went to that park, text and social media have become a focus of this investigation, including some dating apps that lueck was on. >>today marks one year since the deadly shooting at a maryland newspaper, 5 employees of the capital gazette in annapolis were killed that day to honor them today has been designated freedom of the press stay in the state of maryland employees from the capital gazette and other tribune publishing papers dedicated a memorial garden in annapolis this morning. national news now president trump is in osaka japan for the g 20 summit, a major gathering of world leaders where he has already met with leaders of japan, india, germany and russia. >>on the agenda discussions about climate change and trade omar jimenez has details. >>a light hearted tone from president trump during his meeting with vladimir putin the first meeting between the 2 leaders since robert mueller's special counsel investigation concluded the russians interfered in the 2016 presidential election in

. >> reporter: the search for missing college student mackenzie lueck is other over. the salt lake city police chief announced an arrest in the 23- year-old alleged kidnapping and murder. the suspect who was a person of interest is identified as ayoola ajayi. utah state student who was a former army it specialist. his linkedin page list him as a technical support analyst at dell. >>> the arrested person's neighbors informed detectives they have observed him learning something in his backyard with the use of gasoline on the dates of june 17 and june 18. the search warrant resulted in the findings of a fresh dig area on his property. which is the same area the arrested person was reported burning something. >> reporter: dna test of the remains found there match mackenzie lueck. this is video of the suspect walking with his hands up this morning toward s.w.a.t. officers. the 31-year-old was arrested on suspicion of homicide kidnapping obstruction of justice and desecration of a dead body. mackenzie mackenzie lueck was last seen 12 days ago in salt lake city airport after

team related to that missing college student, mackenzie lueck.onference by police is expected in one hour from now. this is a story we've been all over on "outnumbered" and "outnumbered overtime." 23 years old, picked up by a lyft driver on june 17th at 1:35 a.m. local time there. texted her mom, "i have landed safely." she had gone to her grandmother's funeral. already, almost immediately, one for closest friends has said on our air to me, she stopped returning her text messages almost immediately that weekend when she got home. there were questions readily. but that lyft driver took her to hatch park, and then there was another person who met her in another vehicle. police cleared that lyft driver very early on, and then the question began, "what happened after that?" and police told us that she might have some connection with a home that sometimes brandon airbnb and its basements, and they were focusing in on that homeowner, as a person of interest. as early as just this time yesterday. and word of interest, that news conference in the next ho

mackenzie lueck has been missing for 10 days now. jonathan vigliotti has the latest on the search. reporter: salt lake city police spent hours collecting bag after bag of items they hope could lead them to 23-year-old mackenzie lueck. they also interviewed, then released a man they described as a person of interest. >> our detectives collected multiple items that are in the process of being tested and analyzed. >> reporter: among the items not found is a mattress that police say was given away online. aey're hoping to track down whoever claimed it. iese are the last-known images of lueck, a utah university student seen here on june 17 after landing at salt lake city airport. she took a lyft to a local park. rpere she met someone waiting in a car. the home police have zeroed in on is five miles away. what led them there is still unknown. police will only say they used llacking technology in seeking a search warrant. >> this is a digital forensic ynvestigation. this is covering computers, cell phones, i.p. addresses, u.r.l.s, texting apps. >> reporter: but the court question, what ha

. >> lueck's uncle saying a few words. >> the lueck family would like to express their gratitude foralt lake city police department. they are also grateful to her community, her friends and others around the nation who have supported this investigation. >> reporter: salt lake city police say they would not have made an arrest were it not for the digital bread crumbs left behind by lueck and the suspect. the cnn. police questioned the properties owner 13-year-old as a pepper of interest arrested on friday morning at a nearby apartment complex. >> after an exhaustive week of investigation, we are filing charges of aggravated murder, aggravated kidnapping, obstruction of justice and a body. >> it began at the salt lake city airport last we can. a 1:00 a.m. text determining the woman arrived back in salt lake city city safely showing her near her luggage near a carousel. then a lyft ride dropping her at hatch park. >> investigation of her phone records show her last communications were with the arrested person. >> phone records show the location of their phones to be at hatch park within

where is 23-year-old mackenzie lueck today? we are all over the story, as the news continues to break on it we will bring you the very latest. let's move now to another top story today, as i mentioned off the top of the show. the supreme court, on the final day of its current session, with two rulings likely to shape american politics up until and including and beyond 2020. chief legal correspondent and fox news at night anchor shannon bream's life for us in miami. a big day, shannon. >> harris, this final day of the supreme court, these are the two big cases we were waiting on. people on both sides are celebrating today. let's talk through them and start with that case about whether or not a question about citizenship could be added to the 2020 census. the initiation has argued that it was well within its authority and power to do that. secretary ross over at the commerce department had done it early on, sought to do that in his ten years, to get this question added. today the court made a nondecision. they said there was ques

it's been 11in days sce mackenzie lueck disappeared. evidence that led detectives to file murder charges this afternoon. >> choicer to home, the great garden debate. why some folks are reporting their neighbors because of their front yard garden. >> the storms out there that rn could tu severe. >> doug is back with the ting imon>>ckow with look at current temperatures. this heat could bring in some storms over the weekend. we'll see how the pattern plays out. doug is back track the impact for us in two minutes. so keep it right here. a big focus on youth violence today in the strict. he u.s. attorney's office held its ninth annual breaking the silence youth violence summit. this event at catholic university of america folked on gun violence and drug prevention. youngdeople atten sessions and highlighthe causes of violence and if youearn how to make better choices of the summit is the part of the department of justice's project safe neighborhood program, a nationwide effort to reduce violent crime. pat? >> so would you want to live next

arthel: fox news alert in the missing case of utah student mackenzie lueck.old ayoola ajayi after a search of his home led to the discovery of lueck's charred remains. the relationship between them remains unclear but police say they exchanged text messages the day before the 23-year-old disappeared. matt fin is live in salt lake city, utah with more. >> reporter: police say this is the house where they discovered some of lueck's burned belongings and also some of her flesh. police say the murder suspect lived here and the police department tells fox news that since the murder suspect's arrest yesterday it has submitted even more evidence from this property to the crime lab and now family and neighbors and friends are all left trying to process this heinous act. >> i'm in shock because what he did to this beautiful young woman took place no more than 5. and that's very unsettling. not to just myself, but to the entire neighborhood, and all of the people that knew him here. >> reporter: we know the murder suspect, ayoola ajayi, was previously accused of rape b

missing ten days now, mackenzie lueck was last seen arriving at the salt lake city airport. after texting her mother she landed safely, investigators say lueck took a lyft to a park where a car her waiting for just before 3:00 a.m. >> i can only imagine what the family's doing right now. we will do everything we can to findma enzie. >> tonight still no sign of the missing university of utah identify a person of interest and look to unearth new clues. >>> up next tonight, the safety changes coming to several majoleague ball coming to several majoleague ball r r ♪ (brian) i've had a hcopd...tack, coming to several majoleague ball r r a heart transplant... lung cancer... and part of my lung removed. my tip is: if smoking doesn't get you one wa it'll get you another. my tip is: (announcer) you can quit. for free help, call 1-800-quit-now. when your psoriasis is bad, it can be hard to see what's possible. t the possibilities become clear with taltz. the first and only treatment of its kind offering a chance at 100% clear skin. with taltz, up to 90% of those with moderate to sever

the owner of the house is being called a person of interest in lueck's disappearance.he was last seen june 17th after meeting someone at a park at 3:00 a.m. investigators say they're also searching for a mattress that someone living in that house recently gave away. >> this is a digital forensic investigation. this is covering computers, cell phones, ip addresses, urls, texting apps, so this is very complicated and has a digital footprint. >> investigators have not said whether the person of interest is the same person lueck met at that park. >>> the white house is reportedly looking to deliver another tax cut to the wealthy. bloomberg reports that the administration is considering whether to bypass congress to cut capital gains taxes. the plan would change the way capital gains are calculated in relation to inflation. any such move is expected to face legal challenges. >>> google can now predict crowd size on your commute. a maps update will show whether your bus, subway or train will be crowded. it's all thanks to a prediction model based on commute information colle

investigators say a lyft driver dropped off 23-year-old mckenzie lueck at the park.where she met machine in the vehicle. police decline to say if she met a man or a woman. they are trying to find that person, and they say there is no evidence that lueck is in danger. >> occasionally the police work a missing person case where the person does not want to have contact with family or friends. if that is the case, mackenzie, we are asking you to please reach out. >> police say the lyft driver is not a suspect. lueck has not been on social media and has missed classes. >>> the washington post reports president trump signed an executive order requiring hospitals to disclose their actual prices for tests and procedures. it is intend today give people more information about the cost of health care services to allow people to shop around. >> we will empower patients with the information they need to search for the lowest cost and the highest quality care. in other words, they'll be able to seek out their doctor, seek out the doctor they want. >> the executive order also requi

police are offering no motive for the murder, but they say they now have the man who killed mackenzie lueck. miguel almaguer, nbc news. >>> tonight a white supremacist has been sentenced to life in prison for ramming his car into a crowd in charlottesville in the summer of 2017, the attack killing heather heyer and injuring others who were rallying james fields pleaded guilty to hate crimes back in march. before being sentenced, he apologized after hearing testimony from survivors including one that told him you deserve everything you get >>> just ahead here tonight, dramatic arrests in the shooting of red sox legend david ortiz including the mastermind of the plot >>> also we'll check in on the usa team >>> and the star studded celebration, the moment 50 years ago that started it all. >>> there is word tonight from authorities in the dominican republic of the so-called mastermind that left david ortiz badly wounded has been arrested. >> reporter: it's the desperate face time call to family capturing a wanted man's final victor hugo gomez calling relatives in the u.s. as dominican police cl

police say on june 17th lueck was dropped off by a lyft driver at the park at 3 in the morning and sheomeone in a car. investigators say they found look at the suspect's phones in the park just inches from each other. police say they found lueck's dna and some of her personal items burned in his backyard and that contractor is speaking out about a job. he was offered from the suspect. >>yeah, i don't her but spoke with that man who says he is glad to have turned down the job. >>isn't it because he saw show brian wolf could only sit and watch as police announced the end of the search for mackenzie lueck all week on the news, he kept seen pictures of the house that he was just inside a couple months ago. now he sees the mug shot of the man he met inside. >>100% that man and they arrested is the man i met guarantee i'm shaking ri now. parts town and that's. m m scary. i feel sorry for the girl he says murder suspect that you i just said to put his name down jj wanted him to % build a secret soundproof room in the basement. >>right here with a thumb print lock and hooks hanging from the wa

but still, no sign of mackenzie lueck. david? >> clayton, thank you. >>> when we come back, news tonight about american tourists. the couple missing after renting jet skis. no sign of them a day later. >>> and the doctor and his tour guide killed. >>> also, the new health headline tonight involving prescription drugs and the risk of dementia. corey is living with metastatic breast cancer, which is breast cancer that has spread to other parts of her body. she's also taking ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor, which is for postmenopausal women or for men with hr+ / her2- metastatic breast cancer as the first hormonal based therapy. ibrance plus letrozole was significantly more effective at delaying disease progression versus letrozole. patients taking ibrance can develop low white blood cell counts, which may cause serious infections that can lead to death. before taking ibrance, tell your doctor if you have fever, chills, or other signs of infection, liver or kidney problems, are pregnant, breastfeeding, or plan to become pregnant

lyft says we recognize how scary this must be for those who know and love miss lueck. safety of our community is fundamental to lyft. tonight friends are gathering in utah hoping to raise awareness about mackenzie's disappearance and hoping for her safe return. tom? >> diane, thank you. >>> up next when we come back, the new headline about former red sox star david ortiz. the major medical update following that shooting. >>> plus the bottled water being and walmart.shelves at target we'll tell you why. stay with us. elves at target and walmart. we'll tell you why. stay with us. walmart. we'll tell you why. stay with us. one of the windiest places in america. and home to three bp wind farms. in the off-chance the wind ever stops blowing here... the lights can keep on shining. thanks to our natural gas. a smart partner to renewable energy. it's always ready when needed. or... not. at bp, we see possibilities everywhere. to help the world keep advancing. with advil liqui-gels, what stiff joints? what bad back? advil is... relief that's fast. strength that lasts. you'll as

of utah student mackenzie lueck as new details emerge about the man suspected of her murder, ayoola ajayi. after this dramatic s.w.a.t. team arrest on friday. contractor brian wolf says ajayi reached out to him in april with an unusual request, cathy a secret room in his basement >> he asked me to build a weird room and i told him no. >> reporter: wolf says he didn't think much more about it until he saw the house on the news >> my heart just dropped. i'm like, no way >> reporter: investigators spent hours digging for clues at the suspect's slablt salt lake city home this week. the search police say revealed charred human tissue >> you can't even believe this went on across the street. >> police saying they intend to charge ajayi with aggravated murder, kidnapping and desecration of a body. authorities have investigated him before the north park police department says it received a rape complaint against him in 2014. but the female victim did not wish to pursue charges. nbc news has not been ab attorney for aajayi.

mackenzie lueck's death captured the world's attention. they traced her remains to the suspect's home. >> reporter: this morning a salt lake city man under arrest facing charges for the murder of 23-year-old university of utah studen mackenzie lueck missing since last week. >> car 30 can you also send me two more units? >> reporter: ayoola ajayi surr adered. >>ravated murder, aggravated kidnapping, obstruction of justice and desecration of a body. >> reporter: lueck was last seen alive june 17th arriving at the salt lake tty airport a 2:00 a.m. police say she then took a ride on lyft, ended up at aark and left with someone an hour later. phone records show that ajayi was the last person lueck contacted. >> all communications f ceased mackenzie at 3 a.m. on june 17th. >> reporter: meanwhile, the investigation intensified at the suspect's home.or neig said they saw him burning something in the backyard. >> excavation of the burn area resulted in finding personal items of mackenzie lueck. other charrederial was located which has now been fore

. >> 23-year-old mackenzie lueck was last in a couple of days ago.w been found on a property owned by the suspects. >> it is with a heavy heart i address you today. salt lake city police charged a man with murder on friday in connection to the search for utah college student mackenzie lueck. ayoola ajayi is charged with aggravated murder, aggravated kidnapping, obstruction of justice, and desecration of a human body. police say mckenzie was last seen at hatch park in north salt lake city. she reportedly left the park in a car and had not been heard or seen sense. since. >> all communications ceased for mckenzie at 3 a.m. on june 17th. her last communication were within the arrested person. >> reporter: policing neighbors saw ayoola ajayi burning something with the help of gasoline in his backyard. they say the stench hits them in the face. on wednesday, police, armed with a warrant, searched the property. 27 boxes of ar ammunition and a pitchfork were booked into evidence. >> a forensic excavation of the burn area was conducted. it resulted in a find

the chief said that in interviews with them the suspect claimed he couldn't tell mackenzie lueck anddy that was not true. here is how the police chief described what they found here. >> during a search warrant on the arrested person's residence and property on june 26th, the arrested person's neighbors inform informed detectives they observed him burning something in the backyard with gasoline on dates of june 17th and june 18th. a forensic excavation of the burn area was conducted which resulted in the finding of several charred items consistent with personal items of mackenzie lueck. other charred material was located and has been forrence ily debated to be female human >> so the suspect was arrested this morning at an apartment complex not far from here. it is still unclear how they met and whether they ever met up before. her family put out a statement thanking family friends and police. this comes as a big, big surprise to people who live in this neighborhood. many of them describe him as a normal guy, quiet. one neighbor said he was the epitome of a great neighbor. brooke. >> p

mackenzie lueck -- adley rutschman -- mackenzie lueck reported missing . >> she arrived at the park atefectives detective has spoken with the lyft driver and where learning that she was met at the park by an individual with a vehicle. the lyft driver left her at the park with the person and stated that mackenzie lueck did not appear to be in any type of distress. we have not yet confirmed the make and model of the car or a description of the person. >> reporter: rachel palmer and ashley five both graduated from the university of utah this year. now they are looking for their sorority sister . >> we don't know if this is in the state of utah. she could be anywhere. >> reporter: she went missing after a return flight home to california from a friend's wedding . >> at this time, there is no evidence any harm has come to her but because of the circumstances of the case, we want to make sure she is all right. >> reporter: family and friends are asking anyone with information about her disappearance to come forward. in los angeles, fox news. >>> clouds overhead, onshore breeze and temperatur

lueck last seen alive 14. it was the last phone contact. >> it's devastating.e i can't beve he'd do that to her. >> reporter: a tragic ending for a student, one sorority sister remembers as a ball of light. kathy parr, nbc news. >>> one person inside this home went to the hospital after flames tore through that house on glenn brook road in mantua f area o fairfax county. fire caused damage to the back of the house today. investigators are looking into the cause. so in fairfaxcounty, an update on that massive fire that we first brought you as breaking news at y11:00. do remember this scene? chopper 4 over this and you can see the flames shooting through the rooftop of the home on clarks branch road in the great falls area. nvestigators say one firefighter had minor injuries, two people inside escape without getting hurt. still working to find out whatc ed that fire. >>> we aill in weather alert mode. it has been a very active afternoon in term of storms. a lot of folks seeing hail in this area and seems like we

what happened to mackenzie lueck where could she have minor car has on news things are heading. >>police have said that they had no reason to believe she's in danger. but at this point it's been 7 days. >>around one in the morning last monday she texted her parents to let them know she landed in salt lake safely. she left the airport and took a lift north salt lake. nearly 20 minutes from her home in salt lake city might have someone that. from there he went silent for her not reach out to me is that china is anything. >>day i'm like come in. she's usually in touch with me almost every day. >>since then she's mister midterm exams at the university of utah. >>which is something that. regular he's very focused on hand at the today. she missed her flight back to california for a friend's wedding she had a life and for today as he is actively talking about the flight and while police say they're doing everything they can to find mckenzie. >>her friends say things aren't adding up texan her family that she landed at the she wouldn't have done that she wanted to purposely disappear st

mackenzie lueck.ts say that she texted them last monday from salt lake city airport to let them know that she had landed safely. authorities say that she got into her lyft ride and has not been seen since. william la jeunesse is live in the los angeles borough with more on this. >> where did she go? who did she see? after the 1:00 a.m. text to her parents from the airport, that is the missing piece of this puzzle. police say 23-year-old mackenzie lueck took that ride not to an apartment, not to her sorority, but in an industrial area north of salt lake. since then, no text, no calls, no facebook, no sign of the luggage, and she missed work, a wedding, and her midterm exams. >> where could she have gone? her car has not been moved. police have said that they have no reason to believe that she is in danger. but at this point it has been seven days. >> she might have been meeting someone there. i just don't see any other reason as to why she would be there at that time. >> police did not provide an addre

lueck missed a midterm exam and also a return flight home to california for the wedding of a friend. police say the lyft driver is not a suspect. >>> happening today, governor newsom will talk to other state leaders about his new law. it requires everyone whoptses to purchase ammunition to pass a background check and to show valid government-issued i.d. but there have been recent attempts to block proposition 63 from going into full effect. governor newsom will be talking about the new law at 9:30 from the state capitol. >>> san francisco health official says the number of people who died from the will powerful painkiller fentanyl, have set a new record. >>> i would say it has taken over for heroin as the number 1 choice for opioids. >> fentanyl is now the leading opioid killer in sudden fran. in the first two weeks of this month, 10 people died of fentanyl overdoses. that compares with six deaths in all of 2010. the director at the general hospital says he sees as many as 12 fentanyl overdose cases every day. one drug user we talked to said he's concerned about getting cocaine that

tonight, police are not saying whether that person of interest is the same person they believe met lueck in the park. tom? >> clayton sandell reporting for us tonight. >>> we head overseas now to the deadly emergency landing on a siberian runway. a pilot and flight mechanic killed when the passenger plane skidded onto the grass, bursting into flames. russian state news reporting nearly two dozen people were injured. a passenger recording the frightening moments from inside the cabin. abc's david kerley covers aviation for us. >> reporter: the russian airline says tonight, this was an emergency landing going bad, all caught on cell phone. the plane running off the runway, onto the grass. not slowing down. its tires shredding and then crashing into a building. one of the pilots and a mechanic were killed. russian state news agencies reporting 22 of the 43 passengers were injured in the crash and fire. the twin-engine plane was landing at an airport in siberia. the impact crushing the nose of the an-24 aircraft, a mainstay in the russian commercial fleet. russian authorities suggesting engi

the remains of mackenzie lueck were found friday in the suspect's yard.efore she boarded a lyft in salt lake city. >>> recent security scares are fresh on new yorkers' minds as millions gather tomorrow to march for world pride. 2 million people are expected to line the parade route and 150,000 marchers are expected to participate. they have extended the route by more than half a mile this year. david begnaud shows how police plan to protect it. >> reporter: as commander for world pride, chief harris has a lot of ground to cover for the world march. he told us there is ce threat that has been directed at world pride. attendees tell us they're a bit wary but not overly concerned. >> i think it's important we ever police presence because of the climate we live in. >> reporter: people are mindful of recent events. there was a shooting this month that injured four people at a toronto raptors rally. days later there was panic amid a false report of a shooting that happened at the gay pride parade in washington, d.c. in 2018, someone shot a gay man. >> there wil

lueck was last seen alive june 17th. authorities say phone records show ajayi was her last phone contact. >> devastating i can't believe he'd do that to her >> reporter: a tragic ending for a student, one sorority sister remembered as a ball of light kathy park, nbc news >>> tonight a missing hiker has been found alive in a california forest the 73-year-old man disappeared after getting separated from his group a week ago and he was airlifted to safety. nbc's morgan chesky has the breaking details on his incredible rescue. >> reporter: it's the photo capturing a rescue deep in the california wilderness, a helicopter crew treating eugene joe after hoisting him to safety the 73-year-old missing since last week after losing contact with his group on a hike in the angeles forest, forcing himself to find a way to survive. >> he went into a canyon that, you know, is named devil's canyon and it's named that way for a reason. >> reporter: his disappearance sparked a massive search all week long. with no sign of him more than 70

mackenzie lueck. other charred material was located. which has now been forensically. to be female human tissue facing an aggravated murder charge 31 year-old i yola to is behind bars is suspected of killing a 23 year-old mackenzie lueck. >>but who is also facing charges for desecration of a body kidnapping and obstruction of justice. >>the arrested persons neighbors informed detectives that they have served observed him burning something in his backyard with the use of gasoline and investigators were told had suddenly given away a mattress. >>police say the suspected killer burned lueck's belongings and her body and that her last known location was with her alleged killer in a park at 03:00am but her phone's location and data services stopped working. >>this is one of the most difficult phone calls i've ever made. and we're devastated heartbroken by this news. >>i'm meredith wood reporting. >>coming up it's the protests that started the rights movement across the country and the world hear from activists who took part in the stonewall uprising 50 years ago today. >>pl

police not saying exactly how he and lueck knew each other.ends and family who held out hope for 11 long days are crushed. >> the lueck family would like to express their gratitude for the effort put forth by the salt lake city police department. >> reporter: the suspect is facing multiple charges including kidnapping and murder. a judge has ordered him held without bail. dan. >> just a gruesome story. clayton sandell, really appreciate your reporting this morning. >>> let's switch gears and get it over to rob to look at the weather. a lot of heat across the country. >> and not just here, guys, overseas in france. they've had their hottest temperature recorded on record there. almost 115 degrees yesterday. and there you go in the gard region, a forest fire is breaking out there, nearly a dozen of them. sicily, they're also having to fight their own fires. it's on across parts of the east and it will be on across the southwest. we're looking for the heat to build back through here over the next few days. 00 degrees and redding ack up getting in

city police spent hours searching a home in connection to the disappearance of 23-year-old mackenzie lueck. the person has not been identified and police identified multiple bags of evidence. >> this is a digital forensic investigation.ring crsteing app >> lueck was last seen after on june 17th after landing at salt lake city airport. investigators are tracking her activity on social media. >>> coming up on the "morning news" now, twitter announces a new rule for tweets, and they may involve warning labels. >>> and crunching the numbers. lebron james may be making a switch. this is the "cbs morning news." copd tries to say, "go this way." i say, "i'll go my own way" with anoro. ♪ go your own way once-daily anoro contains two medicines called bronchodilators that work together to significantly improve lung function all day and all night. anoro is not for asthma. it contains a type of medicine that increases risk of death in people with asthma. the risk is unknown in copd. anoro won't replace rescue inhalers for sudden symptoms and should not be used more than once a day. tell your doctor if

whoever claimed it.n these are the last known images of lueck, a university of utah student seen here on june 17th after landing at salt lake city airport. she took a lift to a local park where she met someone waiting in a car. the home police are now zeroed in on is five miles away. what led them there is still unknown. police will only say they used tracking technology in seeking a search warrant. >> this is a digital forensic investigation. this is covering computers, cell phones, ip addresses, urls, texting apps. >> reporter: but the court questioned what happened to mackenzie lueck remains a mystery. the police chief said he had an emotional conversation with lueck's father. >> i can feel the heartache and the pain and the suffering in his voice as we spoke. >> reporter: and police searched that home for 19 hours using dogs and shovels. so far no arrests have been made, and maurice, they say that this remains a missing persons case. >> jonathan vigliotti in salt lake city, thank you. >>> the two american soldiers who were killed in a taliban ambush in afghanistan this week were i

resultedthe finding of several charred items that were consistent with personal items of mackenzie lueck. other charred material was located which has been determined to be female human tissue. >> reporter: vanishing 12 days ago, police y sathe university of utah student and the sp sut were texting before she arrived at the salt lake city airport. investigators say she took a lyft to a park where a car was waiting for her at 3:00 a.m. detectives say the suspect and victim's cell phod registere in the same area before mackenzie's went dark. tha member of utah national guard, the suspect rented rooms at his house on airbnb. jillian stayed at the home. >> a couple weeks later, he tried to friend me on facebook. i just didn't accept it because it was a little weird. >> reporter: tonight police are offering no motive for the murder, but they say they now have the man who killed mackenzie lueck. miguel almaguer, nbc news. >>> tonight a white supremacist has been sentenced to life in prison for ramming his car into a crowd in charlottesville in the summer of 2017, the attack killing heather hey

today, the parents of mackenzie lueck say they are not taking questions, understandably.le made a statement thanking law enforcement and neighbors here who brought flowers. >> i don't know what happened here, but i do not want her -- i do not want this to be her last terrible thing. maybe somewhere her spirit is still here, may be flowers -- it's really emotional. >> the murder suspect did briefly work for dell in utah. he was also briefly in the national guard for about six months. we have not found major criminal background on the suspect other than minor traffic violations. right now, police say they have much more investigating to do, martha, whether this murder suspect acted by himself. martha? >> martha: thank you for the latest in that. awful story. here now, criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor mark are what was a mystery is looking a little less mysterious tonight. but still, the main questions surround what on earth happened here. >> the good news is prosecutors never have to prove motive because we may never know why and people do it for crazy reason

but macknsy lueck -- mackenzie lueck sent a text message to her parents letting them know she had landed safely at the airport. 72 hours later, her parents reported her missing. >> she arrived at hatch park at 2:59 a.m. detectives had spoken with the lyft rider. and learned that mackenzie was met at hatch park with a person. she left with that person. and stated that mackenzie did not appear to be in any kind of distress. we have not yet confirmed the make and model of the car, or description of the person. >> rachel palmer and ashley fine both graduated from the university of utah this year. now they are looking for their sorority system. >> we don't know, she could be anywherestate of utah. >> in the past week, lueck missed a midterm exam and she missed a flight home for a friend's wedding. >> we want all right. >> family and friends are asking anyone request w information about her mysterious disappearance to come forward. in los angeles, william lajeunesse, fox news. >>> the city of richmond is trying to come up with ways to help with homicide. richmond has set a goal of going at lea

police say there is no evidence lueck is in danger. and now some news about this broadcast.nnell takes over as anchor and managing editor july 15th. norah will also serve as lead anchor for cbs news political coverage and will continue as a correspondent for "60 minutes." once again, the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell premiers monday july 15th. up next tonight, why one of these astronauts could make esstory. ♪ be right back. with moderate to severe crohn's disease, i was there, just not always where i needed to be. is she alright? i hope so. so i talked to my doctor about humira. i learned humira is for people who still have symptoms of crohn's disease after trying other medications. and the majority of people on humira saw significant symptom relief and many achieved remission in as little as 4 weeks. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart fai

mackenzie lueck disappeared june 17th near a park in salt lake city.st person seen communicating with. arrested and charged with aggravated murder among other crimes. investigators apparently found a freshly dug up area in his backyard and some shocking and horrific evidence, listen. >> a forensic excavation of the burn area was conducted which resulted in the finding of several charred items that were consistent with personal items of mackenzie lueck. >> now, police are still looking for some items that are missing from that house like a mattress and box springs that were apparently given away just last week. get. this we're learning that the suspect actually asked a handy man to build him a secret soundproof room with hooks on the wall and then he slowly started side stepping into more stuff like wanting a thumb lock ton with a fingerprint lock and soundproofing it and putting hooks in the concrete, you know, up like 7 feet. it was just weird what he was asking me. >> your thoughts have got to go all over the place. this is far from over. police stil