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What really happened to Lauren McCluskey? The inside story of her tragic death

What really happened to Lauren McCluskey? The inside story of her tragic death

(Geoff Crimmins, For the Deseret News)


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PULLMAN, WASHINGTON — When her daughter calls, on a chilly Monday evening in October 2018, Jill McCluskey is on the Stairmaster in the basement of her home.

“Hi, Mom,” Lauren says. Lauren is 21, a track star at the University of Utah. She’s months away from graduating.

Lauren and Jill talk every day, sometimes several times a day. They talk about Lauren’s course load, they talk about boys, they talk about track.

Tonight, Lauren sounds happy. Jill puts her phone on speaker so she can finish her workout.

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