thoughts on lauren mccluskey murder

[Bucky]

As tragic this death was, I am not sure what the police or campus security could have done. This was a tragic death - a young white college student starts dating an older man who later turned out to be much older and actually a sex offender.... I am not sure what else could have been done.

The man sounded like a slick con man.

 

[Bucky]

Lauren McCluskey was a track athlete who planned to graduate in 2019 and get a job in public relations or academic advising. Her obituary said she entered her first track meet at 8 years old. She volunteered at the YMCA, the Special Olympics and her local branch of the Humane Society, socializing cats so they could be more adoptable. Friends said she never had an unkind word to say about anyone.

Lauren was found dead in the back of a car in a campus parking lot.

She was shot by Melvin Shawn Rowland, a man she had dated for about a month, a relationship she ended and reported on multiple occasions to campus police, who missed signs that Rowland (who fatally shot himself after killing her) was abusive and controlling, according to a university-commissioned report on McCluskey’s case. Investigations by the institution and state found that the campus officers hadn’t been trained in domestic violence and to check whether Rowland was on active parole, which he was -- knowledge that many say could have saved McCluskey’s life.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news...-campus-police-help-multiple-times-no-results

Imo what she should have done is left college immediately and go back home. Turn off all social media.