Suspect in Utah University Murder Was Sex Offender

Left: University of Utah student-athlete Lauren McCluskey runs in Salt Lake City in this Aug. 30, 2017, photo. McCluskey was shot and killed on campus by a former boyfriend on Oct. 23, 2018. (Steve C. Wilson/University of Utah via AP) Right: Convicted repeat sex offender Melvin Rowland is pictured in this undated photo provided by the Utah Department of Corrections. Rowland is suspected of killing McCluskey and then committing suicide, Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 23, 2018. Utah Department of Corrections via AP

SALT LAKE CITY—A University of Utah student-athlete who was fatally shot on campus by her former boyfriend had broken off the relationship after learning he was a sex offender, authorities said Tuesday, Oct. 23.

Investigators had been working to build a case against 37-year-old Melvin Rowland after a police complaint was filed against him by 21-year-old Lauren McCluskey, a senior from Pullman, Washington, university police chief Dale Brophy said.