Mackenzie Lueck Update: Murder Suspect Ayoola Ajayi Faces New Child Pornography Charges

Ayoola Ajayi, the man accused of murdering 23-year-old Mackenzie Lueck, is now facing 19 additional charges. However, the new counts are unrelated to the University of Utah student and instead revolve around sexual exploitation of a minor.

According to the Salt Lake City Tribune, the new charges from Tuesday came after police seized Ajayi's computer as part of the investigation surrounding the student's murder.

On July 2, they discovered pornographic images of children once the forensic lab began analyzing the computer's contents. In charging documents filed in 3rd District Court, there were "multiple images of children engaged in sex acts." The photos were described in graphic detail and mentioned children posing on a "floral mattress" five times.

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As of now, the 31-year-old only faces charges of possessing child pornography as police are still investigating when the images were created and who took them, says Salt Lake City District Attorney Sim Gill.

Previously, Ajayi was charged with aggravated murder, aggravated kidnapping, obstruction of justice, and abuse or desecration of a human body in connection with Lueck's murder.

Lueck, who disappeared on June 17, reportedly took a Lyft from a local airport to Hatch Park in Salt Lake City. There, it is believed she met up with Ajayi. While her phone was turned off at the park after texting the suspect, his was turned off upon arrival at his home. The next morning, he is said to have bought a gas can and a neighbor said there was a "horrible smell" coming from a fire he had started in his backyard.

Eventually, her body was recovered in Logan Canyon on July 3 and items that belonged to her were found at his residence around the fire pit. The autopsy later concluded that she had died due to blunt force trauma to her head.

In addition to the aforementioned, the suspect had allegedly asked a contractor to construct a "secret, soundproof room beneath his front porch" that could be accessed via a fingerprint locking mechanism and had written a violent book that has since been pulled from Amazon.