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Monson: God bless student-athlete Lauren McCluskey. God help the rest of us, as we look for ways to help ourselves

Lauren McCluskey, a student and track athlete at the University of Utah, has everything in front of her, all the happiness, all the good things the world can bring her, all the rewards and satisfactions and experiences she can take and give and share.

She’s smart and conscientious and talented, driven as a student, a senior with a 3.75 GPA, and as a track star. She’s 21 years old, with a big heart and big plans.

And then, one night, a man who lied to her about his identity, his age, his criminal background, his intentions, when they had a monthlong relationship that Lauren ended when she discovered the truth, gets angry and shoots and kills her outside her apartment on the university campus.