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20/20

The After Show: Running Out Of Time

20/20

ABC News

True Crime

3.87.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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ESPN'S T.J. Quinn takes us inside a four-year investigation of student-athlete Lauren McCluskey's murder. Quinn unpacks the many questions raised in the case and the changes made after McCluskey's tragic death. This discussion highlights 20/20's "Running Out of Time" episode that was first broadcast in March 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hi everybody, it's Deborah Roberts here with a special episode of 2020 The After Show. As many people know,

0:45.4

often when we report these stories on 2020, we have spent years, sometimes even decades,

0:51.0

digging into these stories. And at the heart of them, of course, are investigative journalists.

0:56.7

Today, we are revisiting a case that left so many of us stunned. And we're going to talk to one of

1:01.4

the journalists about his reporting in this process, but a little recap here of the story.

1:06.5

21-year-old Lauren McCluskey was a student athlete at the University of Utah.

1:11.9

She was a standout in track and field and many described her as a devoted friend, a young

1:17.1

woman who just had her life ahead of her.

1:19.9

But when she tries to get help from campus police after discovering that a man that she

1:24.9

had dated had lied about his identity, little action seemed

1:29.3

to be taken or documented. Lawrence loved ones alleged that authorities did not do enough to protect

1:35.6

her, and tragically, she was later found murdered on campus, and police would determine that

1:41.4

that man she had met named Melvin Roland actually killed her.

1:46.5

Journalist T.J. Quinn and Nicole Noren spent four years. That's right, four years following this case.

1:53.2

They combed through records. They talked to Lawrence family and friends unpacked the many questions that were raised in this case.

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And their investigation is featured on

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