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Scott D. Pierce: Almost unimaginably, the U. made itself look worse in ‘Dateline’ report about McCluskey murder

Even before the “Dateline” report about the murder of Lauren McCluskey aired on Monday, you had to know that it likely wasn’t going to go well for the University of Utah. Still, it was startling to see a bad situation become even worse when NBC correspondent Josh Mankiewicz interviewed the U.’s retiring vice president for student affairs.

“There are no words to express how sorry I am at the loss of this precious child. No words,” said Barbara Hancock Snyder. “There’s nothing I can say to apologize significantly — to have meaning. But we are truly sorry.