Wolf said Ajayi contacted him in April after getting his contact information from a plumber. Wolf arrived at the house under the impression he'd be looking at fixing issues stemming from a flood but Ajayi instead asked him to erect a secret room.
Ajayi informed the contractor he wanted the room to have a lock that could only be opened with his thumbprint and large hooks placed around six feet above the ground, anchored in concrete walls. He claimed the hooks were for a liquor cabinet that he wanted to hide from his "Mormon girlfriend."
“That was another reason I was like, 'That's kind of weird that you need a soundproof room to listen to music and drink your alcohol in,’” Wolf said.
Wolf said he sat down after work and saw the news that Ajayi had been linked to the murder of Lueck.
"I was shaking, and I don't know, it was just overwhelming," he said. "I called the Salt Lake City Police Department right away and told them what I knew. … They were saying he was a person of interest, and what he wanted me to build, this woman was missing, it was just way too close to reality."
Wolf said he departed Ajayi's house knowing he wouldn't build the room and Ajayi later messaged him opting out of the proposed project himself.
He said that he hopes Ajayi is locked up for life for what he allegedly did.
"I'd go crazy," he said of the thought of having his daughter go missing for a week and then learning she'd been killed. "I can't imagine what that family is going through. … I'm still trying to soak it all in. It's sad what happened to [Lueck], and I hope that dude goes away forever."
Friends Accuse Ajayi of 'Hunting' Women
Ajayi, who was charged with aggravated murder on June 28, was "hunting for women," Lueck's friends claimed."I don’t know if it was exactly Kenzie but there was definitely a plan there," she said.
Katie Kvam, another friend, called Ajayi "an evil, sick person."
They also hit out at people trying to blame Lueck for the death. Officials said the college student met with Ajayi at a park, getting dropped off by a Lyft in the early hours of the morning.
"If Kenzie knew what was gonna happen she would not have met that individual at the park," Kvam said. "Her death is not her fault... and for people to say things other than that is hurtful. It’s hurtful to us. It’s hurtful to her family. It’s hurtful to other victims out there. It just doesn’t make sense."