University of Mississippi Student Charged in Woman’s Death

OXFORD, Miss.—Authorities have arrested a University of Mississippi student from Texas, saying he killed a female student whose body was found last weekend not far from the Ole Miss campus.
University of Mississippi Student Charged in Woman’s Death
Brandon Theesfeld (L) is led from the Lafayette County Courthouse in Oxford, Miss., on July 23, 2019. Bruce Newman/The Oxford Eagle via AP
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OXFORD, Miss.—Authorities have arrested a University of Mississippi student from Texas, saying he killed a female student whose body was found last weekend not far from the Ole Miss campus.

Lafayette County Sheriff’s Major Alan Wilburn said 22-year-old Brandon A. Theesfeld of Fort Worth has been charged with murder in the death of Alexandria “Ally” Kostial. The 21-year old woman from St. Louis was found dead on Saturday, July 20 night near a lake about 30 miles from the university grounds.