HARMONTOWN, Miss. (AP/KMOX) udpated Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. - Police have arrested a University of Mississippi student from Texas, saying he killed a female Ole Miss student.Lafayette County Sheriff's Major Alan Wilburn says 22-year-old Brandon A. Theesfeld is charged with murder in the death of Alexandria 'Ally' Kostial.
A 21-year-old from St. Louis, Kostial was found dead Saturday night in the Harmontown community near Sardis Lake, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) from campus.Theesfeld was arrested Monday afternoon and booked into Lafayette County jail. He appeared before a judge Tuesday, but bail will be decided later.Kostial was working toward a bachelor's degree in marketing.Keith Kostial, Ally's father posted on Facebook that he was told on Saturday afternoon by Sunset Hills Police officers of his daughter's death.
"Our beautiful dear Alexandria (Ally) Kostial was the victim of a homicide," read part of his Facebook post.
