Ole Miss student, Brandon Theesfeld, 22, charged over death of classmate, Ally Kostial, 21, as it is revealed that they were both seen on surveillance video at a grocery store close to where her body was discovered
University of Mississippi student arrested over suspected murder of classmate Ally Kostial, as newly revealed photograph from 2016 shows the beaming suspect with his arm on victim’s waist, indicating the pair had known each other for years
Brandon Theesfeld has been charged over her murder of Alexandria ‘Ally’ Kostial as it is revealed that they were both seen on surveillance video at a grocery store close to where her body was discovered
Theesfeld, 22, was taken into custody on Monday evening outside a gas station in South Memphis after the body of 21-year-old Ally Kostial was discovered by a police officer during his patrol over the weekend
Ally Kostial vanished Friday night after hitting a popular off campus hangout with her classmate Theesfeld on Friday night, her body was found near Sardis Lake in Mississippi on Saturday
Kostial and Theesfeld were seen at the Lakeside Market grocery store in Como on the night of July 19
Theesfeld allegedly had blood on his clothes when police arrested him two days after the victim’s body was found near Sardis Lake in Mississippi
University of Mississippi student Brandon Theesfeld, was taken into custody on Monday evening outside a gas station in South Memphis. Theesfeld has been charged with murdering Alexandria ‘Ally’ Kostial after her body was found at a lake about 20 miles from the Ole Miss campus on Saturday morning
The photograph shows Brandon Theesfeld and Kostial, showing a beaming Theesfeld with his arm on Ally’s waist, appearing to confirm the two have known each other for at least three years, the Today show reports.
Theesfeld, 22, was taken into custody on Monday evening outside a gas station in South Memphis after the body of 21-year-old Alexandria ‘Ally’ Kostial was discovered by a police officer during his patrol over the weekend.
Theesfeld, a Texas native, was booked into the Lafayette County Jail on Monday and charged with murder after police arrested him at a gas station in Tennessee.
He made his first court appearance for a bond hearing on Wednesday morning.
Ally, who was studying for a bachelor’s degree in marketing, had earlier been seen in security footage outside a bar on Friday night.
She went home around midnight, but it is understood she left her house again without her roommates hearing.
Her body was found over the weekend by an officer on patrol, 20 miles from campus near Sardis Lake, a known popular hangout.
Brandon Theesfeld leaving the Lafayette County Courthouse after his bond hearing on Wednesday
![Brandon Theesfeld, [right], and Alexandria 'Ally' Kostial [left], in 2016](https://i0.wp.com/konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Brandon-Theesfeld-right-and-Alexandria-Ally-Kostial-left-in-2016.jpg?resize=620%2C350&ssl=1)
This photograph from 2016 shows the beaming suspect, Brandon Theesfeld [right], with his arm on Ally Kostial’s waist, appears to confirm the two have known each other for at least three years . She was found Saturday allegedly, shot eight times
Ally Kostial reportedly was found shot eight times after she was last seen with Theesfeld at the Lakeside Market grocery store [photo], in Como, Mississippi, close to where her body was discovered
‘Never once thought he was capable of that.’
Theesfeld allegedly had blood on his clothes when police arrested him two days after the victim’s body was found near Sardis Lake in Mississippi.
Surveillance images obtained by Fox13 showed Theesfeld entering the gas station wearing an Ole Miss t-shirt just moments before police arrived and swarmed his truck.
They had tracked his cell and credit cards and spotted his pickup truck parked outside.
Surveillance images show the suspect Brandon Theesfeld entering a Memphis gas station just moments before his arrest on Monday
Officers surround the gas station during Theesfeld’s arrest at a Memphis gas station on Monday. Law enforcement sources said Theesfeld appeared to have blood on his clothes and that a weapon was found inside his vehicle
The victim Ally Kostial [photo], was understood to have been studying for a bachelor`s degree in marketing in the School of Business Administration. She was the president of the Ole Miss Golf Club and a member of the Alpha Kappa Psi business fraternity, according to her social media profile
Ally Kostial’s body was found by a police officer who was carrying out a routine patrol near Sardis Lake in Mississippi on Saturday morning
‘I know my son is innocent. And I have reasons to believe that I can’t share anything now. But I would ask everybody to please give him the presumption of innocence until proven otherwise,’ he said in a statement to WLBT.
Theesfeld is understood to have been arrested for public intoxication and having a fake ID in April 2017.
It is not known if Ally was killed at the lake or if her body had been brought there and police have not released a motive in the shooting.
A spokesman at Ole Miss said Theesfeld, a student of business administration, had been suspended from the university.
Theesfeld appears to have been active on his Twitter account in the days following Kostial’s death. His social media accounts have since been removed.
Homicide suspect Brandon Theesfeld [photo], was enrolled at the University of Mississippi in Oxford. The university confirmed after his arrest Theesfeld has been suspended
‘I know my son is innocent. And I have reasons to believe that I can’t share anything now,’ – Brandon’s father, Daniel Theesfeld, [photo], insisted on Tuesday
The victim’s father, Keith Kostial, posted on Facebook that his daughter had been attending summer school and teaching fitness classes at the university.
At Ole Miss on Wednesday, black ribbons hung outside Kostial’s sorority house.
The University paid tribute to Ally, calling her ‘a valued member of our campus community’.
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