A college student's murder serves as a cautionary tale, prosecutor says: "Love can blind us"
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When investigators found the body of Ally Kostial, a student at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, in July 2019 near Sardis Lake, an abandoned fishing camp not far from campus, they wondered why someone would so brutally take the life of the 21-year-old. WREG NEWS REPORT JULY 21, 2019: "It's unclear why a 21-year-old ... student would be in that area some 30 miles away from campus ... Authorities have released limited details on the case but did say they suspect foul play." BRANDON THEESFELD TEXT | JULY 19, 2019, 3:50 P.M.: are you gonna be home today cause i could visit BRANDON THEESFELD TEXT: Don't share this with anyone. ALLY KOSTIAL TEXT: "…Like it's a very faint blue line … but idk I guess I can wait and see if my period comes …" BRANDON THEESFELD TEXT: "Well all right we will see, but if it is pregnant we are not keeping. We can get a pill." ALLY KOSTIAL TEXT: "I'm not saying what I am gonna do bc idk what's happenin… But even if you don't want to be involved like I am really pretty and sweet and I know I will meet a real man one day…." BRANDON THEESFELD TEXT: "…. I'm serious – no kid at all it will ruin my life...." ALLY KOSTIAL TEXT: I LIVED it up this weekend and was drunk 24/7. I did that so my body might decide HAHHA no not today …" ALLY KOSTIAL TEXT: "I thought about it if you want to talk to me in person that would be better ..." BRANDON THEESFELD TEXT: "I can talk tomorrow. I'm busy today. I'm still going to have the decision of the pill." BRANDON THEESFELD TEXT: "are you gonna be home today cause i could visit" ALLY KOSTIAL TEXT: "Like it isn't like I'm not that small anymore and I can pretend I'm fat rn … but idk its getting hard" BRANDON THEESFELD TEXT: "Just let me know when you are back from going out, is your house private rn?" "There is no excuse for my actions. I have asked God for forgiveness, and I hope one day that you will find it in your hearts to forgive me." … when I heard Brandon was being spoken to by the police, I still had no single thought it could be him … now, after two years and knowing more of the details of their relationship I am heartbroken for every person this impacts and crushed that our son did not share with us any of the turmoil he was trying to manage … I encourage every parent to regularly sit down with their children, teenagers, young adults, and discuss with them that there will never be anything too big, too complicated, too out of control that they cannot tell you about. We will always pray for the family and friends of Ally Kostial.
"When you got there … what did you find?" "CBS Saturday Morning" co-host Michelle Miller asked Lafayette County investigator Jarrett Bundren.
"A white female laying on the ground … with multiple gun shots wounds to her back," Bundren replied. "I have not worked a murder where somebody has been shot that many times."
