They were casually involved for an undisclosed amount of time, they dated on and off. Mississippi's executions are done in the State Penitentiary at Parchman. "Get rid of a problem," he replied. According to Farese, their relationship became complicated when they were sophomores. Keith Kostial: But she never really had mentioned him, at least to me, over time, or that he was, you know, even in this scene at all. Brandon kept making excuses to avoid the police but made a promise to meet with them on July 22. They're going to try and say that we tricked her that's a very big stretch. The day after Ally's body was found, a manhunt had cornered Brandon Theesfeld 90 miles away at a gas station in a residential neighborhood of Memphis, Tennessee. Elizabeth Brock: We were both from St. Louis. Theesfeld's audio was muffled when he faced the judge and addressed the court. In August of 2021, Brandon Theesfeld was convicted of the charges brought against him for the killing of Ally Kostial. I think she was more enthralled with Brandon than Brandon was with her, quite candidly. He picked her up at her apartment, drove for Sardis Lake and, while in back of her, shot her 12 times. For other inquiries, Contact Us. Morgan Hull: She was always like rearranging and redecorating her room too, which was always so funny to find little Ally like moving all the furniture around by herself (laughs). Cindy Kostial: She said, "I met this boy, he's from Texas." She even sent him a photo of a home pregnancy test that appeared inconclusive. Mickey Mallette: From here to go to where he lives in Texas, that's probably the most common way to go. Published Investigators hoped to find some answers in hundreds of text messages between Ally and Theesfeld. He was like the type of guy that, if you didnt gibe with him, hed be rude, hed use his money to get things, hed have six girls around the table and hed sit back and laugh at them like a pig, he was super misogynistic.. The friend said that Kostial was often upset about Theesfeld and the state of their relationship, and indicated that Theesfeld could be verbally abusive. Initially, there was talk about that. Morgan Hull: We just don't know. In April of 2019, Ally attempted to contact Brandon due to the possibility she might be pregnant with his child. The Judge overseeing this case is Wheless, Cynthia M. The case status is Pending - Other Pending. And that's exactly what happened. I have asked God for forgiveness, and I hope one day that you will find it in your hearts to forgive me.". His mother asked his attorney to share these words: 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. But never discussed him. Very like girly, like pearls. But never discussed him," Cindy said of Brandon Theesfeld. Kostial was found at 10:23 a.m. in Harmontown, Mississippi, near Sardis Lake, which. Theesfeld responds almost nine hours later: BRANDON THEESFELD TEXT: "I can talk tomorrow. Lafayette County sheriffs deputies found Kostials body in late July 2019 while they were on patrol near Sardis Lake, about 30 miles from the northern Mississippi campus. Nancy Kramer is the executive story editor. OXFORD, Miss. Video . He invoked his rights, wanted his attorney. And he signed it and we brought him back. Morgan Hull: She was definitely worried. The police subsequently arrested Brandon Theesfeld, 22, her on-again, off-again boyfriend in this connection. 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. So, when Maddy went down to Oxford to visit, she was looking forward to meeting the new man in Ally's life. They start talking. Investigators also tried tracking Ally's phone on Saturday, but it only pinged once in Oxford before the signal died. It was later discovered that every time he agreed to meet with Kostial, he would cancel last-minute or fail to show up with an explanation. She wanted me to cook her home cooked meals. With the help of the Memphis Police Department's Fugitive Task Force, Brandon Theesfeld was arrested without incident at a gas station. I'm desperate.". Ryan Smith is the development producer. Theesfeld's response: BRANDON THEESFELD TEXT: "Well all right we will see, but if it is pregnant we are not keeping. The 22-year-old man from Texas is charged with the murder of his fellow classmate, 21-year-old Ally Kostial. Produced by Marcelena Spencer and Susan Mallie. Ally Kostial, the Ole Miss college student whose body was found Saturday, and her alleged killer, Brandon Theesfield, had known each other since 2016. . Two days later, she sent him a photo of an inconclusive home pregnancy test, saying she wanted to talk. 8:38 PM EDT, Fri August 27, 2021. But something shifted by their junior year, and the two got back in touch. a friend of Kostials who wished to remain anonymous described an unstable relationship that caused emotional turmoil for the 21-year-old St. Louis native, and characterized the suspect as misogynistic. However, after he failed to show up, detectives acquired an arrest warrant and began tracking his phone, discovering that he was driving away from Oxford, Mississippi, towards Memphis, Tennessee. A police dash cam recorded Brandon being taken into custody. And he had blood on him. BRANDON THEESFELD TEXT | JULY 19, 2019, 3:50 P.M.: are you gonna be home today cause i could visit. Over the course of the next three months, Ally texted him to schedule a meeting to talk about the issue in person, but it was only on the night of the murder that he agreed to meet her. Jarrett Bundren: He was firing even one round hit the table, right there. As Ally's friends and family waited for Brandon Theesfeld to go to trial for her murder, prosecutors were building their case. Ally's closest friends didn't know Theesfeld at all. We will always pray for the family and friends of Ally Kostial. Morgan Hull: It's so odd that we were her best friends, and we still really didn't even know him that well. Brandon Theesfeld, 22, of Texas, was arrested earlier this week on suspicion of murder in connection with the death of 21-year-old Kostial. He seemed to have enjoyed a typical Texas childhood. Did you encounter any technical issues? The police who found Ally's remains quickly reported that she was shot roughly eight times which killed her. Ally arrived in the fall of 2016. It appeared Theesfeld did not see fatherhood in his immediate future. Brandon Theesfeld was born on April 5, 1997, which makes him close to 25 years old. Says Theesfeld's defense attorney Tony Farese: "She liked him more than he liked her, is the easiest way to say it.". Daniel R Theesfeld, Karen Theesfeld, and two other persons are connected to this place Tony Farese: I don't think Brandon would have been in this situation but for his choice of consuming alcohol and then using cocaine. Replies (0) 31 0. You know, read him his rights. Tony Farese: That's not outlandish in our part of the country in Mississippi and Texas, people people shoot. "And even though her phone was not there some of those messages still synced to that watch," said Mickey Mallette, Lafayette County assistant district attorney. Ben Creekmore: He is doing some computer searches on how to get away with crimes how to conceal crimes, planning preparation type stuff how to tie people up and how to lure them he did a search on. Three days later, Ally's body was found at a lakeside camp site near the Oxford school. Brandon Theesfeld, 22, of Texas, was . It's like, I'm going to have to get this dress (laughs). Something in me just doesn't work. Farese learned Theesfeld was a doctor's son. Ally Kostial's closest friends describe her relationship with Brandon Theesfeld as "odd." This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. The grand jury handed down their indictment. Michelle Miller: So, when did you first meet him? Brandon Theesfeld, seen here entering the Lafayette County Courthouse in Oxford, Miss., after his arrest, apologized as he admitted his guilt in Kostial's murder. Theesfeld, described as an "on-and-off" person in Kostial's life, admitted to shooting her multiple times. All of . Employees at the Lakeside Market in Harmontown, Mississippi confirmed that Theesfeld and Kostial, stopped at the market early Saturday morning. At the University of Mississippi, she fell hard for Theesfeld, a native of Fort Worth, Texas, during freshman year. OXFORD - An attorney for Brandon Theesfeld, the man accused of killing fellow Ole Miss student Alexandria "Ally" Kostial, waived his request for bond Thursday morning, instead requesting a . Brandon Theesfeld, left, is led from the Lafayette County Courthouse in Oxford, Miss., Tuesday, July 23, 2019, after being arraigned in connection with the death of 21-year-old University of . Assistant district attorney Mickey Mallette and investigator Jarrett Bundren took "48 Hours" to the place where it happened where there's now a makeshift memorial. 2022 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. Ben Creekmore and Mickey Mallette: Ted Bundy. Cindy and Keith say they have not read their daughter's text conversations uncovered by investigators. Keith Kostial: It does seem like she's still away at school. A surveillance photo from the gas station, obtained by the outlet, shows Theesfeld wearing an Ole Miss T-shirt and shorts as he walked inside. He didn't say he committed the murder. March 5, 2022 / 11:08 PM Tony Farese: They were going to have to show that we kidnapped Ally. Michelle Miller: Was there anything in her behavior that suggested things weren't normal? "We didn't know it would be our last one.". "I have not worked a murder where somebody has been shot that many times.". He was initially charged with capital . The Covid-19 pandemic delayed the start of his trial, but he eventually pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in August 2021 and received a life sentence without the possibility of parole. Within the next few hours, he was arrested at a gas station. Updated: 4:27 PM CDT August 30, 2019 LAFAYETTE COUNTY, Miss Brandon Theesfeld has been indicted by a grand jury for capital murder in the shooting death of 21-year-old Kirkwood-native Ally. Brandon denies that it was planned when he took her out there. Tony Farese: Well, he certainly has some searches that could be troubling. Though it's been years since Cindy and Keith Kostial's daughter Ally was found murdered on July 20, 2019, it still doesn't seem real to them. According to multiple local news stations in Lafayette County, Brandon Theesfeld, 22, was taken into custody late Monday afternoon and charged with murdering Kostial on Tuesday. "Our lives have been forever altered and shattered," Cindy said in a statement that Mallette read next. Elizabeth Brock: So, every time we see a sunset or a pink sunset we're like that's Ally. TUPELO, Miss. The text messages had created a digital map of a complicated relationship. Ally, originally from St. Louis, Missouri, and studying business and marketing, was shot at least nine times. He also wrote "I know I'm going to get caught". 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Minutes before midnight, a security camera captured Ally walking out of a bar in Oxford Square. Theesfeld was arrested on Monday, July 22, at a gas station in Memphis, Tenn., with the murder weapon in his truck. Michelle Miller: So, in your mind, if she was pregnant, she would have had the baby. OXFORD, Miss. Fellow student Brandon Theesfeld is charged with her murder. If she had any idea that this is what this person was capable of, she would never had gotten in that truck I think love can blind us to certain things that other people can see that we can't. Additionally, his internet search history indicated that he had researched abortion medications and abortion clinics. I think it would be fair to say that she looked at it with a more serious eye over the entirety of the relationship. Over the next three months, their communication was "exclusively electronic," Mallette told the court, and in July, Ally's repeated requests to meet became more urgent "to discuss the issue of whether or not she was pregnant.". she's told me everything in life. And she was real excited to invite him to a sorority dance. Michelle Miller [reading text to Kris Mohandie]: "In the past 48 hours, I've literally drank a full bottle of tequila, two bottles of champagne, seven beers, a glass of wine " I can't even imagine someone her size being able to consume that much alcohol. Ally and Brandon met while they both attended the University of Mississippi. Tony Farese: From Brandon's standpoint, it was a casual, sexual relationship. The victim, who was from. He was involved in another case, but that record has since been expunged, a police spokesperson told the station. And then months later, you know, this happens to Ally. The evidence against Brandon Theesfeld, according to prosecutors, was overwhelming. Theesfeld said, 'Sorry for the pain I caused . Theesfeld showed some emotion when he admitted to his involvement in Ally Kostials murder, CNN affiliate WLBT reported. Law enforcement sources have said that Theesfeld had blood on his clothes and that a weapon was found in his car, WHBQ-TV reports. Still in denial. Prosecutors say the home pregnancy tests results were inconclusive. All she wanted was to be enough for him and for him to want her, and he quite literally was the death of her, Kostials friend told People. Michelle Miller: Do you believe she was pregnant? Lafayette County DA's Office A dashcam captured Theesfeld being taken into custody. Could Ally have been pregnant in the months leading up to her death? Then, around 1:30 a.m., prosecutors say Theesfeld and Ally take that dark and desolate drive to Sardis Lake. 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