Ben Creekmore: I can't imagine how there could be any way possible that Ally could have known that Brandon Theesfeld was capable of doing what he did to her. It just came out of nowhere? He would tell her he loved her and then hed say F you, I was just drunk, I dont care about you, the friend said. But the marketing business major may have had something more on her mind. Ben Creekmore: under the guise of working the relationship out when he had a .40-caliber pistol and had planned her murder all along. We certainly know what that does to someone's mind so, you know, was he justified? Those thoughts have been fueled by cocaine and alcohol." Keith Kostial: It's the quietest moments that are the most haunting. Theesfelds defense attorney told People that he expects his client to plead not guilty to murdering Kostial. OXFORD, Miss. Maddy Norris: Yes. Mississippi's executions are done in the State Penitentiary at Parchman. Investigators discovered a lengthy string of text messages on Ally's watch and subsequently on phone records, which led them to believe that she was perhaps pregnant with Theesfeld's child and was trying to meet with him for months to discuss the matter. "CBS Saturday Morning" co-host Michelle Miller asked Lafayette County investigator Jarrett Bundren. I said, "What are you going to do tonight?" They were casually involved for an undisclosed amount of time, they dated on and off. 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. Theesfeld was arrested Monday at a gas station in South Memphis, Tennessee, about 75 miles from Oxford. You have like your best friend from high school coming down to visit you and your crush is MIA. Michelle Miller: So, when did you first meet him? The grand jury handed down their indictment. Cindy Kostial: She wanted us to stay an extra day, she was having so much fun. Brandon Theesfeld, the man accused of killing University of Mississippi student Ally Kostial in 2019, pleaded guilty to first degree murder on Friday. Brandon confessed to the murder in 2021 and received a life sentence. 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. Out of rage. Brandon Theesfeld didn't want to be a father so he lured his student girlfriend Ally Kostial, 21, at the University of Mississippi, in Oxford, USA - who he believed to be pregnant - to her death BRANDON THEESFELD TEXT: Don't share this with anyone. Theesfeld was facing a capital murder charge, but defense attorney Tony. The friend said that Kostial was often upset about Theesfeld and the state of their relationship, and indicated that Theesfeld could be verbally abusive. Come to my rescue. Theesfeld was arrested in April 2017 for public intoxication and having a fake ID, according to the report. Lafayette County Assistant District Attorney Mickey Mallette says that's when the decision was made to start tracking his phone. In this text, Ally, it seems, was anxious and conflicted: 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.". "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. That same day, Ally texted him a photo of two more ambiguous home pregnancy tests. on Friday, August 27, 2021, after he pleaded guilty to first degree murder in the August 2019 death of Alexandria . Kostial was taking summer courses at the university and teaching fitness classes at the time of her death. Michelle Miller: Did she have a boyfriend in high school? Theesfeld responds almost nine hours later: BRANDON THEESFELD TEXT: "I can talk tomorrow. The Kostials had visited Ally at her apartment a few days before. The man accused of killing Ole Miss student Ally Kostial shooting her eight times was wearing bloody clothes and keeping a weapon inside his truck when cops tracked him down this week, according to a new report. Back in Oxford on July 17, the same day Ally was seeing her parents off, Theesfeld for the first time since their last sexual encounter in April sent Ally a message, the prosector said in court, asking to meet. Ally Kostial was his girlfriend. 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. According to the grand jury report, there were 11 shell casings at the crime scene. . Hence, my conclusion is that she wanted a serious relationship with Brandon, which in her mind could have included marriage. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. This Carote cookware set is $150 off at Walmart, Nearly 40% of Americans skipped medical care in 2022 over cost, 2023 Sling TV deal: Stream live TV and sports for just $20 a month, Ally Kostial murder: Inside her college life and evidence in the case. Two days later, she sent him a photo of an inconclusive home pregnancy test, saying she wanted to talk. "I have not worked a murder where somebody has been shot that many times.". in his mind, he's thinking I don't want any witnesses when I get her in the car with me. Since Brandon was the last person to ever speak to the victim, he became a person of interest. Michelle Miller: Was she really excited about him? The assailant shot Ally multiple times after meeting up to discuss arrangements based on the possibility of her being pregnant at the time. Michelle Miller: I mean, I can only imagine what was going through her head wasn't she alarmed? They didn't go on dates, like he didn't pick her up or take her out to dinner. Reply. All of . I am told by Brandon that he has the gun to his head and then passes out. Cindy Kostial: She had boys she had like crushes on, but nothing ever serious. Ben Creekmore: No no, it was cold and calculated , Mickey Mallete: this was calculated over a very extended period of time. On Thursday July 18, shortly before 2 a.m., Ally texts Theesfeld a photo of her stomach. Theesfeld's father, a doctor in Fort Worth, hired a very high-profile defense team to defend his son which includes Steve Farese, his cousin Tony Farese and Swayze Alford. ", Cindy Kostial added: "Brandon, you belong in jail each day for the rest of your life for the heinous act you committed to such a sweet soul in Ally. And I believe no good explanation for what he did. In August 2021, Brandon Theesfeld was convicted of the charges brought against him for the killing of Ally Kostial. Daniel R Theesfeld, Karen Theesfeld, and two other persons are connected to this place Brandon Theesfeld pleaded guilty to first degree murder and admitted shooting Kostial multipe times in July 2019. 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 . With Theesfeld facing a possible death sentence, and prosecutors knowing a capital murder trial could be grueling, emotional, and risky for everyone involved, they presented the defense with an offer. Michelle Miller: So, she talked to you about this. 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.. And then months later, you know, this happens to Ally. She thought she might be pregnant. We've received your submission. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. They met as freshmen and dated casually for a while before splitting up. This case was filed in Collin County District Courts, Collin County District Courts located in Collin, Texas. It was unclear how Kostial and Theesfeld knew each other, but a friend tweeted that their relationship was a troubled one. "When you got there what did you find?" And what they discovered included some life-changing news. For more on Ally Kostial's tragic death at the hands of a fellow University of Mississippi student, subscribe now to PEOPLE or pick up the most recent issue, on newsstands Friday. He pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison. Elizabeth Brock: He definitely manipulated her. She loves a beach theme, so we just bought a bunch of new dcor, you know. Ben Creekmore: When we saw that his truck was leaving Oxford, there was a BOLO for his tag. A Mississippi murderer has been sentenced to life imprisonment for shooting his on-and-off girlfriend, 21-year-old University of Mississippi student Ally Kostial, eight times in the stomach, leaving her for dead months after she texted him the results of an inconclusive pregnancy test.. By pleading down from capital to first-degree murder, 24-year-old Brandon Theesfeld dodged a possible death . Numerous sources have claimed to CrimeOnline and other outlets that Kostial was pregnant with Theesfelds baby at the time of her murder, but those reports are unconfirmed. So, when Maddy went down to Oxford to visit, she was looking forward to meeting the new man in Ally's life. A court date was set for today;. 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Michelle Miller: Do you believe Brandon believed she was pregnant? They believe Theesfeld lured Ally into his truck. It appeared Theesfeld did not see fatherhood in his immediate future. At the time Jake Thompson was a reporter for the local paper, the Oxford Eagle. Theesfeld traveled back to Texas on July 16, 2019 at approximately 6:30 p.m. His internet history on that day included searches for hollow tip ammunition, tactical face masks and how convicted serial killer Ted Bundy lured victims, according to the State's evidence. Lafayette County investigator Jarrett Bundren reportedly told CBS Saturday Morning that. Michelle Miller: What did the watch tell you? And that was something that we were all initially trying to figure out. But otherwise, Ally seemed to be thriving at college. Email us atexclusive@the-sun.comor call212 416 4552. A gun, that apparently, he didn't even know how to use. In April of 2019, Ally attempted to contact Brandon due to the possibility she might be pregnant with his child. she's told me everything in life. Brandon was facing death penalty after being charged with capital one murder for allegedly abducting and murdering Ally Kostial. MS Hwy 49 West Parchman, 38738 (662) 745-6611 Superintendent: Marc McClure SMCI - South Mississippi Correctional Institution 22689 MS Hwy 463 North Leakesville, 39451 (601) 394-5600 Superintendent: Brand Huffman Walnut Grove Correctional Facility 1650 Mississippi Highway 492 Walnut Grove, 39189 601-253-0700 Warden: Brady Sistrunk Theesfeld replied that becoming a father at his age of 22 "would ruin his life," Mallette said in court. 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.". Jarrett Bundren: He was calm. He did not want a child and wanted Ally to terminate the pregnancy. Morgan Hull: We just don't know. It is unclear if Theesfeld and Kostial knew each other, and a motive in the shooting is also not known. While details that led investigators to arrest and charge Theesfeld with . Ally's family and friends were there wearing her favorite color, pink. Minutes before midnight, a security camera captured Ally walking out of a bar in Oxford Square. She, for whatever reason, loves the state of Texas. No history of violence. But in August of 2019, Theesfeld's name was front page news. He drove his girlfriend to Sardis Lake in Oxford on July 20, 2019, and shot her multiple times in the belly region. Michelle Miller: So, you're saying in that moment under the influence of alcohol and cocaine, he snapped? Maddy Norris [in tears]: It was like, If Ally was there, Maddy was there. Theesfeld pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in August 2021, admitting that he was the one who shot Kostial to death at Sardis Lake in Oxford, Miss., in July 2019. Then, around 1:30 a.m., prosecutors say Theesfeld and Ally take that dark and desolate drive to Sardis Lake. Brandon comes from a good family, a good Christian home, his parents were divorced and have remarried and they all get along very well, and they have been very supportive of Brandon, and their hearts go out to the Kostial family and their loss, Tony Farese said. And there's a chilling caption: "finally taking my baby back to Oxford.". He was arrested three days after Kostial was found. His girlfriend is 21 years old as of death. AP The father of the man who allegedly gunned down Ole Miss student Ally Kostial is insisting on his son's innocence, according to. BRANDON THEESFELD TEXT | JULY 19, 2019, 3:50 P.M.: are you gonna be home today cause i could visit. 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I think it would be fair to say that she looked at it with a more serious eye over the entirety of the relationship. Maddy Norris: I think she took him to most of her date parties that her sorority had. She could not get enough of it. Brandon Theesfeld, the 22-year-old University of Mississippi student charged with the murder of Alexandria 'Ally' Kostial, 21, exhibited what could be deemed troubling behavior online in the. As Ally's friends and family waited for Brandon Theesfeld to go to trial for her murder, prosecutors were building their case. Maddy Norris: She didn't find a date for prom, so I asked her to be my prom date. Theesfeld wrote that he'd always had "terrible thoughts" and "this is the end for me I'm either going to prison or going to die". I have all kinds of messages of her texting me paragraph after paragraph, asking me, What do I do?. He says there's an innocent explanation for why his client brought that pistol back to Mississippi. The stored text messages led Lafayette County sheriff's deputies to fellow student Brandon Theesfeld. Brandon kept making excuses to avoid the police but made a promise to meet with them on July 22. Brandon Theesfeld was taken into custody just before 3:45 p.m. on Monday, July 22, according to jail records. Brandon Theesfeld is reportedly being held at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, which is also known as Parchman. Please logout and login again. Brandon Theesfeld's family chose not to participate in our broadcast. Theesfeld, he says, goes back to his truck again, grabs his pistol, and fires a shot across the lake. He admitted his guilt in (Kostials) murder and got emotional as he apologized to both her family and his.. The stored text messages led Lafayette County sheriff's deputies to fellow student Brandon Theesfeld. Brandon Theesfeld, a 22-year-old fellow business major, was charged with murder Tuesday after allegedly shooting Kostial, an Alpha Phi sorority sister and rising senior at Ole Miss, eight times. Judy Tygard is the executive producer. The text messages had created a digital map of a complicated relationship. Theesfeld, also enrolled at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, was booked at the Lafayette County Detention Center. (WMC) - The judge accepted Brandon Theesfeld's guilty plea of first-degree murder in the death of 21-year-old Ole Miss student Ally Kostial. On July 20, a Lafayette County Sheriff's Deputy on a routine patrol near Sardis Lake in Harmontown, which is about 30 miles from the Ole Miss campus in Oxford, discovered Kostial's bullet-ridden body. Evidence shows he searched the internet for abortion services and abortion pills. Unfortunately, things did not go as planned. 8:38 PM EDT, Fri August 27, 2021. Ben Creekmore and Mickey Mallette: Ted Bundy. The Memphis TV station. Jarrett Bundren: About an hour and a half, two hours later they caught him at the gas station. Brandon Theesfeld shot and killed Ally on July 19, 2019, and stood trial for her homicide What happened to Ally's assailant Brandon Theesfeld? Replies (0) Options Top. It didn't take long for the Memphis Fugitive Task Force to spot Theesfeld. Farese said Theesfeld was almost finished with his sophomore year. Could Ally have been pregnant in the months leading up to her death? In the letter Brandon wrote, "I've always had terrible thoughts. Cindy and Keith Kostial are holding on to their memories. Yes. She said, "I'm going to go out with some friends.". On April 14, she texted Brandon Theesfeld a photo of an inconclusive home pregnancy test and this message: ALLY KOSTIAL TEXT: "Like it's a very faint blue line but idk I guess I can wait and see if my period comes ". Elizabeth Brock: She had a sunset Instagram account where she'd post pictures that she took of sunsets. That "crush" would turn out to be fellow student Brandon Theesfeld from Fort Worth. Law enforcement sources have said that Theesfeld had blood on his clothes and that a weapon was found in his car, WHBQ-TV reports.
