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A 22-year-old Texas man has been arrested in connection with the death of a University of Mississippi student whose bullet-riddled body was discovered during a routine police patrol, according to reports.

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Brandon Theesfeld was booked Monday afternoon at Lafayette County Detention Center in the death of 21-year-old Alexandria “Ally” Kostial,

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Theesfeld was arrested on suspicion of murder, the Oxford Eagle reported. No date has been scheduled for his bond hearing.

He is also a student enrolled at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, school officials said.

Kostial, who was from St. Louis, Missouri, was discovered shot eight times Saturday morning near Sardis Lake, around 20 miles from the Ole Miss campus, according to WLBT.

Few details have been released in her death, but authorities said that “it is apparent that foul play was involved.”

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Brandon Theesfeld, left, is led from the Lafayette County Courthouse in Oxford, Miss., Tuesday, July 23, 2019 by Maj. Alan Wilburn, after being arraigned in connection with the death of 21-year-old University of Mississippi student Alexandria "Ally" Kostial.
Brandon Theesfeld, left, is led from the Lafayette County Courthouse in Oxford, Miss., Tuesday, July 23, 2019 by Maj. Alan Wilburn, after being arraigned in connection with the death of 21-year-old University of Mississippi student Alexandria "Ally" Kostial. AP
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Brandon Theesfeld, left, is led from the Lafayette County Courthouse in Oxford, Miss., Tuesday, July 23, 2019, by Maj. Alan Wilburn, after being arraigned in connection with the death of 21-year-old University of Mississippi student Alexandria "Ally" Kostial. (Bruce Newman/The Oxford Eagle via AP)
Brandon Theesfeld, left, is led from the Lafayette County Courthouse in Oxford, Miss., Tuesday, July 23, 2019, by Maj. Alan Wilburn, after being arraigned in connection with the death of 21-year-old University of Mississippi student Alexandria "Ally" Kostial. AP
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Her father, Keith Kostial, said his daughter was taking summer courses and teaching fitness classes at the time of her death.

“We were visited by the Sunset Hills MO Police who communicated to us that our beautiful dear Alexandria (Ally) Kostial was the victim of a homicide,” her father wrote Sunday in a Facebook post. “As of now, it is believed the crime happened in Lafayette County, MS.”

The Alpha Phi sorority sister was working toward a degree in marketing and was expected to graduate next year.

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