Seems like store owner unsure what evidence if any saved on his surveillance footage taken by LE......
Ally Kostial murder at Ole Miss: 'You never expect something like that in Oxford'
OXFORD — Even when most students at the University of Mississippi are away for the summer, a small pizza and daiquiri bar on the Oxford Square feels like a party.
Funky's defining features include dim lights, loud music and and a rainbow array of slushies with names like "Eye Candy" and "190 Octane." There, it seems the bartenders know many customers by name.
It was one of the last places Ole Miss student Ally Kostial was seen in public. The next morning, patrolling
deputies found the 21-year-old's body, punctured with gunshot wounds, in a secluded area about 30 miles from Oxford.
Two days later, 22-year-old Brandon Theesfeld — Kostial's classmate, and by the accounts of some of her friends, an on-again, off-again boyfriend — was booked into the local jail and charged with murder.
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Some news outlets reported security cameras caught Kostial on tape early Saturday morning, near where her body was found. Footage reportedly shows Kostial with a man who appears to be Theesfeld at a convenience store in the Harmontown area.
Arafat Niji, has owned Lakeside Market for about 10 years. He said on Sunday deputies showed up at his store and asked to review his surveillance tapes.
Niji said the investigators didn't explain why they were there and took some evidence with them when they left.
The video gets deleted every 72 hours, so there's no way to go back to see what the cameras caught, Niji said.
The business owner said, "We've never had any problem or any murder case. It's a small town. It's quiet. Everybody knows each other. It's just crazy."
It's unclear what the footage from Lakeside Market shows and what it means for the investigation. Law enforcement has clammed up. The Lafayette Sheriff's Office is refusing to release any additional information or do media interviews. bbm
Some critical questions and remain unanswered by officials sources, including the one that's on the top of everybody's mind: Why did someone do it?
Rocky Kennedy, Lafayette County coroner, said there's a reason officials are not saying much.
"It’s not a story for everybody to see until it goes to court and goes to trial," he said. "Some of the sensitive details in this case… (are) instrumental to make sure this person who committed this crime is tried and convicted and serve an applicable sentence or punishment and held responsible for what they did."