Arrest Made In Ole Miss Student Murder

(OXFORD, Ms) WCBI – 3 People have been charged in the Wednesday slaying of an Ole Miss graduate student.

Lafayette County Investigators say 22 year old  Steven Matthew Wilbanks of North Carolina, 23 year old Derrick Boone of Laurel, and 20 year old Joseph Lyons of Houston, Texas  are all facing capital murder charges in connection with the death of 25 year old Zach McClendon of Gulfport.  McClendon was found dead inside his duplex early Wednesday morning.

Lafayette detectives say the three people accused in the death lived in the same apartment complex as the victim.  The trio are all described as on again off again students at Ole Miss

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