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Posted: 12:27 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11, 2013

Arrest made in murder of Valdosta State coed

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By Bob Coxe and Updated by: Lauren M. Johnson

Lawrenceville, G.a. —

An arrest was made in the November murder of a Valdosta State coed from Lawrenceville.

The GBI reports 18-year-old Darien Meheux, also of Lawrenceville, was arrested just before midnight Thursday night at the Schley County Sheriff's Office in Ellaville.

Meheux, who is also a Valdosta student, had turned himself in after he learned there was a murder warrant out for him, in the death of 17-year- old Jasmine Benjamin. Meheux is Benjamin's ex-boyfriend.

Several law enforcement agencies had been looking for him in Gwinnett County, before he turned up in Schley County. He's a graduate of Central Gwinnett high. 

Benjamin was found dead in her dorm November 17th, of asphyxiation.

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