Arrest made in murder of Valdosta State coed

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.

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

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.