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Police investigate student's murder
Details are scarce in Galanis case
Aubra Whitten
Issue date: 3/28/08 Section: News
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Bryan said there will be no more updates released on the case.
He said he is not allowed to release further details about the incident as ordered by circuit court.
"It's an ongoing investigation," Bryan said.
Management of construction and land development major Andreas Galanis, 28, was found dead in an unoccupied bedroom of his TwentyOne Apartments home at approximately 6 p.m.
Senior arts and sciences major Bobby Batiste, 28, was arrested by Oktibbeha County deputies Friday evening at TwentyOne Apartments and charged with capital murder.
TwentyOne property manager Nandra Jackson said she could not comment on the incident due to company policy.
Jackson referred all questions to Corky Gatewood, vice president of marking and media relations for Ambling Management Company.
Gatewood was out of town and could not be reached for comment.
Ambling manages the TwentyOne complex, located south of campus on Oktoc Road.
Oktibbeha County deputies found Galanis' body after answering a missing persons call issued by his family.
Matt Sfirakis of Clearwater, Fla., a close friend of Galanis, said Galanis was supposed drive to Biloxi early Friday morning to catch a flight to Florida.
Unable to reach Galanis by his cell phone and after discovering that he had missed his flight, his mother filed a missing persons request, Sfirakis said.
A friend was supposed to pick up Galanis from the airport in Florida on Friday, but Sfirakis said Galanis never arrived.
Deputies arrived at the apartment where Batiste let them inside. After finding Galanis' body, the deputies arrested Batiste, a Preston native.
Bryan said that Galanis' body had "very visible wounds" and blood was found in the apartment, but final autopsy results have not been announced.
Preliminary results revealed that Galanis died of trauma to the head, according to sheriff's department officials.
Galanis, Batiste and another roommate shared a four-bedroom apartment, said Sfirakis.
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