Funeral arrangements set for JSU student

Published 5:52 pm Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Funeral arrangements are scheduled Saturday for slain Jackson State University student Latasha Norman.

Services will be held at noon at the Washington County Convention Center in Greenville.

Police found Norman’s body Thursday in a wooded area in north Jackson. Norman, 20, of Greenville, had been missing since Nov. 13, when she left an afternoon class. Her ex-boyfriend Stanley Dwayne Cole, 24, of Greenville, was arrested Thursday and charged with murder.

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Cole is being held without bond at the Hinds County Detention Center.

The JSU community remembered Norman with a memorial service Monday.