Nicki Davis-Cosby thinks Alasia Franklin might have been in one of her courses at Kennesaw State University.
But after Franklin was fatally shot outside the Austin Residence Complex on KSU’s Kennesaw campus Saturday, Davis-Cosby, a lecturer in English and African American literature at the school, said she can’t bring herself to confirm Franklin was her student.
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