US EditionMan Given 40-Year Sentence in Killing of Ole Miss Student
Herrington pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and will serve 40 years, with prosecutors citing digital evidence of a motive to conceal their sexual relationship.
- On Tuesday, Dec. 2, Lafayette County Circuit Court Judge Kelly Luther sentenced Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr. to 40 years after his Monday guilty plea to second-degree murder and tampering with evidence.
- On Tuesday, Dec. 2, prosecutors allege Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr. killed Jimmie "Jay" Lee to conceal their recent sexual relationship, two weeks after Lee went missing.
- In February 2025, hunters found human remains in Carroll County that were later confirmed by the Mississippi Crime Lab to belong to Lee; digital evidence linked Herrington's phone messages and duct tape via a Quantico DNA analyst.
- Judge Kelly Luther ordered a 30-year murder term with 10 years suspended and a concurrent 10-year tampering term, followed by five years supervised probation and five years unsupervised probation.
- The Lee family announced the Jay Lee Information bill to require social media and phone companies to quickly share data for people under 21, citing Apple's delays that hindered evidence recovery.
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Finally, there is Justice for Jay Lee
Tears mixed with long-awaited relief as law enforcement officials and the family of Jimmie “Jay” Lee gathered Monday at the Oxford Police Department, closing a chapter that had stretched nearly three and a half years. After 1,242 days of searching, uncertainty, and heartbreak, those closest to the case marked the moment with a mixture of sorrow and resolve. Following the sentencing of Timothy Herrington on Tuesday morning at the Lafayette County…
Man Sentenced 50 Years In Prison For Murder Of University Of Mississippi Grad Student
Source: Tetiana Kitura / Getty When you murder someone in cold blood, you deserve the worst consequences that are legally available. According to ABC News, a Black Mississippi man named Sheldon “Timothy” Herrington Jr. pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of a University of Mississippi graduate student. That student, Jimmie “Jay” Lee, was a prominent member of the local LGBTQ+ community and was also the alleged secret lover of Herrington…
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