A trial has begun for a man charged in the killing of a University of Mississippi student who was well-known in the local LGBTQ+ community
Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr., who is on trial on a capital murder charge in the 2022 death of University of Mississippi student Jimmie"Jay" Lee, looks out into the courtroom during the lunch break, in Oxford, Miss. on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024.
Tuesday was the first day of Herrington's trial in Oxford, and Stephane Lee testified after attorneys made their opening arguments. She said she worried when hours passed and her son didn't call her to sing for her birthday. Jay Lee was well-known in the LGBTQ+ community in Oxford and the University of Mississippi. His body has not been found. In October, a judgeAn assistant district attorney, Gwen Agho, told jurors Tuesday that Lee was a confident person who dressed as he liked, sometimes wearing high heels.Lee and Herrington saw each other twice during the hours before Lee disappeared, Agho said.
Multiple law enforcement agencies used 71 search warrants, and “they haven't recovered not one bit of direct evidence to support this case," Horan said.Both Herrington and Lee had graduated from the University of Mississippi. Lee was pursuing a master’s degree.
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