Jury considers charges against man in killing of Ole Miss student popular in local LGBTQ+ community
Associated Press
A judge has twice urged jurors to keep deliberating in the trial of a man charged with killing a University of Mississippi student who was well-known in the local LGBTQ+ community. Attorneys made closing arguments Wednesday in the capital murder trial of Sheldon “Timothy” Herrington Jr. The body of Jimmie “Jay” Lee has never been found, but a judge declared him dead. Lee disappeared July 8, 2022, in Oxford. Prosecutors say Herrington killed Lee after a sexual encounter that ended badly. Herrington has maintained his innocence. Jurors asked twice what would happen if they couldn’t reach a verdict. The judge told them both times to keep working.
