A Lafayette County grand jury indicted Sheldon Timothy Herrington, Jr. for the murder of Jimmie “Jay” Lee.
by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today March 29, 2023 A Lafayette County grand jury indicted Sheldon Timothy Herrington, Jr., the Ole Miss graduate from a connected North Mississippi family, for the murder of Black, queer student Jimmie “Jay” Lee. A filing from the Lafayette County Circuit Court states that jurors on Tuesday indicted Herrington on charges of capital murder because he killed Lee while kidnapping him.
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