Since the murder of Jay Lee, who went missing in Oxford, Miss., in July 2022, friends and family are working to ensure he is remembered correctly.
Investigators accessed missing University of Mississippi Student Jimmie “Jay” Lee’s Snapchat conversations, seen here, with an account called redeye_24, where the owner of the account asked Lee to meet early on Friday, July 8, 2022.
Officials ushered Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr., 22, past a crowd of protesters into a Lafayette County Sheriff Department vehicle as he left the Lafayette County Courthouse after his Wednesday, July 27, 2022, arraignment hearing. Prosecutors charged Herrington with first-degree murder of University of Mississippi student Jimmie “Jay” Lee.
The Mississippi Third Circuit Court has set a date for the arraignment of the man local law enforcement officials suspect murdered Jimmie “Jay” Lee, although at press time the Jackson-area native’s body is still missing.
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