A jury was deadlocked in the Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr., murder trial Wednesday. Wednesday. They could not reach a decision in the death of Jimmie Jay Lee.

After nearly 10 hours of jury deliberation, a Lafayette County circuit judge declared a mistrial on Wednesday in the capital murder case trial of Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr., a Grenada native accused of killing a fellow University of Mississippi graduate to preserve their secret sexual relationship.

Though the jury deliberated for nine-and-a-half hours, they eventually told the judge they believed it was impossible to come to an agreement, and a mistrial was declared.

After deliberating for more than nine hours, a sequestered Forrest County jury found itself hopelessly deadlock in the Timothy Herrington capital murder trial in Oxford.

Closing arguments started Wednesday in the capital murder trial of Sheldon Herrington Jr., the man accused of killing Ole Miss student Jimmie Jay Lee.

The state rested its case Tuesday in the trial of Sheldon Herrington, Jr. accused of killing Ole Miss student Jimmie Jay Lee.

Father of Sheldon Herrington, Jr., said he was not aware that his son had an interest in men, but he does now after evidence presented in Jay Lee trial.

A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the case of Sheldon “Timothy” Herrington Jr. in the 2022 killing of Jimmy “Jay” Lee, a gay man who was prominent in the LGBTQ+ community at the University of Mississippi.

Both the defense and the state have rested their cases in the capital murder trial of Timothy Herrington Jr. Donald Trump Jr. was spotted in Palm Beach with a new girlfriend on Saturday, the Daily Mail revealed with new photos.