Overview

• A judge granted a change of venue to Madison County Circuit Court to help ensure an impartial jury after extensive publicity.
• Jury selection is scheduled to begin December 1, 2025 at 9 a.m.
• The first trial in December 2024 ended in a mistrial when jurors could not reach a verdict.
• Hunters found Lee’s remains in rural Carroll County in February 2025, and the Mississippi Crime Lab confirmed the identity by DNA.
• Prosecutors say the retrial will include additional evidence about the body’s recovery and the coroner’s findings, and they have alleged Herrington killed Lee to conceal a romantic relationship.