Overview
- Herrington, 25, pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree murder and evidence tampering in the 2022 killing of University of Mississippi student Jimmie “Jay” Lee.
- A judge on Tuesday ordered 30 years for murder and 10 years for tampering, to be followed by 10 years of probation.
- After a hung jury last year, a retrial was set to begin with jurors to be selected in Madison County and sequestered in Lafayette County due to media attention.
- Lee’s skeletal remains were discovered in rural Carroll County in February 2025, and the state medical examiner could not determine a cause of death.
- Investigators cited Snapchat messages, incriminating internet searches, surveillance video, purchases of duct tape and tools, K-9 alerts in Herrington’s apartment, and prosecutors said he acted to conceal the relationship.