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.

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.

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.

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

A jury was sent back to deliberate at approximately 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Lafayette County Courthouse in murder trial of Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr.

Just before 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, a judge declared a mistrial in the murder trial for University of Mississippi student Jimmie “Jay” Lee. The jury said it could not reach a verdict after more than nine hours.

A judge has declared a mistrial in the killing of a University of Mississippi student who was prominent in the local LGBTQ+ community.

A mistrial has been declared in the ongoing murder case of out gay University of Mississippi student Jimmie "Jay" Lee. The long-anticipated trial for the high-profile 2022 case temporarily ended Wednesday when jurors remained deadlocked after nearly ten hours of deliberation.

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.