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.

Day 7 of the Tim Herrington Jr. murder trial began with Oxford Police Chief Jeff McCutchen taking the stand. Herrington is charged with killing Jimmie “Jay” Lee. McCutchen testified that more than a dozen people were interviewed as persons of interest during the investigation.

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After seven days of testimony, a sequestered Forrest County jury began deliberating the fate of accused killer Timothy Herrington around 11 a.m. Wednesday morning.

Things ended in a mistrial during the capital murder trial for Sheldon Timothy Herrington Junior.The 24-year-old is being charged with Capital Murder.He’s accused of kidnapping and killing his Ole Miss classmate Jimmy Jay Lee in July of 2022.

Prosecutors present closing arguments in the trial of Timothy Herrington, who is accused of killing Jay Lee. At age 21, climber Tommy Caldwell pushed his kidnapper off a cliff. Here's what he learned from the experience.