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The retrial for Sheldon Timothy Herrington, Jr., accused of killing Ole Miss student Jimmie "Jay" Lee, has been rescheduled to December 1, 2025.

A jury will be selected from outside Lafayette County but the trial will occur in Oxford.

Herrington's first trial in December 2024 ended in a mistrial after the jury was deadlocked.

After Lee's remains were found in February, Herrington was re-indicted on capital murder and tampering with evidence, though the tampering charge was later dismissed.

A Lafayette County judge has rescheduled the retrial of Sheldon Timothy Herrington, Jr. — the man charged in the 2022 killing of Ole Miss student Jimmie "Jay" Lee — and set a designated venue for the court proceedings.

Court records filed Tuesday, Sept. 9, show Lafayette Co

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