What happened to Jimmie "Jay" Lee? Judge denies bond for suspect of University of Mississippi student murder case × Follow Us Create Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Link Approve Reject & ban Delete Log in Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Gaming Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout SK POP News What happened to Jimmie Jay Lee Judge denies bond for suspect in University of Mississippi student murder case By Ketan Jha Modified 11 Aug 2022 Follow Us Comment Share Jimmie "Jay" Lee, the 20-year-old University of Mississippi student was allegedly murdered by Timothy Herrington Jr. (Image via Mississippi Police Department) Timothy Herrington Jr., the 22-year-old man accused of murdering University of Mississippi student Jimmie "Jay" Lee, has been denied bail bond. After nearly six hours of testimony hearings on Tuesday, August 9, the sole suspect in the missing-person case of 20-year-old Lee was denied bond by Lafayette County Circuit Judge Grady Tolliso. Brittani Moncrease@BMoncreaseTVSheldon Timothy Herrington Jr. is back in court for a bond and preliminary hearing. He is being charged with murder in the disappearance of Ole Miss student, Jimmie “Jay” Lee.412230Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr. is back in court for a bond and preliminary hearing. He is being charged with murder in the disappearance of Ole Miss student, Jimmie “Jay” Lee. https://t.co/fL7Z2SwP9G On July 22, Herrington Jr. was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Lee, whose body is yet to be found. Herrington was arrested after police procured surveillance video that showed him driving Lee's car to the Molly Barr Trails Apartments and leaving it there. That apart, his Google search history also revealed that on the morning of July 8, he had looked up how much time it took to strangle someone. Following the arrest, when detectives used squad dogs to search Herrington’s apartment for any distinctive smells, the dogs alerted the authorities thrice about a body in the area. Stephen Pimpo@spimpojrDetective Ryan Baker says cadaver dogs were alerted 4 times to smell of dead body inside murder suspect Tim Herrington’s apartment and twice inside his car.16578Detective Ryan Baker says cadaver dogs were alerted 4 times to smell of dead body inside murder suspect Tim Herrington’s apartment and twice inside his car. https://t.co/evk5FdMtCv Authorities were also successful in identifying and obtaining a social media conversation between Lee and Herrington that took place on the morning of July 8, when Jimmie "Jay" Lee was last seen. Jimmie Jay Lee had visited Timothy Herrington before his disappearance Quentin Smith@Q_Smith_#HAPPENINGNOW Sheldon Tim Herrington Jr. is appearing before a judge today for his bond hearing. He’s charged with first degree murder in the death of Jimmie “Jay” Lee. Police say Lee was last seen July 8th. Lee’s body still hasn’t been found. @WLBT4326#HAPPENINGNOW Sheldon Tim Herrington Jr. is appearing before a judge today for his bond hearing. He’s charged with first degree murder in the death of Jimmie “Jay” Lee. Police say Lee was last seen July 8th. Lee’s body still hasn’t been found. @WLBT https://t.co/jIk3d1e5AQ Jimmie Jay Lee was last seen on July 8. The social media conversation between the two shows an argument that resulted in Lee blocking Herrington. However, the two seemed to have resolved it and at around 6 am on the morning of July 8, Lee sent a text to Herrington, asking him to open the door because he had arrived. Prior to Lee's arrival, Herrington is believed to have googled, “How long does it take to strangle someone?” According to authorities, the chat histories of Lee and Herrington also prove that that they had hooked up in the past. Jimmie Jay Lee had previously dreamt that he was being attacked tam@tam_k12All jokes aside, I’ve been messages by someone who lost a loved one in Oxford, MS. His name was Jimmie “Jay” Lee. He was majoring in social work at the University of MS. On July 8, 2022, Jimmie went missing after leaving his apartment in Oxford. He was surely known —15All jokes aside, I’ve been messages by someone who lost a loved one in Oxford, MS. His name was Jimmie “Jay” Lee. He was majoring in social work at the University of MS. On July 8, 2022, Jimmie went missing after leaving his apartment in Oxford. He was surely known — Jimmie "Jay" Lee was a student at the University of Mississippi where he was majoring in Social Work. He was also quite active on Tiktok and often posted makeup tutorials as well as personal life updates on the platform. In a TikTok video posted on January 25, 2022, Lee recounted a dream in which he was being attacked. Though it went unnoticed when posted, it went viral after Lee's disappearance, with people posting condolence messages in the comments section. Keaundria Milloy WTVA@KeaundriaWTVAProtestors outside the courthouse in Oxford as bond hearing is set to begin for Tim Herrington Jr. in the death of Jimmie “Jay” Lee. The original bond hearing on July 27 was postponed to today.3212Protestors outside the courthouse in Oxford as bond hearing is set to begin for Tim Herrington Jr. in the death of Jimmie “Jay” Lee. The original bond hearing on July 27 was postponed to today. https://t.co/iVvnu60ZFl Stephanie Lee, Jimmie's mother, who was also present in court during the hearing, told the judge that she spoke with him on a daily basis and claimed that Lee texted her around 2 am on July 8 to wish her for her birthday, after which, she could not trace him anymore. Stephanie further told the judge that Oxford Police had informed her that a police dog had detected a decomposition scent. Grace Marion@gracemarion928Lafayette County Circuit Court Judge Gray Tollison denied Tim Herrington, 22, bail for the alleged murder of missing University of Mississippi student Jimmie “Jay” Lee after hours of testimony yesterday. mississippifreepress.org/26392/prosecut…104Lafayette County Circuit Court Judge Gray Tollison denied Tim Herrington, 22, bail for the alleged murder of missing University of Mississippi student Jimmie “Jay” Lee after hours of testimony yesterday. mississippifreepress.org/26392/prosecut… https://t.co/bLPhujPc5L Herrington had a moving company in Grenada, Mississippi, the investigators told the judge. They claimed that he transported a box truck to Oxford before returning it to Grenada the same day. Although human fluids were discovered in blankets inside the box van, the defense contended that since the evidence was discovered a month after Lee vanished and the van could have been used by anyone during the period in between, the evidence was not conclusive. Ashley from 3rd grade@PhD_OnTheCouchBodily fluids/surveillance/ & hair everywhere this kid is done for. Tell them where Jay Lee is Herrington ??? wjtv.com/news/state/new…67Bodily fluids/surveillance/ & hair everywhere this kid is done for. Tell them where Jay Lee is Herrington ??? wjtv.com/news/state/new… Authorities also alleged that Herrington reportedly visited his parents' house and took gardening tools from there. At the time of writing this article, Jimmie "Jay" Lee's body had not yet been found. However, investigators believed him to be dead. Poll : 0 votes Quick Links More from Sportskeeda Edited by Upasya Bhowal × Feedback Thank You! Be the first one to comment Follow Us Share Show More Comments GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? No thanks Delete GIF Cancel Update GIF Cancel Reply ❮ ❯ GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? 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