OXFORD, Miss. (WMC) - Timothy Herrington Jr. pleaded guilty as he was set to face trial--again--for the murder of former fellow Ole Miss student Jimmie “Jay” Lee .

Herrington pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and tampering with evidence.

He is set to be scheduled Tuesday at 10 a.m.

Herrington was first arrested in 2022, weeks after Lee was reported missing .

Herrington went on trial for Lee’s murder in December 2024, but a mistrial was declared.

After nine hours of deliberations, the jury couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict. The main reason was that no body had been found.

Lee’s remains were found in February 2025 in Carroll County, Mississippi.

Days later, a grand jury issued a new two-count indictment against Herrington for capital murder and evidence tampering connected

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