A man pleaded guilty on Monday to second-degree murder and other charges in the killing of a University of Mississippi graduate who was prominent in the LGBTQ community.

Sheldon "Timothy" Herrington Jr. entered the plea as he faced a second trial over the death of Jimmy "Jay" Lee, who disappeared from Oxford, Mississippi, in July 2022 and was later found dead.

Herrington was arrested two weeks after Lee vanished and later charged with capital murder. He had previously pleaded not guilty to the murder charge, CBS affiliate WREG reported . The state has said in court that they did not intend to seek the death penalty in his case, according to the news station.

A judge declared a mistrial last year when jurors failed to reach a verdict after more than nine and a half hours of delibe

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