OXFORD, Miss. (WMC) - The former Ole Miss student, who pleaded guilty Monday in the murder of another student, Jimmie ‘Jay’ Lee, is expected to be sentenced Tuesday.

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

Herrington and the state came to an agreement on a plea deal. Herrington accepted a deal to lower his capital murder charge to second-degree murder.

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. In February 2025, Lee’s remains were found in Carroll County, Mississippi and days later, a grand jury issued a new two-count indictment against Herrington for capital murder and evidence tampering connected to Lee’s c

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