A man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading 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 will serve 30 years for the second-degree murder charge and 10 years for tampering with evidence. His sentence also includes five years of supervised post-release and another five years of unsupervised post-release.

Herrington was arrested two weeks after Lee vanished and was later charged with capital murder. He had previously pleaded not guilty to the murder charge, CBS

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