MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A bond hearing originally set for Wednesday for the man charged with murder in the case of missing Ole Miss student Jimmie “Jay” Lee was continued. A new date was set for August 9th at 10 a.m. at the Lafayette County Courthouse.
Herrington will be represented by Attorney Carlos Moore, who happens to be his removed uncle by marriage.
Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr., 22, of Grenada, Mississippi, was arrested Friday, July 22 by the Oxford Police Department and the University of Mississippi Police Department.
Lee’s body has still not been found, but Oxford police were able to recover his car from a towing company on Monday, July 18. The car was towed from the Molly Barr Trails apartment complex.
According to police, Lee was last seen leaving Campus Walk Apartments at 5:58 a.m. on July 8 wearing a silver robe or housecoat, gold cap and gray slippers.
Police believe Lee may have been visiting someone at Molly Barr Trails at the time of his disappearance.