A jury was deadlocked in the Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr., murder trial Wednesday. Wednesday. They could not reach a decision in the death of Jimmie Jay Lee.

Though the jury deliberated for nine-and-a-half hours, they eventually told the judge they believed it was impossible to come to an agreement, and a mistrial was declared.

After deliberating for nine hours, the 12-person jury in the murder trial of Timothy Herrington failed to agree on a verdict. Circuit Court Judge Kelly Luther ruled the trial a mistrial and thanked the jurors for their service.

After nearly 10 hours of jury deliberation, a Lafayette County circuit judge declared a mistrial on Wednesday in the capital murder case trial of Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr., a Grenada native accused of killing a fellow University of Mississippi graduate to preserve their secret sexual relationship.

Closing arguments started Wednesday in the capital murder trial of Sheldon Herrington Jr., the man accused of killing Ole Miss student Jimmie Jay Lee.

Two weeks after Lee's disappearance, authorities arrested Herrington, 24, who was later indicted on a capital murder charge in connection to the case. Herrington was a 22-year-old Ole Miss graduate from Grenada at the time of the alleged offense.

After deliberating for more than nine hours, a sequestered Forrest County jury found itself hopelessly deadlock in the Timothy Herrington capital murder trial in Oxford.

The murder trial for Timothy Herrington Jr., the man accused of killing University of Mississippi student Jimmie “Jay” Lee is continuing into its second week. Over the weekend, the prosecution showed never-before-seen evidence in the capitol murder case.