A Lafayette County judge declared Jimmie "Jay" Lee, a missing Ole Miss student, legally dead more than two years after Lee's disappearance.

The University of Mississippi student, Jimmie “Jay” Lee, has officially been presumed dead by the court after a petition was filed for a declaration of death. The document lists Jimmie Dale Lee III as a person who underwent a catastrophic event two years ago that exposed him to imminent danger which is

While the trial for the man accused of killing Jimmie “Jay” Lee nears, Lee has finally been declared dead by the Lafayette County Circuit Court. In September, Lee’s parents, Jimmie and Stephanie Lee,

A Lafayette County Circuit Court Judge has officially declared a missing Ole Miss student as dead as the case continues against his accused killer. In an order dated Oct. 15, 2024, the judge said, “the proof is evident and the presumption is great” that Jimmie 'Jay' Lee is dead.

A Lafayette County judge has declared Ole Miss student Jimmie "Jay" Lee legally dead. Jimmie "Jay" Lee, 20, was last seen July 8, 2022 leaving an apartment complex in Oxford. Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr., 22, of Grenada, was arrested less than a month after Lee's disappearance. Herrington is awaiting trial on a capital murder charge.

A Lafayette County Circuit Court judge ruled Lee “has undergone a catastrophic event that exposed him to imminent peril or danger reasonably expected to result in the loss of life,” and that “it is uncontradicted that Mr. Lee’s absence since the event cannot be satisfactorily explained after diligent search and inquiry.”