In July of 2022, 20 year old Jimmie Jay Lee, a Mississippi State University student would go missing. Quickly all accounts of his last known whereabouts led investigators to a 22 year old man he was seeing, Sheldon Timothy Herrington, Jr. Sheldon, who went by Timothy was charged with the murder of Jimmie Jay and tried in December of 2024. But no body, no murder would come into play.
Our true crime quickie is from Philiadelphia, Pennsylvania and the murder of 56 year old lesbian Kim Jones.
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Promo for Family Plot Podcast
Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan
Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda
Resources:
https://www.metroweekly.com/2025/12/ole-miss-jay-lee-killer-40-year-sentence/
https://gomag.com/article/man-gets-40-years-for-the-murder-of-gay-mississippi-student/
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/he-his-male-lover-to-keep-their-relationship-a-secret-now-hes-paying-the-price/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/man-pleads-guilty-murder-of-university-of-mississippi-student-prominent-lgbtq-community/
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/missing-um-student-jay-lees-body-found-at-well-known-carroll-county-dumping-site/
https://6abc.com/post/co-worker-charged-in-north-phila-bus-stop-murder/500105/
https://law.justia.com/cases/pennsylvania/superior-court/2019/2508-eda-2017.html
https://epgn.com/2015/02/05/coworker-arrested-for-murder-of-n-philly-lesbian/#:~:text=The%20search%20to%20find%20the,and%20her%20funeral%20last%20month.
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