+252 // Down-low

When a charismatic, queer college student mysteriously disappeared from the University of Mississippi campus during the early morning hours of July 8th, 2022, the subsequent investigation led to a dead end. But after friends and family came together to demand answers, investigators discovered an elaborate plot to maintain one unlikely suspect’s deeply held secret…  

Written by Sam Foster, Edited and Engineered by Scott Ecklein, and Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway.

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Written/Audio Sources: 

1. Ole Miss Student Murder Trial — MS v. Sheldon "Timothy" Herrington - Law&Crime Trials 

2. LIVE: Ole Miss Student Murder Trial — MS v. Sheldon “Timothy” Herrington Jr. — Day One

3. Mountain of Evidence Proves Man Killed Ole Miss Student: Prosecutor

4.  LIVE: Ole Miss Student Murder Trial — MS v. Sheldon “Timothy” Herrington Jr. — Day Two

5. Ole Miss Student Arrived at Apartment Complex Day of Disappearance 

6. Ole Miss Student Blocked Suspect on Snapchat: Sergeant

7. Ole Miss Murder Suspect Searched About Gabby Petito: Sergeant

8. Surveillance Shows Ole Miss Murder Suspect at ATM, Dry Cleaners: Witnesses

9. Ole Miss Murder Suspect Allegedly Purchased Duct Tape from Walmart

10. Ole Miss Murder Suspect Had Keys to Box Truck Involved in Case: Co-Owner

11. Bodycam: Law Enforcement Speaks to Suspect About Missing Ole Miss Student

12. Suspect Revealed 'True' Relationship with Missing Ole Miss Student: Interrogation

13. Family Members of Ole Miss Murder Suspect Take the Stand

14. Mistrial Declared for Man Accused of Murdering Missing Ole Miss Student

15. Justice for Jay Lee! (@justiceforjaylee) • Instagram photos and videos

16. Justice for Jay Lee! - Linktree  

17. State vs Timothy Herrington

18. New trial date set for Timothy Herrington, suspect in Ole Miss student murder

19. Prosecutors reveal new details in Jimmie ‘Jay’ Lee’s death; Tim Herrington denied bond

20. herrington character letters

21. ‘Jay never left that apartment’: Opening arguments begin in trial for Tim Herrington Jr.

22. ‘If you try something fast, it won’t end good for you’: Convo between Lee and accused killer shown during Day 3 of trial

23. ‘Tim described what he did to Jay Lee’: More evidence emerges during Day 4 of capital murder trial

24. Week 1 wraps of Timothy Herrington Jr.‘s murder trial—here’s what we know

25. More than a dozen people interviewed as persons of interest in Jimmie ’Jay' Lee murder capital case

26. Secret gay encounters of black men could be raising women's infection rate

27. Black Men Who Have Sex With Men and the Association of Down-Low Identity With HIV Risk Behavior - PMC

28. Re-membering HIV in the Black Church: Women’s Religious and Social Identity in Relation to Perceived Risk and Men on the Down Low

29. Myth: HIV/AIDS Rate Among Black Women Traced To 'Down Low' Black Men : NPR

30. State Of The Union Address 2005

31. Jay Lee trial: Snapchat shows Herrington, Lee involved in tumultuous sexual relationship

32. Timeline in Ole Miss student Jimmie Jay Lee trial, accused Sheldon Herrington  

33. Tim Herrington will remain in jail until Jay Lee trial

34. Judge dismisses tampering charge against Sheldon Herrington in Jay Lee murder. See why

35. Missing UM Student Jay Lee’s Body Found at Dumping Site

36. Human remains found in MS; possibly linked to Jimmie "Jay" Lee

37. Accused killer of Ole Miss student will remain behind bars until Oct. trial

38. 11 of 12 jurors in Oxford murder trial supported conviction

39.  Remains confirmed to be missing Ole Miss student Jimmie “Jay” Lee

40. Judge tosses evidence tampering charge against Timothy Herrington  

41. Nobody Is Supposed to Know: Black Sexuality on the Down Low | Minnesota Scholarship Online | Oxford Academic

42. Campus Cameras Showed Jay Lee Leaving His University of Mississippi Apartment the Morning He Disappeared   

43. Devotional from Assistant Pastor Sheldon Herrington

44. Friends of Jay Lee react to Herrington release

45. Jay Lee - Instabio

46. jay lee ♡ (@iammjaylee) • Instagram photos and videos

47. Parents of Ole Miss student Jimmie "Jay" Lee speak after arraignment 

48. 'Strength To Stand Up And Speak Up': Jose Reyes Navigates Life Without best Friend Jay Lee - The Daily Mississippian

Music & Sound Effect Sources

• Opening Track: “Lightless Current” by Rand Aldo 

• Closing Track: “Teardrops (Instrumental Version)” by Vicki Vox

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