Day 6 of the murder trial of Timothy Herrington, accused of killing University of Mississippi student Jimmie “Jay” Lee, saw more testimony from law enforcement officers involved in the investigation.

Herrington was arrested on July 22, 2022, and charged with Lee’s murder. He was indicted on a capital murder charge and has been out on a $250,000 bond since December 2022.

Lee, 20, was last seen at about 6 a.m. on July 8, 2022, when he left his apartment at Campus Walk Apartments. Lee’s body has not been recovered.

Sgt. Michael Burks, a criminal investigator with the Oxford Police Department who was a detective at the time of Jay Lee’s disappearance, was the first witness called by the state Monday at the Lafayette County Courthouse.

Burks searched Lee’s vehicle on July 11, 2022. He testified that he found debit and credit cards in the vehicle, along with various other items. The last transactions, other than automatic debits, on Lee’s Discover and American Express cards, were made on July 7.

Also testifying for most of the day was Ryan Baker, who is currently an intelligence officer with OPD; however, in July 2022, he was a detective at OPD.

Baker presented data taken from Herrington’s cell phone that showed pings and locations of Herrington’s phone as well as search history.

On the morning of July 8, Herrington was captured on video driving past various locations in Grenada, including RS Cleaners, Wade Inc., and Emmanuel Baptist Church. His phone data corroborated these movements. By mid-morning, Herrington arrived at his parents’ home, where video footage showed him wiping his shoes before retrieving a shovel and a wheelbarrow from the house.

From late morning to mid-afternoon, Herrington’s phone consistently pinged in the area of his parents’ home. Later, he left the property briefly, visiting locations such as Dollar General and Circle K. Baker testified that Herrington also visited a barber shop, as indicated by a CashApp payment and phone pings.

In earlier footage, he was seen wearing white-and-black tennis shoes, but later he switched to rubber boots. By the evening, Herrington returned to his parents’ home, unloaded the wheelbarrow from the truck, and left again. His phone data placed him in Oxford near the Lafayette Place Apartments around 10:49 p.m.

At 11:27 p.m., Herrington searched for Jimmie Lee’s Twitter account — notably before news of Lee’s disappearance was publicly announced.

In the days following Lee’s disappearance, Herrington conducted numerous online searches, including terms like “Molly Barr Apartments Oxford Mississippi” and “Ole Miss student found in lake.”

Baker highlighted that these searches aligned with updates from law enforcement and media reports about the case. Herrington also viewed articles about another Ole Miss student’s murder and frequently searched for updates on the Oxford Police Department’s investigation.

Baker testified that Herrington’s search history before July 8 showed no interest in true crime or local law enforcement.

On July 22, Herrington was arrested after investigators linked his social media account, “redeye_24,” to the case.

Baker emphasized that Herrington had not voluntarily contacted police regarding Lee’s disappearance, despite his repeated online searches for information about the investigation.

The trial continues at 9 a.m. on Tuesday.