A gold necklace with Jimmie “Jay” Lee’s name on it was found with human remains in Carroll County this weekend and authorities have confirmed the body as the missing University of Mississippi student and well-known member of Oxford’s LGBTQ+ community.

Police in Oxford, Mississippi, have confirmed that remains found last week are those of University of Mississippi student Jimmy “Jay” Lee, who disappeared more than two years ago.

Authorities discovered human remains over the weekend in Carroll County. However, officials have not yet confirmed whether the remains belong to the missing University of Mississippi student, who was also a prominent member of Oxford’s LGBTQ+ community.

Remains found by deer hunters in rural Carroll County have been positively identified as Ole Miss student Jimmie “Jay” Lee, 20, who went missing in July 2022. The Oxford Police Department and the Carroll County Sheriff's Office made the announcement late Wednesday morning that DNA testing by the state crime lab confirmed what authorities already believed,