It was odd. 20-year-old Jay Lee always called his mother, Stephanie, on her birthday to sing to her.
But on July 8, 2022, that call never came.
As a mom, Stephanie knew immediately something was wrong. She went to check her son’s location, but she couldn’t see it anymore.
The Lee family reached out to Jay’s friends. They hadn’t seen Jay, and their calls and texts weren’t going through either.
One friend went to Jay’s apartment in Oxford, Mississippi. No one answered, but he heard Jay’s dog, Lexi, inside. That was strange — Jay never left Lexi alone for long.
Jay’s family decided to request a welfare check. Officers went to his apartment. The door was slightly open. They knocked, but again, there was no answer. And when the officers went inside, no one was there….
The mystery of what happened to Jay Lee would haunt an entire community. Would they get justice for Jay? To find out, watch the full episode “Bringing Jay Home,” which is available on Peacock now.
You can also watch on the NBC app or listen to the full episode on our podcast.
Also, watch loved ones remember Jay as creative, confident, and true to himself.
Plus, have a look as our team took a tour of The Isom Place, the oldest house in Oxford, where some of the interviews for this episode took place.
Then listen to this week’s episode of Talking Dateline, in which Blayne Alexander and Andrea Canning take you behind the scenes of the episode.