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  • 1 week ago | wlbt.com | Wilson Stribling

    SCOTT CO., Miss. (WLBT) - Bond has been denied for the man charged in the abduction and death of Shondra May in Scott County. Shondra May cold case almost solved?(WLBT)Rubin Weeks, 63, is charged with capital murder, rape, kidnapping, impersonating a law-enforcement officer, and directing a minor to commit a felony. He was taken into custody on April 29 at an RV park where he was living in Madison County near Canton.

  • 1 week ago | kktv.com | Wilson Stribling |Andrew Mcmunn

    SCOTT COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT/Gray News) - An arrest has been made in the decades-old murder case of a teen girl in Mississippi, according to officials. Authorities said they took 63-year-old Rubin Weeks into custody Tuesday for the abduction and murder of Shondra May. Weeks had been living in an RV park in Madison County, Mississippi when Scott County Sheriff Mike Lee showed up with a caravan of other law enforcement officers. Lee said Weeks had been fishing just a day before his arrest.

  • 2 weeks ago | wlbt.com | Wilson Stribling

    SCOTT COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) - An arrest has been made in the decades-old murder case of Shondra May. On Tuesday, Rubin Weeks, 63, was arrested for the abduction and murder of May. BREAKING: Rubin Weeks, 63, was arrested moments ago for the abduction and murder of Shondra May, who was kidnapped in Scott County in 1986. Her body was found three weeks later in Hinds County on her 18th birthday. Details coming.

  • Oct 16, 2024 | wlbt.com | Wilson Stribling

    Shondra May cold case almost solved? Published: Oct. 16, 2024 at 6:16 PM CDT|Updated: seconds agoJACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - After nearly four decades, a cold case murder mystery may finally be solved. Back in 1986, the abduction and death of Shondra May shocked people in Scott County and beyond. Scott County Sheriff Mike Lee says this is the closest investigators have ever been to solving the case. For May’s family, it’s been a long time coming.

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Wilson Stribling
Wilson Stribling @WilsonStribling
29 Apr 25

BREAKING: Rubin Weeks, 63, was arrested moments ago for the abduction and murder of Shondra May, who was kidnapped in Scott County in 1986. Her body was found three weeks later in Hinds County on her 18th birthday. Details coming. https://t.co/I6WXBgvFL8

Wilson Stribling
Wilson Stribling @WilsonStribling
24 Feb 25

RT @NBCNews: BREAKING: Lester Holt, anchor of 'NBC Nightly News' for a decade, will leave the show this summer. He will move full time to '…

Wilson Stribling
Wilson Stribling @WilsonStribling
30 Dec 24

#PresidentJimmyCarter came to Mississippi months after his inauguration and spent the night in Yazoo City. WLBT produced a special report on his visit in July 1977: https://t.co/CF6eb7Mu1T https://t.co/W9jyi4ubMi