MS MS - Shondra May, 17, Forest, found raped and killed,4 Feb 1986 *arrest in 2025*

[Quill]

This includes quotes from Scott County Sheriff Mike Lee as well as info about an upcoming interview Darkhorse Press will be doing with him on the arrest.

Sheriff Lee will join Apel and guest host Amanda Johannson on the Investigation: Homicide podcast to discuss the arrest on Thursday night at 5 p.m. You can watch live on Facebook or download the podcast on your favorite podcast platforms.

Scott County Sheriff Mike Lee spoke with us about Rubin Weeks in October. Here's what he said: - Darkhorse Press

The investigation into Shondra May’s death has gone on since 1986, and it has changed hands over and over again. In recent years, though, a group of seasoned investigators in central Mississippi put their heads together and decided it was time for Shondra’s family to have the answers they’ve...

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[dotr]

Cold-case murder of teen found in creek finally cracked after 40 years as convicted rapist faces charges

Mississippi police ended a family’s nightmare after finally arresting Rubin Weeks for the cold-case murder of Shondra May, a 17-year-old girl who was raped, killed, and found tied up in a cre…

nypost.com

Rubin Weeks, 63, was arrested for the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Shondra May in 1986.WLBT
''Investigators said dogged police work allowed them to track down several witnesses who were able to corroborate and build a case against Weeks. It was not clear what new evidence were able to give that led to the bust.

The 63-year-old was a person of interest given his criminal history, with Weeks previously convicted for the 1991 kidnapping and rape of a motel clerk in Mississippi.''

 

[MangoCove]

Rubin R. Weeks, Appellant, v. Mike Bowersox, Appellee, 119 F.3d 1342 (8th Cir. 1997)

Rubin R. Weeks, Appellant, v. Mike Bowersox, Appellee, 119 F.3d 1342 (8th Cir. 1997) case opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

law.justia.com

Shortly after midnight on October 13, 1991, a young woman who was then twenty-one years of age, was driving home through Cape Girardeau, Missouri, from her place of work. Weeks, an illiterate thirty-year-old ex-convict, had seen [Ms. Doe] at her place of employment and had followed her as she was driving home.... As [Weeks] was driving behind her, he flashed his lights seven or eight times which caused her to pull over. She had her doors locked and her windows rolled up. He came up to the side of the car and had indicated to her that there was some trouble with a back taillight or some part of the back of her car. She rolled down her window enough to hear what he was saying, and the next thing she knew a hand with a butcher-type knife had come in and was slashing at her hands, which were on top of the steering wheel and cut her hands. [Weeks] then was able to get the door open; [he] took her out of the car; took her to his car, and started driving...

 

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Cold-case murder of teen found in creek finally cracked after 40 years as convicted rapist faces charges

Mississippi police ended a family’s nightmare after finally arresting Rubin Weeks for the cold-case murder of Shondra May, a 17-year-old girl who was raped, killed, and found tied up in a cre…

nypost.com

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Rubin Weeks, 63, was arrested for the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Shondra May in 1986.WLBT
''Investigators said dogged police work allowed them to track down several witnesses who were able to corroborate and build a case against Weeks. It was not clear what new evidence were able to give that led to the bust.

The 63-year-old was a person of interest given his criminal history, with Weeks previously convicted for the 1991 kidnapping and rape of a motel clerk in Mississippi.''

I think it's going to end up being a DNA match of his hair but I am waiting to see. I am deeply affected by this case being one year older than Shondra and living in the same region of the state. I vividly remember all the "blue-light" pull overs that happened the year or so before this, other abductions that stole our innocence and security. My dad instructed me to never pull over for a blue light at night. Scary times. I had the same "look" as Shondra back then and I had gone off to college. My friends were freaked out by our resemblance. As an adult, I now know many people who knew her and I know how this case has deeply affected the community she lived in. I'm so glad to finally see this monster arrested and I hope he rots in prison for the rest of his life.

 

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“We had some handcuffs that were engraved with Shondra’s picture and it said, ‘Justice for Shondra,'” Lee said. “They passed those cuffs to me to put them on Tuesday morning and the deputy from Madison County that was with us goes, ‘I engraved those. It’s my company that engraved those.’ Until the sheriff told him, ‘Hey we’re going to arrest…‘ he would have had no idea. And so things just come full circle, and the Lord puts us in in places we don’t expect.”

Sheriff Mike Lee shares new details in Shondra May case arrest with Investigation: Homicide podcast - Darkhorse Press

"It was just kind of a monumental type deal to say, 'Hey, this is this is the guy right here and we got him.'"

darkhorsepressnow.com

 

[anneoakley63]

I think it's going to end up being a DNA match of his hair but I am waiting to see. I am deeply affected by this case being one year older than Shondra and living in the same region of the state. I vividly remember all the "blue-light" pull overs that happened the year or so before this, other abductions that stole our innocence and security. My dad instructed me to never pull over for a blue light at night. Scary times. I had the same "look" as Shondra back then and I had gone off to college. My friends were freaked out by our resemblance. As an adult, I now know many people who knew her and I know how this case has deeply affected the community she lived in. I'm so glad to finally see this monster arrested and I hope he rots in prison for the rest of his life.

I lived in the same area as well and remember the blue light pull overs. It was so frightening at the time because we didn't know who we could trust. And living in a rural area made it even more frightening. I'm thankful this evil being has been arrested and hope the justice system will move quickly for Shondra's family.

 

[trmay626]

The grand jury has been convened and this case is on the docket. Should know something this evening