Bond has been denied for the man accused of killing Shondra May back in 1986.
Last week, authorities apprehended Rubin Weeks, 63, at an RV park in Madison County in connection with May’s slaying. The suspect was believed to be living at the location at the time of his arrest. Weeks is believed to have kidnapped May, who was 17, after her shift at a McDonald’s in Leake County nearly 40 years ago.
The victim had reportedly gone missing after her shift. That’s when Weeks is believed to have taken her into captivity. May’s mother later spotted her teenage daughter’s vehicle near their driveway, but the victim was nowhere to be found.
Just under a month after her disappearance, May’s nude body was found in Bolton, just outside of Jackson, by an off-duty first responder. She was reportedly confined with industrial tape and covered in bags. To make matters worse, the chilling discovery was made on the date that would have marked her 18th birthday.
Weeks, a known criminal and original suspect in this case, was convicted of a 1991 kidnapping and raping of a Missouri woman and sentenced to 30 years behind bars. The suspect snatched Jolynn Alicia [Doe], who was 21 when she was assaulted, from her vehicle before taking advantage of her, just as he reportedly did with May. But instead of killing the Missouri woman, Weeks tied her up with duct tape and left her on a county road where she was able to free herself and get in touch with authorities.
May is believed to have been left alive for multiple days after being kidnapped. Authorities suspect that she had been involved in a sexual encounter not long before her body was found. Though the case was dormant for several decades, efforts by law enforcement in Mississippi ramped up in recent years to seek closure.
Weeks is currently charged with capital murder, rape, kidnapping, impersonating a law enforcement officer, and luring a minor into committing a felony. He will be held in prison until trial.
