The Haunting Case of Shondra May
According to Shondra's brother, Tim, February 4, 1986, was a cool rainy day, and after nightfall, on a rural dirt road in Scott County, Mississippi, three small footprints were found in the mud, outside 17 year old Shondra May's 1985 Isuzu I-Mark car, and then, after the last step, the footprints, like her, just vanished. She was abducted 75 yards from her home. Her car door was left standing ajar, and the only thing missing was her driver's license.
After 22 days of frantic waiting, on February, 26, 1986, Shondra's 18th birthday, her naked, raped, strangled, lifeless body, bound with packing tape (possibly the kind used in chicken houses) was found wrapped in black, plastic garbage bags, floating in Baker Creek, near Bolton, Mississippi, by an off duty fireman. The fireman was paid a $5,000.00 reward for finding Shondra, and while according to the law, he did nothing wrong by accepting the award, my conscience says he should have said. "No thanks." He happened to find her on her birthday, and her drivers license was missing. Since he would have possessed a red light because he was an off duty fireman, I would not discount him as a suspect either.
To this day, the date of death on her tombstone remains blank. Authorities could not determine the exact time she was murdered, because her body was in the water for 3-5 days, and they believe she was murdered before being placed there, however, they believe she may have lived for around 17 days after her disappearance.
The last time Shondra was seen alive, was after she left her job at the local McDonald's, and went by the TG&Y store to buy an over sized Valentines Day Card. The police found a time dated receipt for the card, but as far as I can determine, they did not find the card.
Tim May, believes that she knew her killer or killers, that they knew where she lived, and that it was a cold, calculated murder. He also states that the family received a phone call from someone claiming to be the killer apologizing for her death.
Many people believe that there was a cover up in this crime, and it has been insinuated that the Sheriff who first investigated it, was corrupt, along with several other county officials.
According to many sources, the sheriff during that time may have been involved in various crimes, and other county officials, the death of Shondra May was not one of them.
The Baker Creek/Champion Hill location, in Bolton, is a very isolated area in Western Hinds county, outside of Jackson, Mississippi, and Shondra's body is not the only one that has been found there.
Law enforcement's profile of the killer, put him as being white, and possibly in his late 20's.
William Kenneth McLain, is a suspect in Shondra's case, and several others as well. Two murders in Alabama and one in Mississippi.
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT ALL SUSPECTS DESERVE THE BENEFIT OF A DOUBT, AND **** IS NOT THE ONLY COMPELLING SUSPECT IN THIS CASE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THIS CASE, PLEASE CONTACT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN SCOTT COUNTY, AND OF COURSE, I WILL BE HAPPY TO SPEAK WITH YOU ALSO.
IF REQUESTED, ALL SOURCES OF INFORMATION WILL BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL. I can be reached at 601-745-6276
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