The man accused of stalking, raping, abducting and killing Sharen Wilson in June 2015 is set to stand trial in June 2016.

Rafael Arnez McCloud, 34, 513 Lynn St., stood before Circuit Judge M. James Chaney Jr. Monday for arraignment after indictment by the January term of the grand jury for capital murder, burglary of a dwelling, rape, sexual battery without consent, attempted arson, larceny-motor vehicle and possession of a weapon after felony conviction.

“We are preparing for trial,” District Attorney Ricky Smith said. “We want to bring this to a close as soon as possible.”

In June, Wilson, 69, was attacked in her Drummond Street home and taken to the abandoned Kuhn Memorial Hospital on Martin Luther King Boulevard, where she was shot with a stolen gun in one of the buildings and her body left in a wooded area of the property where it was found by ghost hunters.

Her death prompted the Board of Mayor and Aldermen to increase efforts to demolish the former charity hospital.

During the initial court hearing just days after the incident, Vicksburg Police Capt. Sandra Williams said McCloud watched Wilson retrieve a hidden key after being locked out of her home that Saturday night. McCloud then used the key to gain entry to the home on Drummond Street before attacking, kidnapping and killing her, she said.

“Mr. McCloud gave information for investigators to believe he was responsible for the death of Mrs. Wilson,” Williams said.

Police believe McCloud attacked Wilson, who lived alone, in the kitchen of the home. A neighbor who was checking on Wilson the following morning found “blood and other evidence,” in the ransacked house, Williams said.

After the attack, McCloud attempted to burn down Wilson’s home, leading to the attempted arson charge, prosecutors and police said.

“When officers arrived on scene and walked into the residence, they smelled gasoline,” Williams said. “(McCloud) stated that he poured gasoline through the residence in an attempt to burn the house.”

Wilson’s body showed signs of being bound at the wrists, and an examination at the state crime lab revealed evidence that she was raped, Williams said.

The gun was recovered when the two suspects, McCloud and his nephew, Akeem McCloud who was not charged, were stopped the next day in Leland for careless driving in Wilson’s 2012 Nissan Murano. Leland police detained the uncle and nephew after finding the weapon and called Vicksburg police after discovering the vehicle was registered to Wilson.

An officer went to Wilson’s home but was unable to get anyone to come to the door, police have said.

When Vicksburg Police arrived to question McCloud, he gave them grim news, Williams said.

“Rafael McCloud gave information to investigators to make them believe Mrs. Wilson had been killed,” Williams said.

However, he told investigators that Wilson had been taken to Sharkey County, Vicksburg Police Chief Walter Armstrong said.

Armstrong said McCloud took the officers on a search route that put them within six miles of Greenville when they learned a group of ghost hunters at the Kuhn property had found Wilson’s body.

 

OTHER INDICTMENTS

Others indicted by the grand jury and arraigned Monday, including name, age, address, charge and arrest or offense date, are in random order:

•Butch Brown, 24, 10085 Oak Ridge Road – child abuse, Aug. 17.

•Chancey Neal Gray, 40, 4601 Halls Ferry Road – possession of stolen firearm, Nov. 9.

•Rebecca Rose Rumbley, 32, 130-C King St. – two counts of burglary of a dwelling and possession of stolen firearm, Sept. 22.

•Megan Sheree Clanton, 22, 171 Falk Steel Road – possession of stolen firearm, June 12.

•Madison Klent Stevenson, 33, 3014 Jeff Davis Road – possession of a controlled substance, Jan. 30, 2015.

•Kenneth John Nosser, 56, 1214 Monroe St. Apt. 4 – sex offender-failure to register, Dec. 3.

•Jessie Lumpkin III, 22, 80 Dunigan Road –burglary of a dwelling and grand larceny, July 23; larceny-motor vehicle, Aug. 18; burglary of a dwelling and grand larceny, Aug. 20; burglary of a dwelling, Aug. 24; fleeing or •luding a law enforcement officer and three counts of burglary of a dwelling, Aug. 27.

•Jessica Lashay Williams, 22, 2620 Hannah Ave. – aggravated assault-domestic violence, Nov. 6.

•Keith Anthony Sanders, 34, 314 Rancho Road –domestic violence-third offense, Oct. 20, 2014; domestic violence-third offense, July 2; domestic violence-third offence, Nov. 11; domestic violence-third offence, Jan. 1.

•James Robert Gibbs III, 43, 1701 South St. – fleeing or eluding a law enforcement officer, larceny-motor vehicle, possession of stolen firearm, possession of a weapon after felony conviction, Nov. 5.

•Gregory George Brown, 28, 1538 Skyfarm Ave. – burglary of a dwelling and grand larceny, April 22.

•Charles William Thomas, 54, 6647 Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jackson – credit card fraud, September through October.

•Thomas Edward Crutchfield Jr., 23, 3636 Redbone Road – arson, May 12.

•Shenice Lacole Wilson, 24, 22077 Highway 18, Hermanville – false pretenses, Jan. 13-15, 2015.

•Marlo Lashone Cole Jr., 19, 241 Chuck Drive, Rolling Fork – burglary of a dwelling and grand larceny, Sept. 30.

•Paul Genare Tatum, 20, 521 Speed St. – burglary of a dwelling and grand larceny, Sept. 30.

•Onterrio Donnell Hinkle, 27, 225 Valley Vista Road, Jackson – vehicle burglary, Sept. 2.

•Quentin Lamar Taylor, 24, 1211 Grammer St. – burglary of a dwelling, Nov. 23.

•Jarvis Ledell Bowman, 31, 925 Polk St. – burglary of a dwelling, Aug. 9; burglary of a dwelling, Sept. 4; burglary of a dwelling and receiving stolen property, Sept. 18; burglary of a dwelling and possession of stolen firearm, Sept. 22.

•Jaylen Jordan, 18, 1510 Rosedown St. – aggravated assault–domestic violence, Sept. 18.

•Earnest Henry Rogers, 22, 2802 Arcadia St. – one count of aggravated assault-extreme indifference and two counts of attempted aggravated assault-extreme indifference, Sept. 14.

•Levi Branch III, 23, 1501 Great St. – possession of stolen firearm, Oct. 2.

•Michael Wayne Scallions, 61, 4749 North Washington St. – larceny-motor vehicle, Dec. 3.

•Teresa Lee Tedder, 33, 25 Eastover Drive Apt. F8 – possession of controlled substances within a correctional facility, Jan. 8.

•Rodney Lamont Jefferson, 39, 301 Meadowvale Drive – possession of controlled substance with intent to distribute, March 19.

•Brandin Lane, 25, 1950 Hope St. 1D – sale of controlled substance, May 13.

•David Lee Brown, 44, 231 Smith Road – aggravated assault-domestic violence, Aug. 23.

•John Bradley Qualls, 26, 1215 Grammer St. – sale of controlled substance, May 12.

•Demond Anderson, no age given, 726 Locust St. – armed robbery, Nov. 11, 2014.

•William Cody Breland, 20, 228 Whatley Road – vehicle burglary, Nov. 27; two counts of vehicle burglary, Dec. 4; two counts of vehicle burglary, Dec. 10; larceny-motor vehicle, Dec. 10; larceny-motor vehicle, Dec. 15; vehicle burglary, Dec. 15; arson, Dec. 18.

•Lekisha Sherese Felix, 38, 700 Sherman Ave. – embezzlement under contract, May 9 through June 9.

•Willie Lee Neal, 68, 1609 Bodley St. – DUI-third offence (no test), Nov. 13.

•Rodney Jarod Turner Jr., 21, 1403 Division St. – shooting at a motor vehicle, Aug. 5.

•Marcus Deshawn Wilson, 26, 1300 Harrison St. – shooting at a motor vehicle, Aug. 5.

•Bennett Armstead, 33, 2422 Halls Ferry Road – burglary of a dwelling, armed robbery, possession of a weapon after felony conviction, kidnapping, molesting, receiving stolen property, July 24.

•Ebony Ragan, 27, 8050 Highway 3, Redwood – burglary of a dwelling and receiving stolen property, July 24; receiving stolen property, July 15- July 22.

•Jeremiah Henry Rose, 21, 113 Galtney St. – four counts of shooting into a dwelling house, July 4, 2014.

•Deandre Kendall Royal, 33, 1514 Ethel St. –  four counts of shooting into a dwelling house, July 4, 2014.

•Dominic Rashad Turner, 25, 202 Easy St. –  four counts of shooting into a dwelling house, July 4, 2014.

•Chauncy Deon Rankin, 26, 2990 North Washington St. – three counts of shooting into a dwelling house; four counts of shooting at a motor vehicle; aggravated assault; possession of a weapon after felony conviction, July 4, 2014.

•Amy Bradshaw, 39, 3416 Dowing St. Apt. B – burglar-non-residential, larceny- motor vehicle and possession of stolen firearm, Oct. 10.

•John Wayne Erwin, 46, 1801 Jeff Davis Road – false pretenses, June 15; receiving stolen property, Nov. 8.

•Darrell Tyrone Thomas, 22, 706 Maurice Ave. – burglary of a dwelling and grand larceny, July 23; burglary of a dwelling and grand larceny, Aug. 20; burglary of a dwelling, Aug. 24; three counts of burglary of a dwelling, Aug. 27.

•Gary Lee Guise, 30, 1301 Bay St. – accessory after the fact, May 2, 2014.

•Elijah Qualls Jr., 16, 1511 1st North St. – accessory after the fact, May 2, 2014.

•Ambus Wallace, 31, 2001 Grove St. Apt. 535 – accessory after the fact, May 2, 2014.

•Ellis Dewayne Wilson, 39, 1300 Harrison St. – accessory after the fact, May 2, 2014.

•Tamares Dillon, no age or address given – two counts of possession of a weapon after felony conviction, Sept. 12.

•Stanley Issac Taylor, no age or address given – possession of controlled substance with intent to distribute, April 17.

•Xavier Floyd, no age or address given – sale of controlled substance, Sept, 11, 2014; sale of controlled substance, Oct. 23, 2014.

•Russell White, no age or address given – burglary of a dwelling, June 19; burglary of a dwelling, July 15.

•Wade Carter, no age or address given – armed robbery, Aug. 11.

•Jamal Stowers, no age or address given – armed robbery, Aug. 11.

•Andre Allen, no age or address given – conspiracy to commit a felony, April 22, 2014 through Aug. 24, 2015; sale of controlled substance, June 12, 2014; sale of controlled substance, July, 10, 2014; sale of controlled substance, Aug. 20, 2014; sale of controlled substance, Oct. 8, 2014.

•Kimberly Harris, no age or address given – conspiracy to commit a felony, April 22, 2014 through Aug. 24, 2015; sale of controlled substance, June 12, 2014; possession of controlled substance with intent to distribute, April, 24, 2015.

•Derrick Thomas, no age or address given – conspiracy to commit a felony, April 22, 2014 through Aug. 24, 2015; sale of controlled substance, June 12, 2014; sale of controlled substance, Nov. 25, 2014; possession of controlled substance with intent to distribute, April 24, 2015; possession of weapon after felony conviction, April 24, 2015.