Clarion Ledger
July 3, 2015
A team of ghost hunters found the body of a missing woman on Sunday as they explored the old Kuhn Memorial State Hospital in Vicksburg, a site known to be one of Mississippi’s most haunted.
Vicksburg Police Chief Walter Armstrong said Sharon Wilson, 69, appeared to have trauma to her head. Witnesses said her body was found outside Kuhn Hospital, but blood trails indicated she had been inside.
Two men, Akeem McCloud, 20, and Rafael McCloud, 33, have been taken into custody, but Armstrong said they have not been charged yet.
Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace said his office was alerted to the body when a group of people came to the sheriff’s office. Sgt. Jason Bailess was working on shift reports and talked with the group who told him that they had been at Kuhn Hospital. They told Bailess they knew they probably weren’t supposed to be out there, but they had found a body and wanted to report it.
Bailess went to the scene and blocked off the driveway and called Vicksburg Police Department.
Armstrong said he was in the Delta searching for Wilson when the call came in. Leland Police Department was able to stop the McClouds, who are related, on a traffic stop. When they realized the car was stolen as was a weapon in their possession, they asked VPD to check on the welfare of the owner of the vehicle.