06-17-2008 01:19 PM
In the year 2000, Sparkle Rai, a 22-year-old wife and mother, was murdered in her home. The woman was lured to her door when two teenage girls knocked on it. When she answered, a large man burst through and stabbed her 13 times. Hours later, her husband came home to find his wife dead and their 7-month-old child unharmed.
The murder went unsolved for years but prosecutors now believe they understand the motive behind Sparkle Rai’s murder.
The break came when one of the teenagers who knocked on the door that day was later arrested on drug charges. Perhaps in exchange for lighter charges, she began talking about the murder she witnessed.
Finally, prosecutors saw a motive.
They say now that Sparkle Rai was killed because she was black. However, it wasn’t the assailant who chose her for that reason. You see, the alleged killer, Cleveland Clark, is also black. Instead, they believe that
the person who wanted her dead was her father-in-law, Chiman Rai.
According to prosecutors, Rai despised the fact that his son married a black woman instead of an Indian woman and paid $10,000 to have someone arrange a contract killing on his behalf.
Chiman Rai is a form instructor at predominately-black Alcorn State University in Mississippi. He later became a hotel owner in Louisville, KY. Sparkle was an clerk at the hotel where she and Rai’s son, Ricky, met and fell in love.
The couple wed and were residing in Unionville, GA at the time of her death.
If convicted, prosecutors are asking that Chiman Rai receive the death penalty.
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