MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – A Canton man pled guilty to one count of gratification of lust of a minor in Madison County Circuit Court.

Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Bubba Bramlett said Eugene Wilson, 62, was sentenced to serve 15 years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). He will be required to register as a sex offender after his release.

On January 3, 2024, Madison County deputies were notified by the victim’s family that Wilson had been sexually abusing her for years. Bramlett said the victim had audio recorded an interaction on May 20, 2023, where Wilson attempted to sexually assault her while she was visiting at his house with her family, but she was able to escape his advances when another relative entered the room. In the recording, Wilson asked the victim, then 14 years of age, for sex.

Through the course of the investigation, the victim was taken to the Children’s Advocacy Center where she disclosed that the abuse began in January 2022 and continued through December 23, 2023. Bramlett said the victim disclosed multiple incidents of inappropriate sexual contact over an almost two year period beginning when she was 12 years of age.