The Oldest Couple on Death Row: Ray and Faye Copeland

The One That Got Away

In 1989, 57-year-old Jack McCormick was working on Faye and Ray Copeland’s farm. McCormick was suspicious about the Copelands and caught on to their illegal activities and scams. When Ray sensed McCormick was acting strange, he attempted to kill him. However, McCormick got away and lived to tell the tale.

A portrait of Ray and Faye Copeland.

Ray Copeland, Faye Copeland. Source: Wikipedia

Shortly after, Missouri police received an anonymous tip, later revealed to be from McCormick, that a human skull and bones were on the Copeland farm. The police initially didn’t believe the elderly couple could be serial killers, but they found something pretty disturbing upon searching the farm.

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