Ray and Faye Copeland

Description

Ray and Faye Copeland raised 6 children and ran their modest family farm for decades. After their children were grown, Ray needed help on the farm. He began hiring transient men from cities hours away from his property. And one by one the men went missing.

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Credits

Researched, written, hosted, and edited by Charlie Worroll

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Sources

Internet

• https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/

• https://www.thoughtco.com/serial-killers-couple-ray-faye-copeland-972702

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_and_Faye_Copeland

• https://medium.com/@delanirbartlette/senior-citizen-serial-killers-ray-faye-copeland-83a83b0feac0

• https://www2.ljworld.com/news/2003/dec/31/convicted_killer_dies/

• https://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/25/us/rural-intrigue-is-unearthed-with-5-bodies.html

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183106587/faye-della-copeland

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171341245/raymond-copeland

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172132344/laney-copeland

• https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/case-vanishing-vagrants-article-1.220343

• https://www.newspapers.com/image/139198985/?terms=Ray%2BCopeland

• https://law.justia.com/cases/missouri/supreme-court/1996/73774-0.html

• https://www.sapling.com/5939438/required-information-starter-checks

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73171352/dennis-k_-murphy

• https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/29/us/elderly-farm-couple-in-missouri-indicted-in-deaths-of-5-men.html

• https://www.newspapers.com/image/562609035/?terms=%22Ray%2BCopeland%22

• https://www.newspapers.com/image/139594733/?terms=%22Ray%2BCopeland%22

• https://www.newspapers.com/image/96627873/?terms=%22Ray%2BCopeland%22

• https://www.newspapers.com/image/207805883/?terms=%22Ray%2BCopeland%22

• https://www.newspapers.com/image/139950968

• https://www.newspapers.com/image/139951019/

• https://www.newspapers.com/image/139954404/?terms=%22Ray%2BCopeland%22

• https://www.newspapers.com/image/312434379/

• https://www.newspapers.com/image/562609874/?terms=%22Ray%2BCopeland%22

• https://www.newspapers.com/image/139965159/?terms=%22Ray%2BCopeland%22

• https://www.newspapers.com/image/139597124/?terms=%22Ray%2BCopeland%22

• https://www.newspapers.com/image/562610545/?terms=%22Ray%2BCopeland%22

• https://www.newspapers.com/image/139180190/?terms=%22Ray%2BCopeland%22

• https://www.newspapers.com/image/139187513/?terms=%22Ray%2BCopeland%22

• https://www.newspapers.com/image/132416739/?terms=%22Ray%2BCopeland%22

• https://www.newspapers.com/image/96628367/?terms=%22Ray%2BCopeland%22

• https://www.newspapers.com/image/207752427/?terms=%22Ray%2BCopeland%22

• https://www.newspapers.com/image/139198985/?terms=%22Ray%2BCopeland%22

• https://www.newspapers.com/image/122201005/?terms=%22Ray%2BCopeland%22

• https://www.newspapers.com/image/96628552/

• https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-03-08-9101210726-story.html

• https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/13/us/woman-69-may-face-execution-in-5-killings.html

• https://oklahoman.com/article/2337528/missouri-farm-wife-convicted-on-5-first-degree-murder-counts

• https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/232/969/514915/

• https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-jan-01-me-passings1.3-story.html

TV SHOWS

• Forensic Files episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKszaU9pgL8