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Ray Copeland
Status
Identification Status	Identified
Criminal Status	Deceased
Personal Information
Full Name	Ray Copeland
Born	December 30, 1914 Oklahoma, United States
Died	October 19, 1993 (aged 78) Potosi, Missouri, United States
Cause of Death	Natural causes
Gender	Male
Race/Ethnicity	White
Occupation	Farmer
Spouse	Faye Della Copeland (née Wilson) (m. 1940; 1993, until his death)
Criminal Information
Offender Type	Serial Killer
Accomplice	Faye Copeland
Convictions	Murder (x5)
Criminal penalty	Death
Victims	5-12
Span of crimes	1986 - 1989
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Date apprehended	October 17, 1989
Imprisonment	Potosi Correctional Center — Mineral Point, Missouri

“ Well, those things happen to some, you know. „

~ Ray Copeland, upon hearing that his wife Faye had been sentenced to death by lethal injection.

Victims

Confirmed victims

Name	Age	Date of Death	Cause of Death
Dennis K. Murphy		October 17, 1986
Wayne Warner		November 19, 1986
Jimmy Dale Harvey	27	October 25, 1988
John W. Freeman	27	December 8, 1988
Paul J. Cowart	20	May 3 or 4, 1989

Suspected victims

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Name	Age	Disappeared	Body Found	Cause of Death

Bibliography

Literature

• Miller, Tom (1993). The Copeland Killings,. New York: Pinnacle Books. ISBN 1558176756

Articles

• Charles Montaldo (July 30, 2021). "Serial Killer Couple Ray and Faye Copeland". ThoughtCo.

Documentaries

Podcasts

• Ray and Faye Copeland. Serial Killers with Greg Polcyn & Vanessa Richardson.

Related Articles

• Ray & Faye Copeland
  • Faye Copeland

Links

• Ray and Faye Copeland at Wikipedia
• Ray Copeland. Radford University.