Ray and Faye Copeland killed five drifters at their Missouri farm during the 1980s. When they were convicted of the murders, Ray was 76-years-old and Faye was 69-years-old, which made them the oldest couple in America to receive the death penalty.
Ray was well-known for his fraudulent schemes, he hired the drifters to buy cattle with fake checks. Once the cattle had been bought, Ray would re-sell the livestock at a much higher price and then kill off the drifter. They were finally caught when one drifter spotted human remains at the farm and he reported this to the police.
Faye’s lawyers claimed that she had nothing to do with the murders and she was psychologically abused by her husband. She said, “I begged (Ray) time and time again to please stay out of trouble. We had our home and everything paid for. So why would he turn around and mess all that up just like he has?” That was until they discovered she had made a quilt out of the clothing belonging to the dead men. They both died behind bars.
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