| Intro | Mens | ||
| Was |
Murderer Criminal Serial killer |
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| From | United States of America | ||
| Type | Crime | ||
| Gender | male | ||
| Birth | 30 December 1914 | ||
| Death |
19 October 1993 (aged 78 years) |
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| Family |
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Ray Copeland (December 30, 1914 – October 19, 1993) and Faye Della Wilson Copeland (August 4, 1921 – December 23, 2003) became, at the ages of 76 and 69 respectively, the oldest couple ever sentenced to death in the United States. They were convicted of killing five drifters at their farm in Missouri. When her sentence was commuted to life in prison in 1999, Faye Copeland was the oldest woman on death row.