1. Serial Killer Project
By: Kayla Rhome

2. Childhood
 Born in Oklahoma in 1914
 His parents moved around
frequently and eventually settled in
Arkansas
 Dropped out of school in 4th grade
to help his family on the farm
 His friends and family described
him as stubborn and insubordinate
 Not much is known about his
childhood

3. Childhood
 Born in Arkansas in 1920
 Family had little money
 She was raised in a dirt floor
cabin with 6 siblings.
 Her family was very close and
“tight knit”

4. What was their
adult life like?
 They got married after 6 months of dating
 No schooling for either of them
 Ray began his crimes at the age of 20
 5 kids; 1 girl and 4 boys

5. What was their adult
life like?
 All of the crimes were done by Ray Copeland
 First crime was committed against his father when he
stole one of his pigs and sold it to another farm for his
own profit.
 Major crimes began at the age of 20.
 He was constantly stealing livestock and forging
government checks.
 He went to jail repeatedly and decided to change his
tactic….

6. What motives did the killer have for these
killings? What methods and rituals did they
perform? What was the profile of their
victims?
 Ray decided to hire men to give their names to buy
livestock at auctions and write faulty checks for the
purchase.
 These men were always in their late twenties
 After they “wore out their welcome” he would murder
them
 He murdered 5 men and killed each with a single
gunshot to the back of the head.

7. What factors led to
them getting caught?
What were they charged
with and sentenced to?
 Ray was caught when a worker of the Copeland’s farm
caught on to something fishy and called the police.
The police went to his barn where they found 4 men
buried all by death of a single gunshot. Ray was taken
to court and given the death sentence. His wife, Faye,
was charged also with death sentence, but nobody
really knows if she knew about his acts of murder.
 They were the oldest couple that received the death
sentence.

8. 1. Why are serial killers so difficult to spot?
Because we as humans look for the abnormal people that
stand out. These people are in disguise and hide their
“abnormalness.”
2. List the Characteristics that make up the four types
of serial killer crime scenes.
Planned offense, Transports body, body hidden,
controlled conversation, demands submissive victim,
missing weapon or evidence, victim is a targeted
3. What are the most surprising pieces ofcrime scene reflectsfrom
stranger, personalizes victim, information you learned
doing this web quest?
-how sick and nasty people are and aggressive acts done
control, restraints used,
before death.
-how much your environment when you grow up can effect your adulthood
and actions

9. 3. What are the most surprising pieces of information you
learned from doing this web quest?
-how sick and nasty people are
-how much your environment when you grow up can effect
your adulthood and actions

10. www.google.com/images
www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/partners/Co
pelands/4.html
http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/notor
ious/tick/1b.html
http://members.tripod.com/SerialKillr/SerialKillersExp
osed/crimescenes.html