Faye Copeland

Criminal

Birthday August 4, 1921

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace Arkansas

DEATH DATE Dec 28, 2003 (82)

About

The eldest woman on death row before her sentence was commuted to life in prison in 1999.

Before Fame

She was physically abused by her husband Ray, something her lawyers would later use in her defense at trial.

Trivia

She and her husband killed drifters and were the oldest couple to be sentenced to death in 1990.

Family Life

She married Ray Copeland and the couple had 6 children.

Associated With

She and Ray Copeland settled down and committed most of their murders in Missouri, the home state of poet Maya Angelou.