Jimmy Dale Harvey was a 27-year-old White man whose life ended on October 25, 1988, in rural Missouri. His body was later linked to Ray and Faye Copeland’s farm outside Mooresville, where the couple kept records tying several missing drifters and laborers to the property.

Authorities say Harvey was among five men the Copelands were convicted of killing, with reports describing victims shot at close range in the back of the head and a .22 caliber Marlin rifle connected to the deaths. The Copelands allegedly lured transient workers with offers of work and lodging, then used them to purchase cattle and later disposed of them when they became liabilities.

A tip in August 1989 prompted excavation of multiple graves, records tying names to remains, and arrests in October 1989 that led to trials and convictions for the Copelands.