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In the winter of 1986, a tragic and violent series of events unfolded in Salem, Virginia, culminating in the death of 29-year-old Virginia State Trooper Ricky Marshall McCoy. A white male, McCoy had been with the Virginia State Police for five and a half years, a job he was inspired to pursue after the violent death of his older brother years earlier.

On the morning of January 3rd, Trooper McCoy responded to a report of a vehicle being driven erratically along Interstate 81. When he locat ...Read More
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Victim Details

Ricky Marshall Mccoy

Male

White / Caucasian

Salem

VA

1986-01-03

29

Ricky

Marshall Mccoy

01/07/2026