Missing
William H. Crandell Sr.
Crandell, approximately 2006; Ervin Lee McCoy Jr.
Date and time person was reported missing : 02/20/2006
Missing location (approx) :
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 12/29/1951 (69)
Age at the time of disappearance: 54 years old
Height / Weight : 6'2, 200 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Crandell leaving his residence on the south side of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on February 20, 2006. He has neer been heard from again. His vehicle, a dark silver four-door 2000 Lexus LS with the license plate number VVL-440, was subsequently found abandoned in Newcastle, Oklahoma.
Authorities stated Ervin Lee McCoy Jr. was the prime suspect in Crandall's case. A photo of McCoy is posted with this case summary. A convicted bank robber, he is believed to be responsible for six murders dating between 1998 and 2006, but he has only faced charges in one.
In September 2010, McCoy pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the 2004 shooting death of his coworker, Alex Tom Record. He led authorities to Record's body in 2007. As part of his 2010 plea agreement, he agreed to led police to Crandell's body and also the body of his missing wife, Vickie L. Peters, who vanished in 2004. Authorities searched the area McCoy indicated and found Peters's remains.
Crandell's body has not been found and it's unclear whether charges will be brought in his presumed homicide. His case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Oklahoma City Police Department
405-297-1129
September 2021 updates and sources
Oklahoma City Police Department
The Oklahoman
KOTV 6
CBS 13
The Tulsa World
October 12, 2004. October 9, 2010; Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated.
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