James Richard McCoy Jr.. Photo provided
WMSR News covered over 1,200 news stories in 2018, with over 750 being local. As you can understand, it was a very busy year in Coffee County. After a lot of research that included listener response, Facebook interaction and you all reading news stories on wmsrradio.com, the number one news story for 2018 is the Sept. 9 murder of Lisa McCoy in Manchester.
When Manchester Police arrived at her home on Duck River Road early Sunday morning Sept. 9, they found McCoy had been shot several times.
As the investigation was being conducted, Manchester Police arrested the woman’s husband, 54-year-old James Richard McCoy, Jr.
According to Coffee County District Attorney Craig Northcott, “There had been a very concerted effort to destroy any evidence at the home and that it had appeared that he was preparing to dispose of the body.” McCoy, Jr. was charged with 1st Degree Murder, Tampering with Evidence, Domestic Violence and Abuse of a Corpse.
James Richard McCoy, Jr remains in jail awaiting trial.
