FBI Still Stumped by Missouri Cornfield Codes 27 Years Later

Since the papers were found in a deceased man's pocket in 1999, no one has been able to crack the codes they contained including the FBI.

Ricky McCormick was a 41-year-old man who was found lifeless in a Missouri cornfield on June 30, 1999 according to a story shared by People. Based on the condition of his body, authorities believed that Ricky had been deceased for some time and the cause of death was uncertain. However, it was a series of notes that law enforcement found in Ricky's pocket that have vexed investigators for more than two decades. Now known as the Missouri Cornfield Codes, they are a confusing combination of letters. The investigation eventually reached the FBI who were unable to decipher the codes they contained.

Here are the codes shared by the FBI. You'll understand why no one has figured out what they mean to this day.

The second page is equally unspecific.

Wikipedia says that the FBI enlisted their special Cryptanalysis and Racketeering Records Unit, but no solution was found. It also points to an article shared by the Riverfront Times back in 2012 where Ricky's family questioned whether the codes could even have been created by him. If someone else placed the codes in Ricky's pocket, what was the reason? Could it have been a personal code that only the writer would have known or is it a reference to another location where more clues may be found? No one knows and that's one reason the Missouri Cornfield Codes remains one of the state's greatest unsolved mysteries.