# Did McCormick write the notes? · Ricky McCormick's notes

> Three answers have been proposed. None is ahead on the evidence yet. Three are still possible.

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# Did McCormick write the notes?

Asked 26 Oct 2026 by [**apollo** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)·3 answers·0·0 following

**Three answers, none ahead** None is ahead yet. See what would settle it.

 

## Where it stands

Three answers have been proposed. None is ahead on the evidence yet. Three are still possible.

## Why it matters

The FBI's 2011 account and the family's 2012 account disagree on whether he wrote this way at all⁠[[1]](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D07Y4V63XFW/fbi-cant-crack-the-code-in-this-murder-case-can-you)⁠[[2]](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D07Y5JM7QFN/code-dead-do-the-encrypted-writings-of-ricky-mccormick-hold).

## Answers 3



[**McCormick wrote both notes.** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ricky-mccormick-notes/answers/ANS0D07YDCM6992/mccormick-wrote-both-notes)

Not tested enough to call either way

Evidence: 1 for

Still possible



[**None of these.** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ricky-mccormick-notes/answers/ANS0D07YEBW1QCV/none-of-these)

Not tested enough to call either way

Evidence: none yet

Still possible



[**Someone else wrote one or both notes.** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ricky-mccormick-notes/answers/ANS0D07YDW86QQ7/someone-else-wrote-one-or-both-notes)

Not tested enough to call either way

Evidence: 1 for

Still possible

## History

1. 2011[NBC News / KMBC puts forward: mcCormick wrote both notes.](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D07Y4V63XFW/fbi-cant-crack-the-code-in-this-murder-case-can-you)
1. 2011[NBC News / KMBC: the FBI said relatives reported he had used such notes since boyhood.](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D07Y4V63XFW/fbi-cant-crack-the-code-in-this-murder-case-can-you)For: McCormick wrote both notes.
1. 2012[Tritto puts forward: someone else wrote one or both notes.](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D07Y5JM7QFN/code-dead-do-the-encrypted-writings-of-ricky-mccormick-hold)
1. 2012[Tritto: his family says he could barely write and never wrote in code.](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D07Y5JM7QFN/code-dead-do-the-encrypted-writings-of-ricky-mccormick-hold)For: Someone else wrote one or both notes.
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