Deceased/Not Found NY - Ryan Cooper, 22, Rochester, Monroe County, 16 May 1999

[NYanon]

(Image uploaded: 17 April 2011)

Ryan Cooper

Native / Indigenous
(no tribal affiliation stated)
Black hair
Brown eyes
5'5" (65") [165.1 cm]
185 lbs [83.915 kg] [13.214 stone]
22 years of age
Scars: left cheek, lip, acne
Tattoos: cat, indio, joker, jh ryan
Last seen: 16 May 1999
Rochester, Monroe County, New York State

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

NAMUS #MP10337
Created: 17 April 2011
Last Modified: 11 September 2020

There are no images present of the tattoos; tattoos and scars are listed here as stated on the NAMUS page (with no further detail nor description).

Image uploaded: 04 April 2012

 

[NYanon]

(Image circa 1999)

The Charley Project has substantially more detail regarding suspected circumstances. Date Missing (01 May 1999) differs from Date of Last Contact on NAMUS (see post above).

Date of Birth: 30 July 1976
Nickname: Chewy
Race/Ethnicity: Native American
Scars: acne; left cheek; lip
Tattoos: a cat; a Joker; the name "Indio"; the name "JH Ryan"

Last seen: Between May and July, 1999; Rochester, NY.

Endangered Missing:
"Foul play is suspected in his case due to the circumstances involved".

(Details in link may be considered upsetting; caution is advised).

Ryan Cooper – The Charley Project

 

[ChatteringBirds]

A lot of details at (Warning - Graphic!):
Ryan Cooper – The Charley Project

 

[ChatteringBirds]

@NYanon We were just on the same page (in more ways than one!)

 

[NYanon]

The link to the Democrat and Chronicle (via the Charley Project page) yielded a main page. Search brings no results specifically relevant to his case. Archival search yielded many irrelevant results; paywall (subscription) for those that seemed relevant.

 

[NYanon]

@NYanon We were just on the same page (in more ways than one!)

Apologies, I'm accessing on a clunker of a phone. Everything is very slow.

 

[NYanon]

WHEC10 link (via Charley Project page) also navigated to a main page. Search (results contemporary to present day) yielded no relevant results. No option for archives appeared in site menu. Message has been sent inquiring about access of archival content.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Apologies, I'm accessing on a clunker of a phone. Everything is very slow.

No, you posted sooner. I was taking awhile deciding how much to post, then, like you, decided just on the link.

Welcome to Websleuths.
I hope this isn't a personal case for you. It's a very sad case.

 

[NYanon]

According to FBI archival content (as of 02 March 2011), two of Ryan Cooper's cousins were charged with his murder. They were two of eleven persons charged with various crimes in relation to a street-drug distribution gang. The two cousins were also charged with the murder of another individual (Francisco Santos, a/k/a “Cisco"), around October 1998 -- knowledge of this previous murder was cited as the reason for the murder of Ryan.

"The superseding indictment charges defendants Kendrick, Pablo Plaza, a/k/a “Paul,” Pablo Plaza, a/k/a “Plaza,” Janine Plaza-Pierce, 57; Edwin Negron, and Angelo Cruz, a/k/a “Kubiak,” with murdering Francisco Santos, a/k/a “Cisco” of Rochester, New York, on or about October 1998. Francisco Santos’ body was found in May 1999 buried on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation in Erie County.

The superseding indictment further charges defendants Kendrick and Pablo Plaza, a/k/a “Plaza,” with murdering their cousin Ryan Cooper, a/k/a “Chewey,” of Rochester, New York between May and July 1999. Cooper’s body has not been found by police."

(Emphasis, in bold, added for visual clarity).

Ryan Cooper's two cousins, who were charged with his murder:
James Kendrick, a/ka “JD,” 36
Pablo Plaza, a/k/a “Plaza,” 35

Six Defendants Charged with Murder; Eleven Defendants Indicted for Narcotics and Firearms Offenses

 

[NYanon]

Welcome to Websleuths.

Thank you.

 

[NYanon]

Thank you to the admin(s)/mod(s) who helped place this thread in the proper forum, and added the appropriate lable.