Ricky McCormick's Strange Encryption

Ricky McCormick is a man that died in St. Charles County, Missouri.  His body was discovered on June 30, 1999.  At the time of his death, Ricky had a collection of encrypted notes in his pocket.  All attempts by the FBI’s Cryptanalysis and Racketeering Records Unit (CRRU) and the American Cryptogram Association have failed to decipher the notes, which are listed as one of the CRRU’s top unsolved cases.  On March 29, 2011, the FBI issued an appeal for help from the public in obtaining the meaning of the messages.
Ricky McCormick was a high school dropout who suffered from chronic heart and lung problems.  He was unemployed, on disability welfare, and 41 years old at the time of his death.  Originally, McCormick’s death was not labeled a homicide and there was no indication that anyone had a motive to kill him.  In 1999, he was not reported missing by anyone and Ricky’s body was discovered by someone driving along a deserted field road.  News stories in 1999 did not mention anything about the cipher messages, which were not announced until 12 years later.
Investigators believe the notes in McCormick’s pants pockets were written three days before his death.  The two notes are written in an unknown code consisting of “a jumble of letters and numbers occasionally set off with parentheses” and are believed by the FBI to possibly lead to those responsible for McCormick’s death.  The case is bizarre as McCormick’s death was never officially listed as a murder.  The FBI’s interest in the case after 12 years is intriguing.

Interesting Fact
According to members of his family, McCormick created encrypted notes since he was a boy.  Nobody had the ability to decipher the codes and McCormick would not speak about them.  The FBI has received a large response from the public and has set up an extra Internet page to handle the traffic.