David Parker Ray, Belen, New Mexico. USA.

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Background information

Birth name: David Parker Ray
Known as: Toy box Killer
Born: November 6, 1939(1939-11-06)
Belen, New Mexico
Died: May 28, 2002(2002-05-28) (aged 62)
Hobbs, New Mexico
Cause of death: Myocardial infarction

Killings

Number of victims: 14-60
Span of killings: 1950s–March 22, 1999
Country: United States
State(s): New Mexico
Date apprehended: March 22, 1999

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Crimes

David Parker Ray tortured and presumably killed his victims in a $100,000 homemade torture chamber he called his "toy box", which was equipped with what he referred to as his "friends": whips, chains, pulleys, straps, clamps, leg spreader bars, and surgical blades and saws. With these tools it's thought that he terrorized Truth or Consequences for several years with the added assistance of multiple accomplices.

Inside the torture room, along with numerous sex toys, torture implements, syringes and detailed diagrams (made by Ray himself) showing different methods and techniques for inflicting pain, there was a homemade electricity generating device that was used in torture. Ray would often have a recorded audio tape of himself be played for his victims whenever they regained consciousness.

Trial and conviction

On March 22, 1999, a living victim, Cynthia Vigil, escaped after being kidnapped and enduring torture in a three-day ordeal. To escape, Vigil waited until Ray went to work and then managed to get the keys to the lock of her chains which Ray's accomplice Cindy Hendy left on a table nearby while answering a phone call. After getting the keys Hendy noticed Vigil's attempt at escaping and fighting ensued. During the struggle, Hendy broke a lamp on Vigil's head, but she still managed to unlock her chains and then proceeded to stab Hendy in the neck with an icepick she found on the floor and escaped. Vigil ran away naked, wearing only an iron slave collar and padlocked chains. After Vigil's escape and rescue, Ray and Hendy were apprehended by the police.

Ray was sentenced to more than 223 years in prison after being convicted of numerous offenses involving the abduction and sexual torture of three young women at his Elephant Butte Lake home. His first trial ended in a hung jury in Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico. His trial was then relocated to a small town where he had been raised decades before. He was convicted of his crimes against Angie Montaño, and then admitted his crimes against Cynthia Vigil Jaramillo and another young woman, as part of a plea deal for a light sentence for Ray's daughter. He died eight months after sentencing, having been held for two and a half years while awaiting trial and re-trial. Hendy, who testified against Ray, received a sentence of 36 years for her role in the crimes.

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Photos from inside "The Toy Box" the name he gave his torture chamber caravan.



Victim Trophies

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Cindy Lee Hendy, his accomplice.



His daughter Jessie who also helped him kidnap women.