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please see the show notes for this episode on your app or on our website stretching over 1,000 miles north to
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south highway interstate 25 serves as the main route through Wyoming Colorado into New Mexico the New Mexico portion
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of interstate 25 runs through arid a desert landscape from looming mountain ranges to send swept to crack the plains
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of wild grass and dry to brush this desolate landscape doesn't offer much in terms of excitement and two
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drives can be long and uneventful yet every so often a bustling city scape emerges on the expensive horizon with
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the highway providing a gateway to cities like Albuquerque and Santa Fe at its southernmost point the highway
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begins in the New Mexico city of Las Cruces after just over an hour's drive northward the road occurs around at the
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western edge of Truth or Consequences a desert city bordering the Rio Grande River Truth or Consequences earned its
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unique name after winning a competition with a popular radio quiz show in 1950 the tourism brochures for Truth or
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Consequences tests the one road desert town as being only 120 miles north of El Paso and 150 miles south of Albuquerque
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in other words it is quite literally in the middle of nowhere home to a year-round population of around 6,000
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people Truth or Consequences attracts those who prefer the vast isolation of the surrounding desert to living in the
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shadows of skyscrapers residents living mismatched bungalows mobile homes or ranch doll houses on sun-baked Watts the
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small downtown area offers a selection of restaurants lodging dive bars and access to the ancient hot springs that
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the town is renowned for further north the highway runs parallel to Truth or Consequences neighboring community
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Elephant Butte about five miles separates the two townships with Elephant Butte being the smaller quieter
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and less populated of the pair Elephant Butte residents traveling to truth or consequences when requiring
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services only available within the larger city occasionally Truth or Consequences folk head up to Elephant
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Butte to visit the lake on February 21 1999 off-duty sheriff's deputy Gary labor was heading north along Interstate
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25 as he drove outside Truth or Consequences labor caught sight of a hitchhiker on the side of the road
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the young woman motioned for him to pull over always willing to offer rides to those in need
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labour rode his car to a stop alongside her the hitchhiker introduced herself as
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Angelica Montaigne and she requested a ride 150 miles north to the city of albuquerque labor was heading in that
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direction so he agreed to drop the woman off at her destination the journey to Albuquerque would take about two hours
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as the pair started cruising along the highway Angelica initiated some small talk by casually remarking you wouldn't
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believe what just happened to me deputy labor asked her what happened Angelica replied I was just kidnapped by
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a couple they held me in their house for a few days braked me tortured me and to then let me
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go just now on the highway Angelica went on to explain her encounter in more detail the story began
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with her abduction days prior and - led to descriptions of extreme sexual torture the laid-back ease in which
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Angelica recounted her ordeal was surreal - deputy Gary labor it was as though she was casually retelling a
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rather uneventful experience despite the distressing content of her story Angelica showed no behavioral signs of
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trauma which struck labor as odd keeping his opinions to himself labour offered to take Angelica to a police station so
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she could make a formal report on the matter however Angelica refused to go anywhere
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near a police station and showed her no desire of reporting the incident given her relaxed demeanor and refusal to
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speak to authorities labour considered whether the woman was lying perhaps to make the car ride more interesting he
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didn't press the matter and the topic was dropped once they arrived in Albuquerque labour led Angelica out at a
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bus stop and bid her farewell although noting the experience as bizarre he didn't give it any more
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thought and soon details of being Keanu completely slipped from his mind just over a month later
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Cynthia vales harrowing escape from David Parker Ray's house of horrors was dominating national media reports of
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potentially dozens of women being held captive on a suburban property within the sleepy township of Elephant Butte
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was unlike anything anyone had ever heard before except for deputy Gary labor when he
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heard the news memories returned of the hitchhiker he picked up on interstate 25
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from outside Truth or Consequences a month earlier her story of abduction and torture bore striking similarities to
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the one told by Cynthia V Hill now convinced the hitch-hiker had been telling the truth labour contacted the
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investigators who were overseeing the David Parker ray case and reported his interactions with the woman
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investigators were convinced labour had inadvertently crossed paths with another
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one of David Parker Ray's victims yet complicating the matter was Labour's inability to record the woman's name
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despite this the details of her suffering was something he could never forget [Music]
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around at the same time that Gary labor came forward with his story about the hitchhiker investigators were contacted
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by a resident of Hot Springs Landing who lived in near David Parker raised bass Road home
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the men claimed to have important information related to the case and agreed to participate in a formal
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interview his name was John Brunner and he arrived to the police station accompanied by his wife Jean Brunner the
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couple were acquaintances of Cindy Hendy David Parker raised partner and co-accused
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the Brunner's meant handy when she first arrived in town in the summer of 97 upon
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her arrival handy had stayed in a motel managed by Jane Brunner enter Jean took candy under her wing the women became
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friends and Hendy would visit the Brunner's house often the Brunner's lived only eight blocks away from David
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Parker ray so after Cindy Hendy moved in with Ray the Brenna saw her more frequently
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during these visits handy revealed a lot of intimate details about her relationship with Ray some of which were
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so shocking they were hard to believe during one of her recent visits to John and Janes house an intoxicated handy
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divulged the disturbing story about her boyfriend Hindi revealed a David Parker ray had abducted and sexually tortured a
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woman in his trailer holding her captive for several days rage struck a deal with his prisoner
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agreeing to release her on one condition that she never spoke of what happened ray and Hindi dropped her off on the
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side of highway interstate 25 just outside the neighboring city of Truth or Consequences hindi referred to the woman
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as Angela the Brenner's brushed off Handy's drunken story is just that a story this hindi had a reputation for
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saying outrageous things purely for the shock value consequently the bran is never considered speaking to police
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about what hindi had told them it wasn't until they heard news of Cynthia vigils
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escape from David Parker Ray's property that the couple suspected Hindi story about Angela could in fact be true
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the Brenner's weren't actually the first to mention this story after Cindy Handy's arrest she told police about
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Angela a victim Ray had left on the side of a highway back in February between deputy Garry labor the Bronner's
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and Cindy Hendy had appeared all of them were referring to the same woman by placing these stories together
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investigators gathered that Ray in Hindi had abducted Angela in February and held
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her captive for several days before releasing her on Interstate 25 where she was picked up by Deputy carrier labour
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and to left in Albuquerque then later hindi drunkenly confessed to the Brenna's about what she and Ray had
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done investigators were certain Angela existed and could only hold out hope she would come forward and to make a report
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but for Angelica Montano she readily dismissed the thought of going to the police since her ordeal at the hands of
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David Parker ray and Cindy Hendy Angelica had been living in constant fear considering herself lucky to have even
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survived Angelica made an abrupt to move to Albuquerque on the day of her release
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leaving her life in Truth or Consequences behind she hoped creating distance between herself and her captors
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would stop them from coming after her again Angelica had already broken her promise to remain silent
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twice first she spoke of her captivity to the man she hitched a ride from to Albuquerque and to then again to a close
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friend when she arrived in town fearing what ray would do to her if he found out
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she broke her part of the deal Angelica decided not to make matters worse by reporting the incident to
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authorities a month later Angelica's friend heard of the arrests of David Parker ray and Cindy Hendy and
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convinced Angelica it was now safe for her to return to Elephant Butte and report her abduction to police
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[Music] it was surely before 3:00 p.m. on March 27 when investigators combing David
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Parker Ray's house noticed the car pull up to the roadblock outside a woman emerged introducing herself as Angelica
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Montano in the early months of 1999 27 year-old Angelica Montano was living with her partner and young son in Truth
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or Consequences On February 17 Angelica made a trip to the local shops to purchase ingredients to bake a cake
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for her boyfriend whilst the Angelica walked along the main strip of town and motorhome pulled up beside her looking
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up at the vehicle she saw Cindy Hendy through the passenger side window the two women already knew each other
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they weren't close but they moved in the same social circles and had crossed paths several times before
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as the pair exchanged small talk angelica mentioned she was out buying ingredients for a cake hindi suddenly
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perked up offering to give angelica some spare cake mix she had at her friend at
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david's place in this moment and he introduced the Angelica to David Parker ray who was watching the exchange from
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the driver's seat Angelica eagerly accepted a ride to retrieve the cake mix and climbed into
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the motorhome after a short quiet drive they pulled up to the front of Ray's house on bus road and the trio went
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inside Angelica waited expectantly for the cake mix and he had promised her out of
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nowhere ray produced a large knife and pointed it towards Angelica threatening to kill
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her if she didn't do as she was told and he stood beside ray not saying a word [Music]
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Angelica burst out laughing assuming the couple were pulling some sort of twisted
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prank her reaction infuriated grey who punched Angelica in the face causing her to falter when she regained her
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composure hindi was pointing a revolver at her Angelica then realized this was no joke
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ray in handy you ordered Angelica to strip naked terrified she did as she was told
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they then restrained her hands and feet to a bed in the living room before clamping a metal collar around her neck
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which Ray referred to as a dog collar once Angelica was shackled right force-fed her an orange-colored pill and
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made her wash it down with hard liquor the pill was supposed to have a dizzying effect that would impact the Angelica's
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ability to later recall what was about to happen to her however the pill didn't have the desired
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reaction and Angelica remembered everything ray walked over to a cassette player and
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pressed the play button the sound of his voice emanated from the audio tape inside completely restrained
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Angelica could do nothing else but listen she later recalled hearing quote I bet you're scared and we're gonna play
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with you for a while things only got worse from there over the next five days ray in handy held Angelica prisoner at
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the house on five one three bus road where she was repeatedly tortured and assaulted in a manner that held striking
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similarities to the ordeal Cynthia veal had endured during this time Angelica record being taken into Ray's toy box
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twice at one stage Angelica heard ray in Hindi debating over ways in which they could get rid of
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her Ray proposed to two options the first was to inject Angelica with a solution of potent drugs that would
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blank out her memory so she would forget what happened his second option was to kill her when
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Angelica overheard her captors discussing ways to dispose of her body the very real possibility that she might
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die soon propelled her into survival mode restrained and exhausted Angelica didn't have the strength to
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fight back and in you doing so would only anger her captors so she came up with a different plan with great effort
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Angelica internalized all her overwhelming fear and anger masking it from her captors she then attempted to
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befriend Rey in handy hoping that by doing so Rey would be less likely to kill her as
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the couple continued to torture and abuse Angelica she pretended to be a willing participant later telling
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investigators the only way she thought she would survive was to quote play along Angelica's deception worked as Rey
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and Hindi were making the final decision about what to do with their prisoner Henley appeared to have had a change of
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heart telling ray that it wouldn't feel right to kill her upon realizing she had
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successfully fooled ray and handy into trusting her Angelica persuaded them to let her go home to see her son Ray
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responded quote if I'd known you were this noise I wouldn't have kidnapped you in the first place
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Ray agreed to release Angelica as long as she promised not to speak to anyone about what had happened desperate to get
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away from the property and her captors Angelica agreed On February 21 1999 five days after her
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abduction David Parker ray in Cindy Hendy left Angelica Montaigne on the side of Interstate 25
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despite Hindi referring to her prisoner is Angela it was clear she was miss naming Angelica as when deputy Carrie
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labor was later shown a photograph of Angelica Montano he confirmed she was the hitchhiker he had picked up and
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taken to Albuquerque with the discovery of a second survivor the sordid life of David Parker ray became a meteor
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obsession into their presence in Elephant Butte quickly overwhelmed a small town
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they sought answers to the perplexing question of how such horrific crimes could have occurred right under the
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noses of the local community without anyone suspecting a theme raised property on bass Road was not hidden in
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the wilderness nor talked away in an isolated area of the desert it sat on a half acre suburban block with neighbors
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on all sides parked at the rear of the property was raised infamous toybox trailer sitting in plain sight of
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passers-by but elephant boots locals could often no answers the mayor of Elephant Butte Bob Barnes would later
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express his shock at the situation speaking of how the case had simply crashed in on them and to left the town
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feeling violated two locals Ray and Hindi carried themselves like any normal couple and raised absolutely
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no suspicions David Parker ray was regarded as clean-cut and intelligent a simple man who lived the routine life on
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weekdays had stopped by the same gas station to purchase donuts and lunch supplies with his state parks co-workers
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during these visits the station's manager would give ray free coffee when images of a handcuffed array being led
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away by police flashed across television screens friends and neighbors felt they
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were looking at a monster they didn't recognize like her partner Cindy Hendy also came across this ordinary she was
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an avid reader who enjoyed romance novels Christian radio stations and adored her small dog named rat according
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to those who knew her hindi had become noticeably happier since moving in with Ray which they attributed to love one of
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the more candid insights into Cindy Handy's real character came from her longtime acquaintance John Brunner in an
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interview with Albuquerque television news station KOB TV Verano repeated many of the same stories about Hindi that he
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had told police during previous interviews including the time Hindi drunkenly confessed to him that David
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Parker ray was responsible for hundreds of deaths Hindi allegedly stated quote I've always been interested in serial
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killer magazines and Danao on living with one Hindi admitted to John Brunner that she didn't have a problem with her
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partner's crimes as she herself quote got off on the pain Andy also bragged about her participation in the abduction
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and torture of Ray's victims revealing that she did it for the adrenaline rush furthermore Brunner
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spoke of the time Hindi complained of a blood stain on her floor that she couldn't scrub away she said it was the
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result of rage shooting a man in the head John Brunner concluded his interview with reporters by revealing one last
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thing Cindy Hendy had once told him that over the years David Parker ray had disposed of upwards of seven bodies in
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Elephant Butte Lake according to handy ray went to great lengths to ensure the bodies wouldn't
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have any buoyancy cutting them open filling them with rocks and to binding them back together with chicken while
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this actor guaranteed the body sunk into the watery depths and wouldn't float back up to the surface do towards close
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proximity to raise property Elephant Butte Lake was already an area of interest in the search for his potential
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victims but the problem facing investigators was the sheer size of a lake its surface spread over 36,000
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acres and at its deepest point had a depth upwards of 165 feet without information to help them refine the
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search to a specific area the only option was to clear the entire lake which was an overly ambitious ask far
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easier said than done although investigators wouldn't completely rule out a search of the lake there were
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adamant it was not going to happen in the immediate future meanwhile the extensive search of David
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Parker Ray's borrowed property continued yellow police tape frame to the outskirts to keep a camping media at bay
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and blue tarps were hung around the double-wide mobile home to block the scene from curious onlookers 20 New
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Mexico State Police officers and 30 FBI agents in sterile jumpsuits and latex gloves sifted through the homestead
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filling two large vans with evidence taken from the scene items confiscated from raised property included a range of
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weapons torture devices and objects related to bondage and dominance searches of raised workplace and Dodge
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Ram work truck revealed a variety of police related items he allegedly used to conduct some of his abductions
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including badges a portable emergency light her baton and a piece of paper listing numerous common laws
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investigators refused to publicly detail the specifics of items taken from Ray's
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property after Darren white from the Department of Public Safety visited the crime scene he told reporters quote when
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we witnessed firsthand the evidence at the scene it literally made my stomach turn this is very disturbing stuff white
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later added that the more information authorities uncovered in relation to the case the more file that became
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a major breakthrough came on March 30 in the form of a video cassette tape found
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in raised toy box the tape contained footage of a woman who is strapped to the gynecological chair in raised
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trailer although the footage was grainy had appeared the woman was being held there
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against her will her face was completely banned in duct tape she kept making attempts to cover up her naked body and
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her movement was sluggish as though she were drugged due to the poor quality of the film and the fact that the woman's
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face was covered it was impossible to immediately identify her one thing was clear it was neither Cynthia veal or
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Angelica Montano but an unknown third woman her only distinguishing feature was a tattoo of a swan on her leg which
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was done in a tribal design believing this woman could be yet another victim of David Parker ray investigators
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released an image of her distinctive Swan tattoo through the media hoping she would be identified and come forward
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in the mean time little red flags were being erected throughout Ray's yard leading media to speculate they
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indicated areas of interest the first soon to be conducted dick for human remains propelling this speculation was
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an anonymous tip-off to the press which confirmed that bones had indeed been found on David Parker Ray's property and
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were currently being examined yet tests were quick to determine that these bones
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belonged to a small animal likely food scraps Ray had given to his pet dogs although no human remains had so far
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been discovered at the property or anywhere else reporters held little doubt that David
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Parker ray was being viewed by investigators as a potential serial killer during a news conference an FBI
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spokesperson told reporters quote we are not going to rule out more victims we are not going to rule out the
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possibility that this case involves homicides we have not discovered any bodies in this case we have received
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information from people on the possibility of other victims and we are following up that information right now
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on March 30 eight days after their arrest additional charges were filed against David Parker ray and Cindy Hendy
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in relation to their second alleged victim Angelica Montano both accused now faced 25 charges in total with bail
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remaining at the insurmountable amount of 1 million dollars cash both attorneys for the accused publicly declared their
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clients innocent and stated that were ready to go to trial that night investigators held a town meeting for
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locals and visiting media which dispelled many widespread rumors circulating about the case including one
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that claimed two bodies had been retrieved from Elephant Butte Lake an announcement was made revealing that
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40 more FBI agents would be joining the investigation bringing the total number of active law enforcement officials on
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the case up to 100 this action was highly unusual as the suspects were already detained typically the number of
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investigators decreased once suspects were in custody during the meeting locals expressed their concerns saying
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they felt as though they were living in a nightmare Department of Public Safety secretary
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Darren white responded quote the nightmare is behind bars this is a safe community the 10:00 a.m. on March 31 the
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long-awaited dig at five on three bus Road commenced shovels and metal detectors were used along with
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ground-penetrating equipment the sensed if any particular spot of Earth had recently been disturbed although
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investigators wouldn't confirm to the press what they were digging for spectators assumed it could only be one
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thing bodies digging occurred in three main areas beside the house towards the middle of the lot and at the rear of the
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property near the chain-link fence the surrounded the home a long day of digging failed to yield any significant
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discoveries the following day a cadaver dog from the Los Alamos mountain canine Corps named Guinness was brought to the
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crime scene Guinness was placed in the yard for an extended period of time but he too failed to detect any human
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remains as this initial dig wrapped up the FBI announced they weren't ruling out the
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possibility of conducting a major excavation of the property in the future however based on a lack of finding so
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far they were confident there were no bodies buried on David Parker Ray's property at the same time the search
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inside Ray's home was also reaching its conclusion all up a total of 1,000 pieces of evidence had been seized this
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included David Parker raised toybox the 25 foot long trailer was carefully placed onto a flatbed truck secured and
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calm despite the hundreds of items seized from David Parker raised property investigators still had no proof he was
00:35:00
guilty of any alleged crimes they didn't doubt the accounts given by Cynthia vo Laura Angelica Montano but to go to
00:35:08
trial with only circumstantial evidence was a huge risk the footage found in a toy box of the unknown woman with the
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Swan tattoo added validity to the two survivors claims yet until she was identified and her ordeal was known
00:35:23
Ray's defense could shape the narrative and argue she was a consenting party additionally as the search for human
00:35:31
remains had failed so far Cindy's Hindi stories about Ray's alleged murders were nothing more than
00:35:37
hearsay with few remaining avenues left for investigation authorities were desperate hoping to get a more damning
00:35:47
testimony from her on April 6 the prosecution offered Cindy Hendy a plea deal in exchange for information on
00:35:54
David Parker ray her 25 charges would reduce to just five one count of conspiracy to commit kidnapping two
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counts of accessory to kidnapping and two counts of accessory to criminal sexual penetration this would more than
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half Handy's potential prison term of 100 years Andy accepted the plea deal during
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subsequent interrogations she offered further details on David Parker Ray's alive into named several
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persons of interest one name immediately stuck out to investigators as it wasn't
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the first time Hindi had mentioned it to them Denis Roy Yancy she described Yancy as a close friend of
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David Parker ray as the two shared similar interests 27 year-old Dennis Roy Yancy lived a
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transient life hopping from one friend's couch to the next when friends had enough of him cheap motels where Yancy's
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back up and he's a last resort was his parents place every so often Dennis Roy Yancy was drawn back to his
00:37:04
childhood town of Truth or Consequences it was never good news when the ante reappeared in town locals regarded him
00:37:13
as a violent criminal a reputation he'd maintained since his teens he was arrested for the first time at age 16
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when he and two others broke into a house and stole a computer and stereo not long after he and he formed a
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satanic cult with friends the group terrorized the local residents by vandalizing gravestones and poisoning
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small pets when they threatened to start killing children local officials canceled all Halloween
00:37:42
festivities in town to pacify concerned parents years later Yancey served in the
00:37:50
United States Navy for a brief period of time but his service ended in a dishonorable discharge even Yancy's
00:37:59
friends were wary of his behavior many felt on edge around him it was well known that yes he had a temper and when
00:38:08
he drank alcohol which was often his anger worsened violently outbursts would follow where anyone could be a target
00:38:16
his rap sheet included convictions for domestic violence and a rape her friend also recorded Yancey saying he could
00:38:24
kill somebody and do not blink an eye Yancy's interest in Satanism wasn't just the passing phase during his troubled
00:38:35
youth he carried his faith in devil worship into his adult life would you let him at 18 years old to form a
00:38:42
friendship with a fellow believer David Parker ray both of Dennis Roy Yancy and David Parker ray were followers of the
00:38:51
Church of Satan members view Satan as a positive archetype representing pride Liberty enlightenment and individuality
00:39:00
although not supported by the church objectionable acts such as worshipping evil forces animal law human sacrifice
00:39:08
cannibalism torture and dark arts have been associated with some believers David Parker Ray's home was littered
00:39:18
with satanic memorabilia and he referred to his home as the Church of Satan according to Cindy Hendy rate outed
00:39:26
himself as a dungeon master of the local chapter of the church she alluded that he used his position to manipulate
00:39:32
control and torment others including Dennis Roy Yancy who she described as a quote hardcore satanic follower of Ray
00:39:45
it wasn't just their mutual interest in Satanism that drew Dennis Roy Yancy and David Parker ray to one another like ray
00:39:53
Yancy was a sadist someone who derived pleasure from others pain or humiliation a school friend recalled he answers
00:40:02
vivid stories of his time as a naval officer stationed in the Philippines where he'd pick up local sex workers and
00:40:09
used them to act out his sadomasochistic fantasies as their friendship blossomed
00:40:16
Yancy would stay at Ray's bus Road home whenever he was in town during one such visit ray discovered he and Nancy shared
00:40:24
a sexual interest in bondage whilst ENC skimmed through a pornographic magazine ray pointed the pages featuring pictures
00:40:32
of bound and gagged women bragging that he and an ex-wife had experimented with bondage ray showed Yancy photographs he
00:40:40
had taken of a completely restrained woman ENC had never met any of Rey's ex-wives
00:40:47
therefore he couldn't confirm the identity of the woman in Rey's photography collection investigators
00:40:54
believed she was more than likely one of rays captives as he was known to take pictures of the women he had abducted
00:41:00
whilst he tortured them this theory was substantiated when investigators questioned Dre's ex-wife's of which he
00:41:08
had several who all denied participating in acts of bondage with Rey knowing that Yancy was a fellow
00:41:16
sadomasochists Rey gave him a tour of the inside of his toy box like a teacher educating an eager pupil he explained
00:41:25
how each of his different devices and instruments worked including how to use nipple clamps and administer electric
00:41:31
shocks soon Yancy and raised friendship involved entertaining their two mutual interests Satanism and sadism the pair
00:41:44
engaged the services of sex workers to participate in consensual acts involving bondage and sadomasochism some of these
00:41:51
instances occurred within Ray's toy box later when Cindy Hendy came on the scene
00:41:56
the three would participate in such sex acts together in describing Yancy's overt diversion to his master Rey Cindy
00:42:07
Hendy proceeded to make serious allegations implicating both men in a murder handi alleged that Yancy and Rey once
00:42:15
held against his ex-wife captive at five one three bus road after days of torturing and sexually assaulting the
00:42:22
woman Rey ordered Yancy to kill her as Yancy strangled his ex-wife to death race stood in a corner taking
00:42:30
photographs afterwards the men bundled the woman's body into Ray's car and drove out into the desert during the
00:42:39
trip Yancy continued to violate his ex-wife's body eventually they reached a suitably
00:42:47
isolated location where the pair disposed of the body taking extra care to ensure that it wouldn't be found in
00:42:57
the following days yen si got drunk and was in such a state of euphoria that Rey
00:43:02
grew increasingly concerned that his young accomplice would tell someone about what they had done or worse they
00:43:09
will reveal the location of the body unbeknownst en si a week after the murder Rey returned to the spot where
00:43:18
they had left the body and moved it to a different location although Rey later told Cindy Hendy of
00:43:25
having relocated the body he didn't specify exactly where Cindy Hendy claimed this murder took place years
00:43:34
before she even met David Parker ray and she only knew about it because he bragged about it to her although
00:43:44
incriminating it was immediately clear the accusations made by Cindy Hendy against the Dennis Roy Yancy for the
00:43:50
murder of his ex-wife didn't hold up a quick background check by investigators uncovered that Yancy had never been
00:43:58
divorced and thus never could have had an ex-wife he was currently married to a woman named Christina who investigators
00:44:07
found alive and well in another blow to Hindi story Christina defended her husband the Noyan
00:44:15
claims Yancy was a sexual sadist she insisted he had never shown an interest in what she described as quote deviant
00:44:23
sexual behavior Christina didn't deny her husband's friendship with David Parker ray recalling several instances
00:44:32
where Yancy took her to visit five one three bath Road the first was on their wedding day in September in 1997
00:44:41
the newlyweds were heading to Elephant Butte Lake when the inci made a brief stop at race house on the way during
00:44:48
another visit Christina's three-year-old child was playing in raised yard and wandered in the direction of a large
00:44:55
white trailer towards the rear of the property Rhea quickly stopped the child and warned Christina that they could
00:45:02
never go back there Christina respected raised demand but noted it as odd christina further
00:45:13
revealed that during a brief separation with her husband in 1998 ENT had commenced the sexual relationship with
00:45:20
Cindy Hendy when Christina and Nancy got back together he confessed that the pleasure hindiii found in violent sex
00:45:28
acts had made him uncomfortable christina also noticed her husband had developed an emotional drinking habit
00:45:35
during this time investigators track to Dennis Roy Yancy to an address in Williamsburg a small village on the
00:45:45
western edge of Truth or Consequences he was a fairly unremarkable man of Valene
00:45:50
build with sharp cheekbones and a head of dark hair he agreed to be interviewed about the David Parker ray case but
00:45:59
information gained amounted to very little yen she admitted he participated in consensual sex acts with Ray and
00:46:06
Cindy Hendy he also revealed the Rae would occasionally invite sex workers who specialized in bondage and
00:46:14
sadomasochism to join them in the toy box during one trip to obtain the services of a sex worker ray expressed
00:46:22
an interest in abducting an unwilling participant to truly fulfill their sadomasochistic desires but Yancy
00:46:29
assured investigators they never acted out on the idea yet she firmly denied at the accusation that he had strangled a
00:46:38
woman to death in Ray's toy box he insisted that all sex acts done inside the trailer involved consenting and
00:46:45
willing parties he strongly rejected Cindy handy's claims that a murder had ever taken
00:46:52
place undeterred by Yancy's denial Andy stood by her claim that he was a murderer inquiries continued but without
00:47:04
evidence investigators couldn't even be sure a murder had even taken place they were dealing with two unreliable parties
00:47:12
locked in a case of he said she said on the afternoon of April 9 1999 police held their third interview with Denis
00:47:23
Roy Yancy in an interrogation room at the truth or consequences State Police office at 1:30 p.m.
00:47:31
ENC was seated before FBI Special Agent Gary Brodin and sergeant Casey Rogers from the New Mexico State Police Rodgers
00:47:40
had been on the David Parker ray case since the beginning he had entered and searched the infamous toy box torture
00:47:47
chamber observed the confronting evidence collected from Ray's home and listened to the disturbing details about
00:47:53
the heinous crimes he'd committed further adding to the sheer horror of the case was the knowledge Ray had
00:48:01
accomplices criminal couples were not unheard of therefore Handy's involvement though shocking was not unique it was
00:48:11
Dennis Roy Yancy's alleged involvement as stuck out is particularly concerning if what andy said was true ray had roped
00:48:19
a completely outsider in on his despicable acts it was yet to be determined if that was an indictment on
00:48:25
ray or Yancy Rogers desperately wanted justice for the victims but every new breakthrough in the case had so far led
00:48:34
to a massive road block in Yancy's third interview investigators line of questioning centered around a detail
00:48:42
Cindy Hendy had mentioned in one of her statements she alleged but when the auntie strangled the woman to death in
00:48:49
the toy box the victim lost control of her bodily functions investigators told Yancey they intended
00:48:57
to test the floor of the trailer for DNA to determine if what Hindi said was true
00:49:02
ENC continued to deny any involvement sergeant Rogers was nearly at his wits end he looked he and he straight in the
00:49:12
eye and said they could obtain DNA from all kinds of sources quote block that poor woman who lost control of her
00:49:20
bodily functions and pissed on the floor when you were sitting on her chest choking the life out of her Rodgers
00:49:28
blunt comment seemed to switch something inside of he ends his mine he snapped back quote I was forced to do it
00:49:36
they made me strangle her stunned by Yancy's sudden confession Rodgers pressed for more information but a panic
00:49:47
TNT just kept repeating quote I was forced into doing it I didn't want to choke her after calming down yes he
00:49:58
asked for a lawyer but quickly changed his mind and instead offered a full confession
00:50:04
sergeant Rogers asked what only start with who it was that you had in David Parker Ray's house who was it that you
00:50:12
all killed without hesitation ent replied Marie Parker [Music] Marie Parker was a 22 year old single
00:50:26
mother of two she and Dennis Roy Yancy had been a couple back in 1993 but their relationship wasn't healthy
00:50:34
at one point Marie confided to a neighbor that Yancey had raped her Marie told others of her growing fear she had
00:50:43
of her boyfriend remarking that she no longer felt safe being in the same room with him unless another person was
00:50:49
present the relationship ended after Marie reported Yancey for domestic violence a charge that led to a
00:50:57
conviction years later around at the end of June 1997 Marie was evicted from her
00:51:05
apartment for failing to pay rent she had since been living in a tent on the western shore line of Elephant Butte
00:51:12
Lake behind the suburban estate of hotsprings Landing to ensure her two young daughters had a warm bed and a
00:51:19
roof over their heads Marie sent them to stay with people she trusted until she got back on her feet on the morning of
00:51:28
July 5 1997 Marie took her daughter's to the local swimming pool and spent the day with her
00:51:35
brother and a friend that afternoon she dropped her daughters off at a friend's house before heading back to her
00:51:42
lakeside attend at around 5 p.m. Marie left the camp in her 1993 Geo Metro car and drove to the blue waters saloon the
00:51:54
local watering hole in Elephant Butte her night was spent drinking and dancing with friends shortly before midnight
00:52:03
Marie mentioned to others that she had to go and check on her daughters but would return to the bar later yet by the
00:52:11
time the bar had closed Marie was nowhere to be seen assuming Murray was with her daughters
00:52:19
her friends were startled to spot her car in the saloons parking lot mowgli concerned about her whereabouts the
00:52:27
group drove around town looking for maria until 2:00 a.m. but founded no sign of her by the following morning
00:52:36
Murray still hadn't reappeared her brother checked her can't cite by Elephant Butte Lake and discovered that
00:52:43
Murray's belongings were gone over the following days her car remained in the parking lot of the blue water saloon and
00:52:51
no one saw Murray come or go the car doors were unlocked and Murray's purse was left between the two front seats the
00:53:01
most recent paycheck was unclaimed at the convenience store where she worked when Murray still hadn't shown up by
00:53:08
July 7 her family reported her missing a police officer attempted to locate Murray during their investigations they
00:53:19
learned she was known to occasionally use an alias angel Morrison Murray also had a history of suffering from suicidal
00:53:26
thoughts based on this information police believed Murray Parker had either taken her own life
00:53:34
or left town for good under her alias although the investigation ended without evidence to prove either theory so
00:53:42
Murray Parker's missing persons file remained open throughout the following weeks months and years
00:53:50
Murray's family refused to give up and continued to search for her during a telephone interview with the press
00:53:57
Marie's mother stated quote I've been searching and searching for two years I've got her on almost every
00:54:06
prayer chain in the entire United States two years is a hell of a long time to go
00:54:12
without your friend your daughter your blood on April 9 1999 almost two years after Marie Parker disappeared
00:54:24
Dennis Roy Yancy finally revealed the truth about what really happened to his ex-girlfriend living and working in the
00:54:35
Albuquerque at the time Yancey was surprised when he's estranged to father Martin contacted him and suggested they
00:54:42
take a road trip together to get reacquainted Martin was a paraplegic Vietnam War veteran who had since taken
00:54:49
up painting he planned to fund of their trip by selling his artwork along the way feeling like he was going nowhere in
00:54:57
his current job ent agreed to join his father on the road he had just one request that they take a detour and make
00:55:07
a short stop off in Elephant Butte Yancy explained he had some stuff he wanted to
00:55:12
pick up from her friend's house and also wanted to stop by to wish his sister a happy birthday as she lived in the area
00:55:19
Martin agreed after the 150 mile drive south Yancey in the company of his father went to visit his old friend
00:55:30
David Parker ray as it was the 4th of July weekend accommodation options were limited in Elephant Butte as the town
00:55:39
was busy with tourists spending the holiday celebrating at the lake as such ray happily invited his visitors to stay
00:55:47
at his house Dennis Roy Yancy spent Saturday July 5 drinking steadily a raised place until
00:55:55
he felt buzzed later that night a visitor arrived 2 5 1-3 bass road it was David Parker raised thirty year old
00:56:04
daughter Glenda gene ray better known by her nickname Jesse drugs were a major problem in both
00:56:17
Elephant Butte and its neighboring town truth or consequences due to their rural
00:56:22
locations the town's tended to attract drifters living fail of the law or others wanting to outrun their own
00:56:28
troubled pasts local drug dealers were always ready in too willing to make a quick buck of the most vulnerable
00:56:35
members in the community one such dealer was Jesse ray she sold crystal meth cocaine and
00:56:44
marijuana to anyone who asked Jesse was easily recognizable around a town her presence was often forewarned by the
00:56:53
grumble of her motorcycle as it cruised down the Main streets the motorcycle didn't quite suit Jesse a thin blond
00:57:02
haired woman with aviator style reading glasses described as quiet and reserved in much the same way she stood out at
00:57:10
her local horn a div' rock-and-roll biker bar in town but to those who knew her well Jesse was far from the meek
00:57:19
young woman she appeared she carried a powerful presence which hid a violent streak that would emerge when provoked
00:57:28
ex-girlfriends had reported her for incidence of domestic violence but no charges were ever laid in one incident
00:57:35
she attacked her ex pay and his new girlfriend with pepper spray after Jesse was asked to leave their house although
00:57:44
she had deep roots in the Elephant Butte community it wasn't so much a home for Jesse Ray she moved around often and
00:57:51
switched jobs constantly while operating under different aliases Linda Brenda or
00:57:57
[ __ ] her employment history included stints as a cab driver pizza delivery driver
00:58:03
and following in her father's footsteps and mechanic she had a young daughter who was being raised in Louisiana by
00:58:11
Jessie's mother Glenda David Parker raised third ex-wife Jesse had a temperamental relationship with
00:58:21
her father David Parker ray the two were close but also prone to conflict back in
00:58:28
1986 jesse was living with her father on his ranch in fence lake New Mexico they
00:58:35
grew marijuana in a small greenhouse on their farmland which Jesse would then sell to locals in June that year
00:58:43
Jesse accused ray of withholding money owed to her and an altercation followed seemingly spurred on by this event she
00:58:51
contacted the FBI and volunteered information implicating David Parker ray in acts of slavery according to FBI
00:59:00
agent Doug Belden quote Jesse alleged that David Parker ray was abducting and torturing women and selling them to
00:59:08
buyers in Mexico throughout the following year the FBI dug around to see if they could find anything substantial
00:59:17
to support Jesse Ray's claims but she had been so nonspecific that nothing surfaced
00:59:24
the FBI were unable to determine who the alleged abducted victims were has Jesse
00:59:30
offered them no names agents visited David Parker raised ranch where they questioned him directly but
00:59:38
he confidently denied the allegations open and upfront with these answers ray gave authorities no impression he was
00:59:47
hiding something soon after this interview rain moved back to Albuquerque and because he
00:59:53
wasn't formally charged no one followed after him with absolutely no evidence to
01:00:00
support Jesse Ray's accusations the FBI dropped the case who was suspected that the whole situation was a lie concocted
01:00:09
by Jesse in spite of her father this all occurred thirteen years prior to the arrest of David Parker ray in relation
01:00:18
to the abduction captivity and torture of women in Elephant Butte David Parker ray didn't know his daughter reported
01:00:26
him to the FBI he was told they had received an anonymous tip over time the father and daughter patched up their
01:00:34
relationship and became very close spending time together whenever Jesse ray moved back to town Jesse ray also
01:00:47
shared a close friendship with Dennis Roy Yancy when both were in town they take time to catch up spending most of
01:00:54
their time together drinking dancing and playing pool or the local dive bars or partying out by the lake when Nancy
01:01:03
arrived in town with his father on the 4th of July weekend Jesse was eager to catch up with her old friend she drove
01:01:10
her motorcycle up to five one three bus road in the sweltering hot evening of July 5 1997 where Yancy was inside
01:01:19
intoxicated after a brief catch-up Jesse asked her father if she could borrow his Dodge Ram
01:01:26
truck to get around at that evening David Parker ray agreed and handed the keys over Jesse asked Nancy to join her
01:01:35
on a drive to the blue waters saloon during the 10-minute Drive Jesse told Nancy they were going to the bar to pick
01:01:44
up his ex-girlfriend Marie Parker Nancy and Murray hadn't maintained a friendship since their breakup but they
01:01:53
had run into each other at a party the previous day and got mildly reacquainted Nancy felt their interaction had been a
01:02:00
positive one as he had given Marie advice on how to overcome her current living situation night had fallen by the
01:02:09
time Jesse and Nancy pulled up at the blue water saloon on the corner of Warm Springs Boulevard and highway 195
01:02:17
country music and joyful chatter emanated from the building leaving Yancey alone in the truck
01:02:25
Jesse exited the vehicle and disappeared into the bar inside the walls were adorned with americana decor not
01:02:33
atypical for a country town watering hole patrons guzzled back B whilst dancing two-step and playing pool on an
01:02:41
overworked pool table a short time later he caught sight of Jesse emerging from the bar with her was Marie Parker
01:02:53
marika lumped into the passenger seat and Jesse got behind the wheel sandwiching Yancey between the two women
01:03:01
Jesse told them she had to make a quick stop to conduct a drug deal but assured it wouldn't take long
01:03:08
the trio required as Jesse drove into the empty darkness of the town outskirts stopping a while later at a secluded
01:03:15
hilltop she climbed out of the car and after looking around she told the others that the dealer
01:03:23
hadn't arrived yet and they'd have to wait a while Maria Nancy waited in the car making
01:03:30
small talk to pass the time Jesse paced around to the passenger side of the vehicle and opened the door Marie
01:03:39
turned to her and was struck with terror when she noticed Jesse pointing a revolver at her Jesse used her free hand
01:03:46
to pull out a pair of handcuffs frozen in fear Marie didn't resist as Jesse clipped the cuffs underwear wrists
01:03:54
pointing the gun into the car Jesse demanded both the Yancey and Marie to get out the pair followed orders and
01:04:02
Jesse led them to the rear of the truck after opening the back door she ordered Yancey to get in and hold Marie down yes
01:04:11
he did as it was told inside the truck he climbed on top of Marie and cocooned her body with his ensuring she was out
01:04:19
of sight and unable to move Yancey recalled that Marie was so petrified that there was no need to put his hand
01:04:26
over her mouth she didn't make a sound before Jesse slammed the door shut behind them she barked sit down shut up
01:04:37
and don't move or I'll kill you Jessie resumed her position behind the wheel and drugged the truck away from the area
01:04:47
while Yancy continued to haunt me right down in the back after a short drive the
01:04:53
car began to rattle it was cleared Jessie had turned to the vehicle onto a gravel road
01:04:59
not long after Jessie pulled the car into a driveway and brought it to a stop Jessie exited the car and dnc soon
01:05:09
followed they were at 5 1 3 bass Road the truck had been parked alongside the long white trailer located at the rear
01:05:20
of the property the trailer door swung open and David Parker ray emerged ray grabbed Mary Parker from the rear of the
01:05:29
truck and with Jessie's Hope dragged the front woman into the toy box closing the
01:05:36
door behind them during his confession Yancy told investigators he didn't enter the toy box for the duration of Marie
01:05:47
Parker's captivity but knew exactly what would happen to her inside after maryse abduction Nancy wandered
01:05:56
into Ray's house where he grabbed a beer and started drinking he debated whether
01:06:02
he should call the police but feared what ray and Jessie would do to him if he did instead he put the situation to
01:06:10
the back of his morning and went about his life as usual for the next few days all the while he was staying at David
01:06:17
Parker Ray's house Marie was only a few feet away being put through unimaginable
01:06:22
horror yes his father Martin was also staying on the property completely oblivious to anything that was going on
01:06:33
in the soundproof steel reinforced padlocked trailer in the backyard David Parker ray continued his normal routine
01:06:43
each day he'd go to work for the state parks department we need returned home in the evening
01:06:48
he'd head straight to the toy box where he'd spend most of the nine around three nights later Jesse ray
01:06:57
returned to the borrowed property she told Yancey that her father was quote done playing and it was time for
01:07:06
Marie Parker to go ENC followed her Jessie into the toy box Marie was lying on a portable army-style
01:07:16
caught with her eyes closed and covered with cotton wool she appeared to be sleeping yes he was handed a rope and
01:07:24
understood exactly what was expected of him he didn't argue or resist using two hands he wrapped the rope around Marie's
01:07:34
neck and tightened it Marie began to fight making it difficult for Yancey to hold her still he put Annie on her chest
01:07:43
and pressed down to hold her in place completely restrained Murray could do nothing to save herself Jesse ray
01:07:54
watched on all David Parker ray held up his camera photographing Murray's final moments
01:08:01
when Maury Dodd Yancey and Jesse proceeded to wrap her body in a green blanket and place her into the back of
01:08:08
David Parker Ray's Dodge Ram truck during the night the trio drove out to an isolated
01:08:14
stretch of the highway where they dumped her body in a deep ravine in the middle
01:08:18
of nowhere as they rolled Murray's body out of the blanket and into the ravine David Parker ray turned to Yancy and
01:08:27
warned him don't say anything or you'll join her he and his father Martin left Ray's
01:08:37
property a few days later they were having a drink together later in the week when Martin started reliving
01:08:44
stories of his time as a soldier in the Vietnam War during the conversation about the
01:08:49
killings the Martin witnessed during that time ENC interrupted his father and said pop I've done something terrible I
01:08:58
don't know how to tell you this I killed somebody that didn't deserve to die and
01:09:04
I wish it was me that was dead after confessing to investigators to the murder of his ex-girlfriend Marie Parker
01:09:15
Denis Roy Yancy was charged with five counts kidnapping first-degree murder conspiracy to commit kidnapping
01:09:23
conspiracy to commit murder and tampering with evidence if convicted he faced a potential prison term of forty
01:09:31
six and a half years yes he strongly maintained that he had nothing to do with the planning of the murder and
01:09:39
simply went along with David Parker ray and Jesse ray fearing the consequences if he refused cooperating fully with the
01:09:48
investigation Yancy led investigators to where the trio had left Marie Parker's body an isolated part of the highway
01:09:56
about 15 miles west of Elephant Butte where arid Hill scape was surrounded by Bracken the remote part of the highway
01:10:05
stretched on for miles with no distinguishing features to spark Yancy's memory as to where exactly Murray had
01:10:11
been dumped everything looked the same with no landmarks or houses to differentiate one
01:10:19
area from the next ent felt somewhat confident he had directed authorities to the correct location of Marie's body
01:10:27
however he couldn't be 100% certain the night the group had driven Marie's body yen she spent the trip lying in the back
01:10:36
of the truck so he didn't get a proper look at the surroundings all he could remember clearly was that the ravine was
01:10:43
about 25 feet from the edge of the road and two there were large power lines nearby this information wasn't much help
01:10:51
given that the road ravine and powerlines stretched on for miles after an extensive search authorities were
01:11:02
unable to recover Marie Parker's body had the identified saw it they suspected Cindy Hendy as part of the story was
01:11:09
true that in the week after the murder Ray had returned for the scene and to move to the body to a different unknown
01:11:16
location but investigators didn't give up the search they scanned along highways less traveled roads and of
01:11:26
numerous areas in and around Elephant Butte Lake Denis Roy Yancy trailed them in handcuffs on each location in an
01:11:34
attempt to jog his memory but it was fruitless the search area was simply too vast covering the State Park highways
01:11:44
caves abandoned mines and desert plains cadaver dogs were used extensively but they too found nothing over the
01:11:55
following weeks numerous calls came in from hikers and campers having found bones at the Elephant Butte State Park
01:12:02
however testing revealed none of the bones were human with no body discovered Dennis Roy Yancy suddenly recanted
01:12:12
everything he'd confessed and revealed he would now be pleading not guilty to Marie Parker's murder
01:12:21
On June 30 1999 a fisherman at Elephant Butte Lake spotted a burlap sack floating across the surface of the water
01:12:30
he retrieved to the bag and when he pulled it close he noticed that was secreting a strange liquid looking
01:12:38
inside he was sickened to discover what appeared to be human remains and he quickly phoned the police tests later
01:12:48
revealed the fisherman suspicions were indeed correct the burlap sack had fished out of Elephant Butte Lake
01:12:54
contained human muscle tissue investigators didn't have any of Murray Parker's DNA on file to test the tissue
01:13:04
against a search through Murray's medical records failed to provide anything of use the only possible way of
01:13:11
gaining Murray's DNA was to create a reconstruction of it using samples provided by both of her biological
01:13:17
parents Marie's mother agreed to provide a DNA sample however Murray's father said he couldn't
01:13:26
100% confirm that Murray was his biological daughter ever since Murray was young he toyed with the thought of
01:13:34
having a paternity test done to be sure but it had never gone ahead without a reliable DNA sample from either Murray
01:13:43
Parker herself or one reconstructed from the DNA of her biological parents investigators could not confirm whether
01:13:51
the human remains found in the lake belonged to Marie Parker to this day the remains have never been positively
01:13:59
identified and to Murray Parker's body has never been recovered Murray Park is murder although a huge breakthrough had
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determined to find conclusive evidence of David Parker Ray's crimes the FBI continued to reach out to witnesses and
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potential victims through the media news reports prominently featured the image of the Swan tattoo belonging to the
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unknown woman who appeared restrained in the toy box in one of Ray's homemade videos investigators were certain the
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woman in the footage had been held by Ray against her will as investigators continued to search through files for
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any unsolved missing persons cases that could be linked to David Parker ray a call came in
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someone had recognized the woman with the Swan tattoo to be continued in the third and final
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