WEBVTT - S1: E6 – The Toy Box Killer, Part 1

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<v Speaker 1>There was a nine one ball that came in indicating

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<v Speaker 1>that there was a woman running with no clothes on

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<v Speaker 1>and had a chain wrapped around her nick.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a nine to one one call that made

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<v Speaker 2>the New Mexico State Police think they were listening to

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<v Speaker 2>some kind of prank.

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<v Speaker 1>The victim had been kidnapped and tortured for several days.

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<v Speaker 1>They found what essentially was a torture chamber with a

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<v Speaker 1>placard on it that indicated Satan's Den.

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<v Speaker 3>You know right away everything that happened in there was awful.

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<v Speaker 2>It was just got awful, and surprisingly it all happened

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<v Speaker 2>in the tiny tourist town of Elephant Butte, New Mexico.

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<v Speaker 3>This is something we never would have expected.

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<v Speaker 2>It was something they never would have suspected because it

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<v Speaker 2>went from a case about sexual assault to something even darker.

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<v Speaker 4>The FBI has estimated is responsible for between forty five

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<v Speaker 4>and sixty hors arms.

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<v Speaker 5>It would be the most sick and twisted chase that

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<v Speaker 5>any of us would be involved in.

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<v Speaker 2>My name is Sloaneglass and this is American Homicide, a

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<v Speaker 2>show where we take you across the country to investigate

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<v Speaker 2>some of America's deadliest crimes. We'll explore how these murders

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<v Speaker 2>are shaped by their unique landscapes, and in turn, how

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<v Speaker 2>these tragedies have shaped the fabric of these American communities forever. Today,

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<v Speaker 2>We're an Elephant but New Mexico for Part one of

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<v Speaker 2>The Toy Box Killer. A note for our listeners. This

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<v Speaker 2>episode includes detailed accounts of sexual violence and contain subject

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<v Speaker 2>matter which may not be suitable for all audiences. Discretion

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<v Speaker 2>is advised. From the towering peaks of the Rocky Mountains

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<v Speaker 2>to the wide open desert, New Mexico is a combination

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<v Speaker 2>of natural beauty and man made wonders. Ironically for a

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<v Speaker 2>state known for its wide open desert landscape. One of

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<v Speaker 2>New Mexico's top tourist destinations is a lake located in

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<v Speaker 2>Elephant Butte.

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<v Speaker 5>Elephant Butte is a state park and there is this

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<v Speaker 5>man made lake that's about twenty three miles long.

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<v Speaker 2>Darren White worked for New Mexico's Department of Public Safety.

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<v Speaker 5>Well, New Mexico is the desert, and it does get hot,

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<v Speaker 5>and so people like to cool off, and there's not

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<v Speaker 5>many places to do that, and Elephant Butte is one

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<v Speaker 5>of them.

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<v Speaker 2>Known as the Diamond in the Desert. The crown jewel

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<v Speaker 2>of Elephant Butte is Elefantpute Dam. That huge man made

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<v Speaker 2>lake is a result of the dam's construction in the

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<v Speaker 2>early nineteen hundreds. Locals one joke that the rock formation

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<v Speaker 2>in the area resembled an elephant lying down, which led

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<v Speaker 2>to the name Elephant Butte.

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<v Speaker 3>It's the playground for New Mexico in the summer.

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<v Speaker 2>Every year, from Memorial Day to Labor Day, the sleepy

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<v Speaker 2>town of Elephant Butte transforms into one of the state's

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<v Speaker 2>biggest tourist attractions.

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<v Speaker 5>This tiny little town, maybe a few thousand people, grows

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<v Speaker 5>to over one hundred thousand people that come down every

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<v Speaker 5>year to use the lake, to fish, to camp.

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<v Speaker 2>But outside of tours season, the area is fairly desolate.

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<v Speaker 2>The thousand or so full time residents are mainly for tyres.

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<v Speaker 5>They love the area, they love the lake year round,

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<v Speaker 5>but many of them will tell you too that they

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<v Speaker 5>just want to be left to themselves and enjoy their

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<v Speaker 5>quiet little piece of the state.

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<v Speaker 2>The state park is part of the city of Elephant Butte,

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<v Speaker 2>a tiny desert community with one stoplight. It didn't even

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<v Speaker 2>become an incorporated city until nineteen ninety eight. Part of

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<v Speaker 2>that it was considered part of the neighboring community of

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<v Speaker 2>Truth or Consequences. Strange name for a town, truth or Consequences.

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<v Speaker 2>It conjures up images of the Old West and lawlessness,

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<v Speaker 2>but that wasn't the case. They came by the name

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<v Speaker 2>in a very whimsical way. The town got its name

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<v Speaker 2>from a popular radio game show in the nineteen fifties

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<v Speaker 2>called You Guessed It, Truth or Consequences. They had a contest.

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<v Speaker 2>Name your city after the show, and you'd win a

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<v Speaker 2>parade and a visit from the show's host.

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<v Speaker 3>Mister Senator.

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<v Speaker 1>I hereby Christmas City up some eight thousand people.

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<v Speaker 3>Truth or Consequences of you like to go.

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<v Speaker 2>Le sounds kind of crazy, but I guess in those

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<v Speaker 2>days that's what you had to do to have a

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<v Speaker 2>great parade. Outside of that, the town was pretty quiet.

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<v Speaker 2>One hundred and fifty miles north of Elephant Butte is Albuquerque,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's where a twenty two year old sex worker

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<v Speaker 2>named Cynthia V. Hill lived in the nineteen nineties. Here's Cynthia.

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<v Speaker 6>I didn't have the best childhood.

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<v Speaker 2>Cynthia was abused and molested as a child and later

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<v Speaker 2>turned to the streets, where she used drugs and sold

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<v Speaker 2>her body.

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<v Speaker 6>When I was out there, the homeless nas, the in

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<v Speaker 6>and out of hotels, the prostitution, being on drugs. I've

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<v Speaker 6>been there, and I've done that.

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<v Speaker 2>Central Avenue, which is part of the famous Old Root

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<v Speaker 2>sixty six cuts through downtown Albuquerque. But there's a dangerous

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<v Speaker 2>stretch of Central Avenue known for high levels of crime,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's where Cynthia was working on March twentieth, nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>ninety nine. That day, she learned that a man wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to meet her in his RV. That was a no

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<v Speaker 2>no for Cynthia. She made it a rule to never

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<v Speaker 2>meet customers in their RVs. That day, she'd break that

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<v Speaker 2>rule and it would change Cynthia's life forever. As Cynthia

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<v Speaker 2>opened the front door and entered the RV, she found

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<v Speaker 2>herself standing in front of a tall, thin man with

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<v Speaker 2>a mustache and slick back hair. He offered her thirty

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<v Speaker 2>dollars for oral sex, but in her gut, she had

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<v Speaker 2>a very bad feeling.

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<v Speaker 6>I just knew something wasn't right at that moment.

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<v Speaker 2>The man then flashed a silver badge and told Cynthia

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<v Speaker 2>she was under arrest for solicitation.

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<v Speaker 6>I was a little in shocked. I had never seen

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<v Speaker 6>a badge like his.

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<v Speaker 2>The badge seemed small and didn't look legit.

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<v Speaker 6>But then I was like, I've never known the cops

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<v Speaker 6>to do that kind of undercover work.

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<v Speaker 2>The man started to handcuff her, and that's when Cynthia

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<v Speaker 2>decided to run away.

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<v Speaker 6>So after one handcuff was on my wrist, I tried

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<v Speaker 6>getting away.

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<v Speaker 2>Cynthia spun around and used her free hand to reach

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<v Speaker 2>for the door.

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<v Speaker 6>And I was almost at the door when he yelled Cindy,

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<v Speaker 6>and I stopped.

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<v Speaker 2>And then out of nowhere, another woman named Cindy emerged

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<v Speaker 2>from a door in the back of the RV.

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<v Speaker 6>She came out of the closet and shocked me at

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<v Speaker 6>the cattle product. It knocked me over and they pulled

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<v Speaker 6>me back and hand cucked me to the cabinets.

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<v Speaker 2>That's right, he used a cattle pod. Literally shocked and stunned.

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<v Speaker 2>Cynthia's handcuffed to a cabinet in the back of the

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<v Speaker 2>RV that's now headed to god knows where. The man

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<v Speaker 2>with the band drove while he's a compless Cindy sat

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<v Speaker 2>in the passenger seat. Cindy appeared much younger than the man.

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<v Speaker 2>She was thin, with long blonde hair and blue eyes.

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<v Speaker 2>What did these two want from Cynthia? And where were

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<v Speaker 2>they taking her?

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<v Speaker 6>I never had a chance to date like what was

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<v Speaker 6>going to happen long term?

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<v Speaker 2>And Cynthia decided she was not going to stick around

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<v Speaker 2>to find out. She knew if she could free herself

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<v Speaker 2>from the cabinet, she had a chance to escape. After

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<v Speaker 2>ten minutes of trying, Cynthia managed to unscroll bolt on

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<v Speaker 2>the cabinet and get her hands free. They were still handcuffed,

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<v Speaker 2>but she was no longer bounced to the.

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<v Speaker 6>Cabinet and I knew I had to get away now.

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<v Speaker 2>She waited for the RV to slow down so she

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<v Speaker 2>could jump out, but things didn't go as planned.

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<v Speaker 6>At one point, he had to slam on the brakes

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<v Speaker 6>and I tumbled forward.

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<v Speaker 2>The driver and his accomplice noticed that Cynthia was loose.

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<v Speaker 2>They jumped to the back of the RV. Cindy point

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<v Speaker 2>did a gun at Cynthia while the driver removed her clothes,

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<v Speaker 2>placed a leather mask over her head, and tied her up.

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<v Speaker 6>And I couldn't seem that thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Desperate and afraid, Cynthia tried her luck with Cindy.

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<v Speaker 6>I was begging her to let me go. I was

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<v Speaker 6>using every excuse that I could think of.

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<v Speaker 2>She was trying to talk to her, woman to woman.

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<v Speaker 2>So she was shocked by Cindy's response.

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<v Speaker 6>All she told me was that they were going to

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<v Speaker 6>take me and rap me and let me go.

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<v Speaker 2>I should warn you that things from here get more graphic.

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<v Speaker 2>Naked and tied up in the back of an RV,

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<v Speaker 2>Cynthia had nothing but time to think about what awaited her.

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<v Speaker 6>The drive seemed like forever.

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<v Speaker 2>Two hours would pass before the RV pulled into an

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<v Speaker 2>unpaved road and came to a stop. Seconds later, the

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<v Speaker 2>door to the RV opened. That's when panic rushed over

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<v Speaker 2>her body.

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<v Speaker 6>When they finally took me out of the RV, I

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<v Speaker 6>had no clothes on, I had had cuff and shackled.

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<v Speaker 2>It was eerily quiet, but.

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<v Speaker 6>Didn't they put duct tape around my face?

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<v Speaker 2>Cynthia couldn't see a thing as the two led her

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<v Speaker 2>to a twenty two foot cargo trailer that sat beside

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<v Speaker 2>a small white house in the middle of the desert.

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<v Speaker 6>And I couldn't figure out why nobody was seeing me naked.

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<v Speaker 6>Walking from the RV into the trailer.

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<v Speaker 2>A handful of prefabricated homes dotted the area, surrounded by

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<v Speaker 2>Elephant Butte Lake in the distance.

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<v Speaker 6>They took me inside and they sat me on the bed,

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<v Speaker 6>and they put a metal collar around my neck that

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<v Speaker 6>head locked and shackled my feet to the bed and

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<v Speaker 6>my hands to the bed.

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<v Speaker 2>Cynthia didn't know it at the time, but she sat

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<v Speaker 2>inside a room that the man with the badge called

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<v Speaker 2>the toy box. But don't let that innocent name f

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<v Speaker 2>The toy box was actually a torture chamber that belonged

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<v Speaker 2>to the man who kidnapped her, David Parker Ray. During

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<v Speaker 2>the day, the fifty nine year old was a maintenance

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<v Speaker 2>man with the New Mexico Parks Department. At night, he

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<v Speaker 2>lived out his dark sexual fantasies in an old, white

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<v Speaker 2>metal storage container that he converted into a sound proof

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<v Speaker 2>torture chamber. An old video camera fixed to the wall

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<v Speaker 2>pointed right at the chair that sat in the middle

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<v Speaker 2>of the room. His partner in crime, Cindy Hendy, wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>just his accomplice in the kidnappings and sexual assault, but

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<v Speaker 2>was his girlfriend.

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<v Speaker 6>They went about their business like it was a normal life.

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<v Speaker 2>Incredibly, the two watched movies and carried on as though

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<v Speaker 2>there wasn't a naked woman strapped to a chair in

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<v Speaker 2>their house. At some point, Cynthia believed she was drugged

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<v Speaker 2>and and when she woke up there was a cassette

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<v Speaker 2>tape player next to her playing a tape. It was

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<v Speaker 2>the voice of the man from the RV explaining what

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<v Speaker 2>would happen in his toy box.

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<v Speaker 6>It started off saying, hello, bitch.

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<v Speaker 7>Okay, bitch, we both know what You've been brought here

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<v Speaker 7>far a.

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<v Speaker 6>Lot of telling me why I was there.

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<v Speaker 7>I'm in the bondage and S and M. It's kind

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<v Speaker 7>of hard to find a bullet and partners. It goes

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<v Speaker 7>to that SEP. So when I get urged, I go

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<v Speaker 7>out proby some good looking little It turns me on,

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<v Speaker 7>kidnapp her and keep her in my playroom for a while,

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<v Speaker 7>and this time it's your turn.

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<v Speaker 2>That's really hard to listen to. In the recordings, David

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<v Speaker 2>calmly and matter of factly outlined all the disturbing things

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<v Speaker 2>he intended to do to Cynthia.

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<v Speaker 7>I'm going to experiment on you have dinner to a

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<v Speaker 7>lot of women over the years.

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<v Speaker 2>The voice said that once he got tired of his victims.

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<v Speaker 2>He drugged them and they wouldn't remember a thing about

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<v Speaker 2>what happened.

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<v Speaker 7>You knew enough to cause serious problems. You would not

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<v Speaker 7>be turned loose. You would simply disappear.

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<v Speaker 2>Just before the forty five minute long, terrifying tape ended,

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<v Speaker 2>David Parker Ray presented an offer.

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<v Speaker 7>As soon as I turned this tape off, you will

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<v Speaker 7>have an excellent opportunity to try to bag for me

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<v Speaker 7>to turn you loose. I may or may not be

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<v Speaker 7>able to understand you see the gag, but if you

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<v Speaker 7>want to feel free to try. I love to listen

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<v Speaker 7>to a bag and plead. And this is the end

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<v Speaker 7>of the tape.

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<v Speaker 2>But not surprisingly, Cynthia was unable to persuade her captors

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<v Speaker 2>to free her. Instead, she was subjected to three days

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<v Speaker 2>of unthinkable abuse.

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<v Speaker 6>Hey shocked me, but the device he made, he connected

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<v Speaker 6>it to my breast and shocked me for hours, and

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<v Speaker 6>then he watched a movie, went to bed. The next morning,

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<v Speaker 6>they ate breakfast, and then they took me into another

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<v Speaker 6>room and they put me on massage table and she

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<v Speaker 6>shocked me.

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<v Speaker 2>The pain was excruciating.

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<v Speaker 6>That went on for about an hour, hour and a half.

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<v Speaker 2>Eventually the pain became too much and Cynthia passed out.

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<v Speaker 6>I kind of realized I might not go home.

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<v Speaker 3>I might die.

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<v Speaker 2>Cynthia woke up shackled to a chair, and across from

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<v Speaker 2>her was a long, wooden coffin. Can you imagine waking

0:13:37.840 --> 0:13:41.040
<v Speaker 2>up and seeing a coffin. The top was open and

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<v Speaker 2>a pillow and white sheet sat inside. And on the

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<v Speaker 2>walls of his toy box were graphic pictures of women

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<v Speaker 2>being tortured, along with some rules, rules like never trust

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<v Speaker 2>a chain captive.

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<v Speaker 6>When they had me laying on the bed and they

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<v Speaker 6>were going about their business, they were talking about a

0:14:02.160 --> 0:14:05.040
<v Speaker 6>little girl that they were going to make their sex slave,

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<v Speaker 6>and they already knew who she was, They already had

0:14:09.360 --> 0:14:10.080
<v Speaker 6>it climbed out.

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<v Speaker 2>For Cynthia, that was confirmation of the enormity of the

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<v Speaker 2>crimes that took place in that trailer.

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<v Speaker 6>I never thought for one minute that I was the

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<v Speaker 6>only girl that that ever happened to.

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<v Speaker 2>By this point, Cynthia's body was covered with bruises and burns.

0:14:26.080 --> 0:14:30.040
<v Speaker 2>Cynthia was smarted. She had a strategy she tried her

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<v Speaker 2>best to play by. David Parker raised rules in the

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<v Speaker 2>hopes that he'd eventually get tired of her and let

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<v Speaker 2>her go.

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<v Speaker 6>The next day he comes and he sits on the

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<v Speaker 6>bed and he takes the hair cuffs and shackles off me,

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<v Speaker 6>and he went to work.

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<v Speaker 2>It was now Monday morning, and David left the trailer

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<v Speaker 2>wearing his Green Parks Department uniform. Before he returned from

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<v Speaker 2>work that day, everything would change. In March nineteen ninety nine,

0:14:58.520 --> 0:15:01.680
<v Speaker 2>Cynthia v. Hill was abducted by a man soliciting sex

0:15:01.720 --> 0:15:05.480
<v Speaker 2>from her. David Parker Ray and his girlfriend Cindy Hendy

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<v Speaker 2>took Cynthia to their sound proof trailer in the desert

0:15:09.600 --> 0:15:14.119
<v Speaker 2>town of Elephant Butte, New Mexico. There they sexually assaulted

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<v Speaker 2>and tortured her.

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<v Speaker 6>It was something totally different than any other situation I

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<v Speaker 6>had been in.

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<v Speaker 2>Cynthia had lost track of time, but it was now Monday,

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<v Speaker 2>March twenty second, nineteen ninety nine, the third day she

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<v Speaker 2>was held captive. That morning, David Parker Ray chained Cynthia

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<v Speaker 2>to a pole and then he went to work. This

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<v Speaker 2>meant his girlfriend Cindy Hendy was in charge.

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<v Speaker 6>She got left with me during the day.

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<v Speaker 2>That afternoon, Cynthia noticed her key to freedom, sat on

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<v Speaker 2>a coffee table just a few feet away where David

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<v Speaker 2>Parker Ray left his key ring. She'd seen her ab

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<v Speaker 2>doctor use one of those keys to unlock the padlock

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<v Speaker 2>that currently connected the chain around her neck to the pole.

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<v Speaker 2>Cynthia was determined to get those keys, but with Cindy

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<v Speaker 2>Hendy's standing guard, she couldn't make her move. Instead, she

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<v Speaker 2>waited as Cindy spent the day cooking and watching soap

0:16:14.640 --> 0:16:18.960
<v Speaker 2>operas on an old TV. Never once did she speak

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<v Speaker 2>until that afternoon when she got a phone call.

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<v Speaker 6>She went to the back of the trailer and I

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<v Speaker 6>had the opportunity to get the keys.

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<v Speaker 2>The collar around Cynthia's neck had her chain to a pole,

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<v Speaker 2>but her hands and feet were free, so she stretched

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<v Speaker 2>her legs as far as they would go, and then

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<v Speaker 2>wrapped her feet around the base of the table. She

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<v Speaker 2>slowly and carefully pulled the coffee table closer to her

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<v Speaker 2>while trying to not make any noise. With the keys

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<v Speaker 2>within reach, Cynthia scooped them up with her right hand.

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<v Speaker 2>She tried the first key, it didn't fit. By the

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<v Speaker 2>time she put the second key in, Cindy Hendy was

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<v Speaker 2>standing in front of her.

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<v Speaker 6>When she came back in the living room, and seeing

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<v Speaker 6>I had the keys, she started beating me with a

0:17:05.560 --> 0:17:06.160
<v Speaker 6>glass lamp.

0:17:07.200 --> 0:17:10.320
<v Speaker 2>The glass broke into a million tiny pieces. As Cynthia

0:17:10.520 --> 0:17:12.320
<v Speaker 2>defensively curled her body into a.

0:17:12.280 --> 0:17:14.399
<v Speaker 6>Ball, I finally got the lock open.

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<v Speaker 2>In a fight for her life. Cynthia ran towards a

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<v Speaker 2>nearby ice pick.

0:17:20.160 --> 0:17:22.040
<v Speaker 6>And I got the ice pick and I stabbed her

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<v Speaker 6>with him.

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<v Speaker 2>The ice pick slashed Cindy Hendy's face, causing her to

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<v Speaker 2>fall back in pain, and that's when Cynthia grabbed the

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<v Speaker 2>landline phone.

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<v Speaker 6>I dialed nine one one.

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<v Speaker 2>But Cindy Hendy snatched the phone back from her. Blood

0:17:37.080 --> 0:17:40.399
<v Speaker 2>was running down her face as Cindy quickly told the

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<v Speaker 2>nine one one operator that everything was fine and hung

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<v Speaker 2>up the phone. When she turned around, Cynthia was gone.

0:17:47.880 --> 0:17:51.000
<v Speaker 2>Cynthia had jumped through a window and was now running

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<v Speaker 2>as fast as she could to get away from David

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<v Speaker 2>Parker Ray's house.

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<v Speaker 6>I had no clothes on, I had a metal color

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<v Speaker 6>on my neck, and I was bleeding from head to toe.

0:18:05.080 --> 0:18:07.879
<v Speaker 2>Her eyes burned from the sunlight as she tried to

0:18:07.960 --> 0:18:12.800
<v Speaker 2>find somebody, anybody, but there was no one around. As

0:18:12.800 --> 0:18:15.399
<v Speaker 2>she ran down the dirt road, all she saw were

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<v Speaker 2>a handful of prefabricated homes in our v's. The collar

0:18:20.200 --> 0:18:23.480
<v Speaker 2>was still around her neck and the chain clanked as

0:18:23.480 --> 0:18:26.879
<v Speaker 2>it dragged on the dirt road. After two blocks of

0:18:27.000 --> 0:18:30.879
<v Speaker 2>running in a dead sprint, Cynthia got to an intersection.

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<v Speaker 2>She stopped. The street was paved, and a blue car

0:18:35.240 --> 0:18:38.280
<v Speaker 2>was headed right towards her. The driver saw her and

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<v Speaker 2>slowed down.

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<v Speaker 6>I tried getting in a car to the lady that

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<v Speaker 6>was driving by me.

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<v Speaker 2>When the driver saw the bloodied and wild eyed Cynthia,

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<v Speaker 2>they screamed, rolled up their windows, and sped off. Remember

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<v Speaker 2>this is a small town. There were no other cars

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<v Speaker 2>in sight. Cynthia continued running down the road. She passed

0:18:59.840 --> 0:19:04.040
<v Speaker 2>an intersection and noticed a street sign. It read Bass Road.

0:19:05.440 --> 0:19:08.000
<v Speaker 2>I head was a double wide mobile home and Cynthia

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<v Speaker 2>ran straight towards the front door. Watched her surprise. It

0:19:12.200 --> 0:19:15.960
<v Speaker 2>was unlocked, so she went inside and double locked the

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<v Speaker 2>door behind her.

0:19:17.480 --> 0:19:19.400
<v Speaker 6>I ran into some lady's house as she was doing

0:19:19.440 --> 0:19:24.080
<v Speaker 6>dishes and asked her for how Her husband came in

0:19:24.119 --> 0:19:27.000
<v Speaker 6>and it was a shock. It's like stopped in his

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<v Speaker 6>tracks and couldn't talk. He's just looking at me. And

0:19:31.359 --> 0:19:33.640
<v Speaker 6>she caught nine one one and they put a robe

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<v Speaker 6>on me.

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<v Speaker 1>I was at the Sheriff's office and a one call

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<v Speaker 1>came into the dispatch center.

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<v Speaker 2>Dave Elston was a sergeant with the Sierra County Police Department.

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<v Speaker 1>At first I thought it could have been a joke.

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<v Speaker 1>A short time after that, there was another nine to

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<v Speaker 1>one one call that came in indicating that there was

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<v Speaker 1>a woman running down Bass Road with no clothes on

0:19:55.640 --> 0:19:58.200
<v Speaker 1>and had a chain wrapped around her neck. And then

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<v Speaker 1>moments later, another nine one one call came and that

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<v Speaker 1>there was a woman with no clothes on or the

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<v Speaker 1>chain around her neck inside a woman's living room asking

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<v Speaker 1>for hilp as.

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<v Speaker 2>Two deputies responded to the home where Cynthia Viha was.

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<v Speaker 2>Sergeant Elston went to the origin of the first nine

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<v Speaker 2>on one call, David Parker Ray's home. But David Parker

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<v Speaker 2>Ray wasn't just some ordinary suspect to start in Elston.

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<v Speaker 1>I knew David Parker Ray personally. He was a friend

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<v Speaker 1>of mine.

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<v Speaker 2>Imagine knowing this horrible crime had occurred in this small

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<v Speaker 2>town you were sworn to protect, only to show up

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<v Speaker 2>to the house and it's someone you know, a person

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<v Speaker 2>you call a friend. In this small town. David Parker

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<v Speaker 2>Ray was well known and likable.

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<v Speaker 1>He was a mechanic at the New Mexico State Parks

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<v Speaker 1>at Elephant. But that's how I got to know him.

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<v Speaker 1>I worked a case once where there was individuals that's

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<v Speaker 1>broke into their police cards, that stole their police radios

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<v Speaker 1>and ended up catching that individual and I had David

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<v Speaker 1>Parker Ray testify in my case, and he testified and

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<v Speaker 1>he presented himself very well during his testimony on the stand.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, Sergeant Elston and two other officers were standing outside

0:21:11.520 --> 0:21:13.560
<v Speaker 2>Perker Race home in Elephant Butte.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a mobile home. I've never been inside of it,

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<v Speaker 1>but I've been there before and knew where he lived.

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<v Speaker 2>When no one answered the door, the three officers came

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<v Speaker 2>entry through a sliding glass door on the side of

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<v Speaker 2>the home, and when.

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<v Speaker 1>I walked in, I noticed that there was what appeared

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<v Speaker 1>to be a hospital bed in the center of the

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<v Speaker 1>room with a system of chains attached to the ceiling.

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<v Speaker 2>As Sergeant Elston navigated through the room, he heard charts

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<v Speaker 2>of glass breaking under his shoes.

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<v Speaker 1>There was a nineteen seventies style lamp that had the

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<v Speaker 1>green glass bulb on the bottom and it was broken

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<v Speaker 1>all over the ground.

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<v Speaker 2>He continued and took inventory of all the bizarre things

0:21:55.119 --> 0:21:57.440
<v Speaker 2>that surrounded him in his friend's home.

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<v Speaker 1>I entered into a room that had a coffee inside

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<v Speaker 1>of it, and then there was a dresser drawer style

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<v Speaker 1>with a mirror in there that had various types of

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<v Speaker 1>tools and had a scalpel, ice pick, small torch. There

0:22:12.920 --> 0:22:17.120
<v Speaker 1>was also a like a candelabra that was in there

0:22:17.960 --> 0:22:22.399
<v Speaker 1>that was approximately three feet high maybe which had a

0:22:22.480 --> 0:22:25.040
<v Speaker 1>sexual device on top, and then it also had spikes

0:22:25.760 --> 0:22:29.000
<v Speaker 1>sticking out from the bottom of it upwards. And then

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<v Speaker 1>I also noticed on the walls that there were drawings

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<v Speaker 1>of bondage type situations. Essentially was a torture chamber with

0:22:36.280 --> 0:22:39.040
<v Speaker 1>a placard on it that indicated Satan's Den.

0:22:39.440 --> 0:22:42.920
<v Speaker 2>Satan's Den was the place that David Parker Ray referred

0:22:42.920 --> 0:22:44.480
<v Speaker 2>to as the toy Box.

0:22:44.880 --> 0:22:46.880
<v Speaker 1>So we determined that we actually had a crime scene,

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<v Speaker 1>but we didn't know exactly what we had at the time.

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<v Speaker 2>Sergeant Alston then got in touch with the deputies who

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<v Speaker 2>were with Cynthia v.

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<v Speaker 7>Hill.

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<v Speaker 1>While talking with him on the telephone, he was telling

0:22:57.320 --> 0:23:02.520
<v Speaker 1>me that the victim there, who was Cynthia Vehle had

0:23:02.520 --> 0:23:07.000
<v Speaker 1>been kidnapped and had been tortured for several days at

0:23:07.080 --> 0:23:10.359
<v Speaker 1>David Parker's residence. He took a pair of bolt cutters

0:23:10.400 --> 0:23:11.640
<v Speaker 1>and remove a metal collar.

0:23:11.520 --> 0:23:12.040
<v Speaker 7>That was on there.

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<v Speaker 2>As deputies transported Cynthia to a local hospital, Sergeant Elston

0:23:17.440 --> 0:23:19.960
<v Speaker 2>began his hunt for the man. No one in Elephant

0:23:19.960 --> 0:23:22.720
<v Speaker 2>Bute suspected would have a torture chamber.

0:23:23.359 --> 0:23:25.760
<v Speaker 1>David Parker Ray was always friendly with me. It was

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<v Speaker 1>kind of shocking just knowing that this individual that I'd

0:23:29.080 --> 0:23:31.760
<v Speaker 1>known for that long was into what he was doing.

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<v Speaker 2>Later that afternoon, Sergeant Elston was in a squad car

0:23:37.080 --> 0:23:40.520
<v Speaker 2>headed back to the police station when he drove past

0:23:40.520 --> 0:23:41.640
<v Speaker 2>a familiar vehicle.

0:23:41.880 --> 0:23:45.640
<v Speaker 1>I noticed David Parker Ray's Harve with him driving it,

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<v Speaker 1>so I turned around did a traffic stop with him.

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<v Speaker 2>Neighbors looked on as police drew their weapons and ordered

0:23:53.080 --> 0:23:56.560
<v Speaker 2>David Parker Ray and Cindy Hendy to exit. The vehicle.

0:23:57.560 --> 0:24:00.400
<v Speaker 1>Is very calm. He was wearing the State Park's uniform.

0:24:00.720 --> 0:24:04.040
<v Speaker 2>The two then walked backwards towards the police with their

0:24:04.080 --> 0:24:04.520
<v Speaker 2>hands in.

0:24:04.480 --> 0:24:06.439
<v Speaker 1>The air, and he asked if he could pick the

0:24:06.480 --> 0:24:09.040
<v Speaker 1>uniform off, and I told him no, that just that

0:24:09.119 --> 0:24:11.400
<v Speaker 1>was taken him into investigative custody.

0:24:11.640 --> 0:24:14.760
<v Speaker 2>With David Parker Ray and Cyndy Hendy now in custody

0:24:15.200 --> 0:24:17.520
<v Speaker 2>for the kidnapping and torture of Cynthia V.

0:24:17.640 --> 0:24:17.840
<v Speaker 4>Hill.

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<v Speaker 2>What happened next would shake the quiet town of Elephant

0:24:21.720 --> 0:24:30.320
<v Speaker 2>Butte to its roots. Police charged David Parker Ray and

0:24:30.400 --> 0:24:35.880
<v Speaker 2>Cindy Hendy with twenty five counts, including kidnapping, sexual assault,

0:24:36.080 --> 0:24:38.159
<v Speaker 2>and aggravated battery of Cynthia V.

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<v Speaker 6>Hill.

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<v Speaker 2>What they didn't know yet was that Cynthia would also

0:24:42.119 --> 0:24:46.000
<v Speaker 2>be the key in unlocking even more crimes. This was

0:24:46.040 --> 0:24:49.159
<v Speaker 2>just the beginning, and Cynthia was lucky to make it

0:24:49.200 --> 0:24:49.600
<v Speaker 2>out alive.

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<v Speaker 3>People were shocked.

0:24:52.480 --> 0:24:55.240
<v Speaker 2>Darren White was the public safety director for the new

0:24:55.280 --> 0:24:57.280
<v Speaker 2>Mexico State Police.

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<v Speaker 5>The chief who was this very large, very stoic, and

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<v Speaker 5>very serious man.

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<v Speaker 3>I could see the look in his eye before he

0:25:07.400 --> 0:25:09.920
<v Speaker 3>even uttered a word. What he was about to tell

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<v Speaker 3>me was dark and disturbing.

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<v Speaker 5>And he started to tell me about a woman who

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<v Speaker 5>escaped in.

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<v Speaker 3>Elephant Butte from a trailer.

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<v Speaker 5>That the reports were that she was running down the

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<v Speaker 5>street and that she was naked, and that she had

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<v Speaker 5>a dog collar around her neck, and that there were

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<v Speaker 5>two people accustody. It's a hundred times worse when you

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<v Speaker 5>actually go to the scene of where everything happened, and

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<v Speaker 5>especially once you open the door to the toy box

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<v Speaker 5>and you see what's in there, and you know right

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<v Speaker 5>away that everything that happened in there was awful, was

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<v Speaker 5>just got off and designed.

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<v Speaker 3>With pure evil.

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<v Speaker 5>It didn't take much more to realize it would be

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<v Speaker 5>the most sick and twisted case that any of us

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<v Speaker 5>would be involved in.

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<v Speaker 2>Talking to Cynthia V. Hill, the police admired her heroism.

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<v Speaker 3>This was a woman that was.

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<v Speaker 5>Unthinkably tortured, terrorized, and obviously incredibly shaken, but she was

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<v Speaker 5>able to tell them exactly what happened to her and.

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<v Speaker 3>Who was responsible for and where where did it happened.

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<v Speaker 5>The detectives that were working that case knew right away

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<v Speaker 5>that that was not the first case.

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<v Speaker 3>He didn't wake up two days.

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<v Speaker 5>Prior and decide, oh my god, I'm an adoptive torture

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<v Speaker 5>this woman.

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<v Speaker 2>David Parker Ray and Cindy Hendy sat and jail awaiting trial.

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<v Speaker 2>Did two maintain their innocence and said they weren't torturing Cynthia.

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<v Speaker 2>They were helping her. Helping her to talks from Heroin,

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<v Speaker 2>and they maintained any sex between David and Cynthia b

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<v Speaker 2>Hill was consensual. As she was being transported to jail,

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<v Speaker 2>TV cameras captured Cindy Hendy.

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<v Speaker 3>Were you involved in any way.

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<v Speaker 2>Kind of did you just hear that? Cindy Hendy said no,

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<v Speaker 2>kind of? What does kind of mean?

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<v Speaker 5>She was involved in the abductions?

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<v Speaker 3>She was involved in the torture.

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<v Speaker 2>Police learned that Cindy Hendy had been convicted of theft

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<v Speaker 2>and drug possession in Washington, but fled to New Mexico.

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<v Speaker 2>She took up residence near Elephant Butte and landed a

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<v Speaker 2>job with the State park Department. That's where she met

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<v Speaker 2>David Parker Ready.

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<v Speaker 5>Cindy had said that they both had a preference for

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<v Speaker 5>this kind of violent sexual activity, and.

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<v Speaker 3>So that's what brought them together.

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<v Speaker 5>It's hard to imagine that a human being is capable

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<v Speaker 5>of treating someone like that and inflicting that type of

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<v Speaker 5>pain on them and doing it for their pleasure.

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<v Speaker 2>David Parker Ray was the man known for fixing things.

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<v Speaker 2>He worked at the New Mexico Parks Department and was

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<v Speaker 2>well known and well liked by those in town.

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<v Speaker 5>There was not an ill word. People didn't say bad

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<v Speaker 5>things about him.

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<v Speaker 2>People described him as quiet, neat, and somebody who would

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<v Speaker 2>never raise his voice. One co worker said David Parker

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<v Speaker 2>Ray was the nicest, cleanest, politest person and called his

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<v Speaker 2>arrest mind boggling. And if you think about it, if

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<v Speaker 2>that is really how people thought of him, it certainly

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<v Speaker 2>was mind boggling.

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<v Speaker 5>He just seemed like a almost like a grandfatherly figure

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<v Speaker 5>that you would go fishing with on the weekend.

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<v Speaker 2>He even won an award at work for his efforts

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<v Speaker 2>in a cost savings program. Along with a cash prize,

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<v Speaker 2>he received a certificate of appreciation for his quote exemplary

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<v Speaker 2>work and dedication.

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<v Speaker 5>The thing that I remember the most is just people

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<v Speaker 5>saying is that this is something we never would have

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<v Speaker 5>expected of David parker Ray.

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<v Speaker 2>But his reputation didn't cloud police judgment. It became obvious

0:29:21.960 --> 0:29:25.960
<v Speaker 2>that David Parker Ray led two very different lives.

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<v Speaker 5>The one thing about David Parker Ray kept journals, videos, recordings.

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<v Speaker 2>Parker Ray kept meticulous records of what he did to

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<v Speaker 2>his victims. He even had dozens of videotapes that showed

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<v Speaker 2>him torturin women, including Cynthia V.

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<v Speaker 7>Hill.

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<v Speaker 2>With all this new information, police took another look at

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<v Speaker 2>previous missing persons cases in the area. The FBI sent

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<v Speaker 2>a pair of psychological profilers to try to get into

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<v Speaker 2>the mind of David Parker Ray. And then there was

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<v Speaker 2>the toy box. The FBI towed it to their Albuquerque office,

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<v Speaker 2>where one FBI agent had the unfortunate task of sketching

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<v Speaker 2>and making detailed dwellings of its contents.

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<v Speaker 5>You're talking about dozens of criminal investigators that were there

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<v Speaker 5>trying to investigate every aspect of David Parker Right.

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<v Speaker 2>All of this was going down weeks before Elephant Butte's

0:30:25.160 --> 0:30:29.040
<v Speaker 2>high season began. Sleepy hotels suddenly turned on their no

0:30:29.160 --> 0:30:33.640
<v Speaker 2>vacancy signs, Journalists and law enforcement flooded into town.

0:30:34.200 --> 0:30:36.040
<v Speaker 3>Here you have this quiet little town that likes to

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<v Speaker 3>keep to themselves. That wasn't going to be the case.

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<v Speaker 2>Anymore, especially after this news became public. One of Cindy

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<v Speaker 2>Hendy's friends told a local TV station David Parker Ray

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<v Speaker 2>was more than a rapist, he was a murderer. This

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<v Speaker 2>friend claimed he dumped four to six victims in Elephant

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<v Speaker 2>Butte Lake and that more bodies were bare in the desert, and.

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<v Speaker 5>There was immediately rumors that the lake was probably a

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<v Speaker 5>graveyard to dozens of his victims.

0:31:10.680 --> 0:31:12.800
<v Speaker 2>The two were no longer just being looked at as

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<v Speaker 2>sexual predators, but serial killers. Sergeant Dave Elston was one

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<v Speaker 2>of the investigators.

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<v Speaker 1>When I was inside of the residents, I saw a

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<v Speaker 1>map of Elephabute Lake that had several red exes on

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<v Speaker 1>it in the center of the lake.

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<v Speaker 2>What could that mean? Xes on a lake. It's an

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<v Speaker 2>ominous discovery, and you would think that somebody hiding such

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<v Speaker 2>a huge secret would be more discreet.

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<v Speaker 1>Was speculated that David Parker Ray would take them out

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<v Speaker 1>on a boat and cut their bodies open, remove the

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<v Speaker 1>internal organs, fill the cavity with rocks, bricks, whatever it

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<v Speaker 1>may be, wrap them in chicken wire, and dump them

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<v Speaker 1>into Elophabute Lake and the fish and other creatures would

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<v Speaker 1>take care of the decomposition of the body. So elfan

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<v Speaker 1>Bute Lake is approximately forty miles long.

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<v Speaker 2>Police and news helicopters took to the sky over Elephant

0:32:09.760 --> 0:32:13.360
<v Speaker 2>Butte looking for bodies, but none turned up.

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<v Speaker 5>I did a town hall meeting with the commune to

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<v Speaker 5>try to give as much information as I could.

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<v Speaker 2>That evening, residents of Elephant Butte filled a local school

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<v Speaker 2>gymnasium as Darren White of the New Mexico State Police

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<v Speaker 2>tried to ease their.

0:32:29.120 --> 0:32:33.080
<v Speaker 5>Concerns speculation was running whatt in this tiny little community.

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<v Speaker 2>Officer White told them that the state was pouring all

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<v Speaker 2>of its resources into the investigation. He also expressed concern

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<v Speaker 2>for investigators' mental health given the chilling evidence they encountered,

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<v Speaker 2>and in the coming weeks, police would learn about two

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<v Speaker 2>more victims.

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<v Speaker 1>Angelica Montano was a victim of David Parker Ray.

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<v Speaker 2>Angelica lived in Albuquerque and claimed that David Parker Ray

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<v Speaker 2>held her in the toy box a few weeks before Cynthia.

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<v Speaker 2>Then he dropped her off on the interstate.

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<v Speaker 1>She was picked up by an off duty deputy sheriff.

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<v Speaker 1>She explained to him that she had been kidnapped, raped

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<v Speaker 1>and tortured, and then she didn't even know how she

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<v Speaker 1>even got out of the interstate.

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<v Speaker 2>But at the time the police didn't believe her story

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<v Speaker 2>and they let her go.

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<v Speaker 1>He just dropped her off at a gas station in

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<v Speaker 1>the middle of the night and continued on with this information.

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<v Speaker 2>Police added additional charges to David Parker Ray and Cindy Hendy.

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<v Speaker 2>That's now two victims that came forward, and Deputy District

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<v Speaker 2>Attorney Jim Yance would soon locate a third. But there's

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<v Speaker 2>a problem.

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<v Speaker 4>She was able to remember bits and pieces on not

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<v Speaker 4>the entire experience.

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<v Speaker 2>With three victims. Prosecutors worked to make sure they kept

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<v Speaker 2>these monsters behind bars.

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<v Speaker 3>The victims, what they encountered and what they endured is

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<v Speaker 3>just it's unbelievable and.

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<v Speaker 5>So unbelievable that there were so many people when they

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<v Speaker 5>were first told, didn't believe it was true.

0:34:05.400 --> 0:34:08.160
<v Speaker 2>Now it was up to prosecutors to convince a jury.

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<v Speaker 4>We had chores that were just shaking their head Snow

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<v Speaker 4>we actually had yours sobbing.

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<v Speaker 2>But would those jurors believe what happened?

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<v Speaker 7>Some people like it rough.

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<v Speaker 6>It was one of the.

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<v Speaker 7>Jurors that said that.

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<v Speaker 2>Even with three witnesses, a pile of tapes, detailed recordings,

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<v Speaker 2>and physical evidence, prosecutors would struggle to keep David Parker

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<v Speaker 2>Ray behind bars. And we didn't tell you hear why.

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<v Speaker 2>That's on part two of The Toy Box Killer. Next

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