Toy Box Killer

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It is absolutely freezing outside and I am sitting here with a thick sweater on and a cup of hot chocolate with cream by my side. Somewhat of a contrast to the case I'm going to write about which is that of David Parker Ray and his girlfriend Cindy Lee Hendy. Scary stuff.
Parker Ray is also known as the toy box killer due to the fact that he would keep his victims in a torture chamber that he would call his toy box. This chamber was fully equipped with whips, straps, leg spreader bars and surgical blades.

David and his girlfriend Cindy weren't the only suspects. David's daughter Glenda Jean and a drifter called Dennis Yancy were also involved with committing the crimes.

In the spring of 1999 a victim escaped after having been through three days of torture in Parker Ray's toybox. This led to the capture and conviction of David and Cindy and David was sentenced to 224 years in prison. He died of a heart attack after having served only 2½ years. Cindy got 36 years.

The crimes happened in Elephant Butte, New Mexico and both Parker Ray and Hendy was actually not convicted of murder but kidnapping and criminal sexual penetration - or in Hendy's case: Accessory to criminal sexual penetration. The drifter Dennis Yancy was the only one convicted of murder, that of Marie Parker, a mother of two daughters.

It is believed that Parker Ray has murdered at least six people.

In the documentary series "Most Evil", Dr. Michael Stone has interviewed Cindy Hendy in prison. Watch it here.