Cries in the Desert: The Shocking True Tale of a Sadistic Torturer

In the fall of 1999, a twenty-two-year-old woman was discovered naked and bleeding on the streets of a small New Mexico town south of Albuquerque. She was chained to a padlocked metal collar. The tale she told authorties—of being beaten, raped, and tortured with electric shock—was unthinkable. Until she led them to 59-year-old David Ray Parker, his 39-year-old financee Cindy Hendy—and the lakeside trailer they called their "toy box". What the FBI uncovered was unprecedented in the annals of serial crime: restraining devices, elaborate implements of torture, books on human anatomy, medical equipment, scalpels, and a gynecologist's examination table. But these horrors were only part of the shocking story that would unfold in a stunning trial... __Cries in the Desert__ is the true story of "The Toy Box Killer"—a shocking story of torture and murder in the New Mexico desert.

In the fall of 1999, a twenty-two-year-old woman was discovered naked and bleeding on the streets of a small New Mexico town south of Albuquerque. She was chained to a padlocked metal collar. The tale she told authorties--of being beaten, raped, and tortured with electric shock--was unthinkable. Until she led them to 59-year-old David Ray Parker, his 39-year-old financee Cindy Hendy--and the lakeside trailer they called their "toy box". What the FBI uncovered was unprecedented in the annals of serial crime: restraining devices, elaborate implements of torture, books on human anatomy, medical equipment, scalpels, and a gynecologist's examination table. But these horrors were only part of the shocking story that would unfold in a stunning trial...

Cries in the Desert is the true story of "The Toy Box Killer"--a shocking story of torture and murder in the New Mexico desert.

in The Fall Of 1999, A Twenty-two-year-old Woman Was Discovered Naked And Bleeding On The Streets Of A Small New Mexico Town South Of Albuquerque. She Was Chained To A Padlocked Metal Collar. The Tale She Told Authorties—of Being Beaten, Raped, And Tortured With Electric Shock—was Unthinkable. Until She Led Them To 59-year-old David Ray Parker, His 39-year-old Financee Cindy Hendy—and The Lakeside Trailer They Called Their Toy Box. What The Fbi Uncovered Was Unprecedented In The Annals Of Serial Crime: Restraining Devices, Elaborate Implements Of Torture, Books On Human Anatomy, Medical Equipment, Scalpels, And A Gynecologist's Examination Table. But These Horrors Were Only Part Of The Shocking Story That Would Unfold In A Stunning Trial...

In the fall of 1999, a twenty-two-year-old woman was discovered naked and bleeding on the streets of a small New Mexico town south of Albuquerque. She was chained to a padlocked metal collar. The tale she told authorities--of being beaten, raped, and tortured with electric shock--was unthinkable. Until she led them to 59-year-old David Parker Ray, his 39-year-old fiancee Cindy Hendy--and the lakeside trailer they called their "toy box". What the FBI uncovered was unprecedented in the annals of serial crime: restraining devices, elaborate implements of torture, books on human anatomy, medical equipment, scalpels, and a gynecologist's examination table. But these horrors were only part of the shocking story that would unfold in a stunning trial... In 1999, New Mexico couple David Parker Ray and Cindy Hendy were charged with kindapping, torturing and murdering women David Parker Ray was born on November 6, 1939, in the tiny desert town of Belen, New Mexico.