The twisted saga of David Parker Ray, known as the Toy Box Killer, represents one of the most disturbing chapters in American true crime history. From the shores of Elephant Butte Lake in New Mexico, Ray orchestrated a reign of terror that spanned decades, leaving an unknowable number of victims in his wake.

Perhaps most disturbing was Ray's methodical approach. He recorded an "orientation" tape for victims, detailing the horrors they would endure. He drugged women so thoroughly they would later have no memory of their ordeal—though nightmares and flashbacks would haunt them for years, as happened with Kelly Van Cleave, who only discovered she had been a victim when investigators identified her tattoo in Ray's videos.

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