


The subsequent police investigation corroborated Vigil’s testimony and revealed there had been two trailers, the second of which was filled with surgical tools, anatomy texts, and a self-authored manual on restraining sex slaves. After what must have been a shock, the homeowner immediately called the police and clothed Vigil as they waited together. Vigil threw herself into the home and locked the door behind her for fear of pursuit. She passed rows of mobile homes before she saw lights on and an open door. At least two cars passed the bloodied, screaming woman. Wearing only the collar and chains of her torturers and covered in blood from where Hendy had struck her with a lamp, Vigil struggled to get a motorist to stop and help her. With no clear idea of where she could be, Vigil took off running down the first road she found. It was only the beginning of her escape, though. And with one of the very tools used to torture her, Vigil beat Hendy back from the door and made her way out of the trailer for the first time in three days. She fought off Hendy long enough to grab an ice pick from the trailer’s collection of torture implements. Vigil freed herself and tried for the phone in the mobile home, but as she attempted to call the police, Hendy returned and smashed Vigil in the head with a lamp.ĭazed, but not broken, Vigil struggled with her torturer in the trailer. When Hendy went to another room, Cynthia Vigil found she had just enough slack in her chains to reach where the keys to her restraints hung. Ray left the trailer and told his accomplice, Hendy, to look after their victim. After the third day of torture, that opportunity came. Vigil had no reason to doubt the couple meant to murder her and constantly searched for an opportunity to escape. For the next three days, Ray and his accomplice beat, electrocuted, and sexually abused Vigil, always promising things would get worse when they took her to another trailer. Apparently, this was such old hat for Ray that he’d made a 20-minute videotape to inform victims what he planned to do to them next. Hours later, Vigil found herself in a mobile home and was immediately chained to a pole. Once Vigil was in Ray’s truck, the pair handcuffed Vigil then bound and gagged her. In 1999, David Parker Ray and his accomplice, Cynthia Hendy, solicited Cynthia Vigil for sex. He was caught, however, when his final victim managed an incredible escape. Though no bodies were ever found, several missing persons are believed to have been his victims.
#Toy box killer serial
“If you want to discover just what there is in a man-give him power.” - Francis Trevelyan Miller In A Nutshellĭavid Parker Ray kidnapped women and tortured them in a mobile home kept in New Mexico that he referred to as his “toy box.” He was almost certainly a serial killer and claimed to have murdered countless women.
