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The states rape and kidnap case against david parker ray had problems. the best witness had a patchy memory. unless bodies could be found, somehow somewhere, there was a chance that justice might be denied. coming up, an accomplice of david parker ray confesses to murder. >> how did you come up with the idea to kill marie? >> it was david ray parkers idea. >> hi, everybody. sudden sfloo just one phillips colon health probiotic cap a day helps defends against occasional constipation, diarrhea, ga...

Of case. >> but with no bodies, prosecutors had no choice but to try ray for the kidnapping and sexual torture of kelly van cleve. the trial began june 29th, 2000. rays fate now lay in the hands and credibility of van cleve. >> i didnt want to go to court. i didnt want to face him. but i did it. he couldnt be out on the streets any longer. i had to do it. because i had to do what i could to save other women. >> as kelly took the stand, ray was just a few feet away. >> he was just sitting there w...

Non-threatening. >> after a two-week trial, the jury retired to consider whether kellys testimony and the video were enough to find ray guilty. >> kellys the one who the jury has to believe in order for them to return a guilty verdict. i didnt think there was going to be any way a jury would come back with a not guilty verdict in this. >> when they finally made a decision and everybody got back to the courtroom, i knew it was going to be a guilty verdict. it had to have been a guilty verdict. th...

Otherwise go with him into his clutches. >> rays toy box revealed detailed evidence of a long campaign of sadistic sexual violence. >> the consensus was pretty clear that there were going to be additional victims here. the utility trailer was taken apart literally and we collect trinkets, necklaces, jewelry, they came from somebody. >> despite police appeals for more victims to come forward, the escaped 21-year-old woman remained the only known victim. but with her checkered past, her credibilit...

I remember telling him that i wanted to go home. i didnt know if he was going to kill me or not. i remember him using different kinds of toys on me. and they hurt. thats about all i remember. >> the police now had a credible witness but maybe not one who could put ray behind bars. >> potential weakness that she had, she didnt remember certain things. she didnt have a clear recollection of others. and that weakens the case and

Named after a long forgotten tv quiz show, its the sort of town where raymond chandler might base a crime novel. >> truth or consequences has a kind of undercurrent of criminal activity. we investigated a murder where a guy was stabbed 43 times. we had another murder where a guy beat his wife and put her in the trunk of the car and burned her and the car. this is just a community where strange and bizarre crimes occur. >> on march 22nd, 1999, the local police received a call that would open a ca...

Nine months after david parker rays first trial ended with a hung jury, a retrial got under way. >> no prosecutor wants to do a retrial. there are a lot of reasons. realistically, youve ideally given this your best shot and things rarely improve the second time around. >> but this time, a new judge rule that had rays audiotape was relevant to the case. >> hello there. you probably think youre going be raped, and youre [ bleep ] right about that. >> i remember hearing his voice. and it sent shive...

>> there was medical equipment everywhere. drills, modified drills with sexual devices on them and cages. i mean, it was just this unbelievable looking den. this was a torture chamber. >> this torture chamber, dubbed "the toy box" by ray, showed a high level of ingenuity and how a human mind can go horribly astray. one of those called in on the case was fbi profiler, mary ellen otoole. >> the police and any other agents who were part of the task force really saw the toy box as extremely unusual....

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