Slow Death: The Sickest Serial Slayer To Stalk The Southwest

Synopsis

"Never Trust a Chained Captive."

That was one of the rules David Parker Ray posted on the isolated property where he and his girlfriend Cynthia Hendy lived near New Mexico's Elephant Butte Lake. They called their windowless trailer The Toybox. Over the years they lured countless young women into its chamber of unspeakable pain and horror--and filmed every moment.

A Satanist, Ray was the center of a web of sadism, sex slavery, and murder. Authorities suspect he murdered more than 60 women. In October 2011, a flood of tips led to a renewed search for the remains of more possible victims. This updated edition reveals all the details, plus the inside story on the controversial movie based on these unforgettable events.

"An eye-opening journey into the world of criminal sexual sadism." --Jim Yontz, Deputy District Attorney, Albuquerque, New Mexico

16 pages of haunting photos

"Darkly fascinating. . .a shocker from beginning to end." --Gregg Olsen, New York Times bestselling author

The late Jim Fielder was a journalist based in Seattle, Washington. He wrote for The Globe, The New York Post, and Reuters International. On his behalf, a new update to Slow Death has been written by veteran true-crime writer Sheila Johnson.

Sheila Johnson is the author of Blood Lust, Blood Highway, and Blood Betrayal. Her experience as a newspaper crime reporter created a natural transition into writing true crime books about some of the cases she covered, and the killers and victims she came to know. Her close working relationship with law enforcement has given her inside access to statements, case files, and testimony that she uses to create a clear overall picture of murderers and their victims, defense attorneys and prosecutors, and the dedicated investigators who work tirelessly to bring killers to justice. She lives in Leesburg, Alabama.