David Parker Ray

David Parker Ray

'David Parker Ray-Zakre (November 6, 1939 – May 28, 2002) was a suspected American serial killer and known torturer of women. Though no bodies were found, he was accused by his accomplices of killing several people and suspected by police to have murdered as many as sixty people from Arizona and Albuquerque, New Mexico area, while living in the town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, which none of his victims were from. He has been given the moniker "Toy-Box Killer".

Physically abused by his father as a child, in his teenage years Ray became dependent on alcohol and illicit drugs. In later life, he built his "toy box", a converted mobile home that he had equipped with items used for torture.

Read more about David Parker Ray:  Childhood, Crimes, Investigation, Trials

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