Trials
A determination was made that Ray would be tried in three separate trials: (1) for Cynthia Vigil (2) for Angelica Montano and (3) for Kelly Garrett. Montano died before trial 2, so it was not conducted. Trial 1 resulted in a mistrial and retrial. Ray's daughter, Glenda Jean "Jesse" Ray was also being tried. Ray suddenly agreed to a plea bargain, under the terms of which he was sentenced to 224 years in prison for numerous offenses involved in the abduction and sexual torture of three young women at his Elephant Butte Lake home. His daughter got nine years, leaving five to be served on probation.
On May 28, 2002, Ray was transported to the Lea County Correctional Facility in Hobbs, New Mexico, to be questioned by state police. He died of a heart attack before the scheduled interrogation took place.
Cindy Hendy, an accomplice who testified against Ray, received a sentence of 36 years for her role in the crimes.
In 1999, accomplice Dennis Roy Yancy was convicted of the strangulation murder of Marie Parker in Elephant Butte, which was recorded by Ray. He was paroled in 2010 after serving 11 years in prison, but the release was delayed by difficulties in negotiating a plan for residence. Three months after his release in 2011, Dennis was charged with violation of probation. He has been remanded to custody until 2021 to serve the remainder of his original sentence.
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