This cave is where the first handful of murders Ray committed took place. In the cave, Ray would bind victims before electrocuting their breasts and stomachs. Ray torture victims in an remote cave before the ¨toy box¨ was built. As for why Ray abused and raped victims, according to Springer, ¨ Those who have been associated with childhood abuse are more likely to engage in high-risk health behaviors including alcohol and drug use and unsafe sex…¨ Ray having experienced severe abuse as a child was already more likely to partake in risky sex behaviors, that along with the sexual experiences he experienced from his aunt gave him an aggressive view on intamacy and the idea that all sexual acts were enjoyable through violence. The sexual abuse Ray went through not only effected his ability to make decisions, it gave him a unhealthy idea of what affection and intimacy should be which caused his idea of intimate moments like sex to be seen as an abusive and aggressive moment. In fact, those who experienced unhealthy levels of stress often lack the ability to make healthy and good decisions Furthermore, survivors of abuse are often unlikely to notice the risk of an action or situation (Kirk). The trauma Ray experienced from his abusive childhood may have been enough to turn him into a murderer. During this time, most of the abuse happened at the hands of his Aunt who forced herself on him and made him have sex with her multiple times. After his parents separation, Ray stayed with his grandparents who were known to be extremely strict and abusive. The abuse from Rays father lasted until his mother, Nettie, left his father. As a child, Ray was emotionally and physically abused by both parents however, his father Cecil was the most aggressive with the abuse. Rays reign of terror ended in 1999 when an escaped victim Cynthia Vigil alerted police of his crimes.ĭavid Parker Ray was born on November 6th,1939 to Nettie and Cecil Ray who lived on a ranch with Netties parents. Ray tortured his victims without mercy, many being raped and whipped multiple times a day in a trailer Ray called “The Toy Box”. Ray murdered upwards of 60 women over a 40 year time sequence. His first murder coincidently happened when Ray was just 15 years old from then on, Ray continued on an deadly spree of rape and torture. The events he experienced as a child were traumatizing enough to have completely changed Ray’s mind and sense of what is right and wrong.
While the direct reasons for his killings are unknown, it is a well known speculation that Ray killed and abused his victims to feel a sense of control he lost in his childhood. He crimes included the rape, torture and killing of young women from the 1950s to 1999.
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The Toy Box Killer (David Parker Ray) is one of the most notorious serial killers of the last 100 years.
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