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. ray s fate now lay in the hands and credibility of van cleve. i didn t want to go to court. i didn t want to face him. but i did it. he couldn t 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 with a smug look on his face. it pissed me off. he acted like he was totally innocent and he had done nothing wrong. i didn t want to cry and let him
non-threatening. after a two-week trial, the jury retired to consider whether kelly s testimony and the video were enough to find ray guilty. kelly s the one who the jury has to believe in order for them to return a guilty verdict. i didn t 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. they fooled me. on july 13th, 2000, the jury announced they were unable to reach a verdict. two female jurors did not buy kelly s testimony. the judge declared a mistrial. coming up, the state retries the ray case with a new judge, a new jury and new evidence. we tested her credibility, in the fire of cross-examination and trial twice. her life must have been hell. i think it was harder the second time than it was the first time. just one phillips colon health probiotic cap a day helps defe
otherwise go with him into his clutches. ray s 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 credibility might be questioned in court. somebody as methodical as david parker ray in planning this kind of case has picked his victims well. these are victims less likely to be believed if and when they get to a law enforcement person to tell their story and far less likely to be missed if they disappear and are gone. police had a hunch ray would want to document his crimes. it made sense to believe and was logical to deduce that there were videotapes somewhere, and many, many were found. there wer
i remember telling him that i wanted to go home. i didn t know if he was going to kill me or not. i remember him using different kinds of toys on me. and they hurt. that s 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 didn t remember certain things. she didn t have a clear recollection of others. and that weakens the case and
named after a long forgotten tv quiz show, it s 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 case far more shocking than anything they had seen before or have seen since. 911. the call came from a panicked homeowner. a 21-year-old woman, hysterical with fear, burst into the caller s house totally nude, wearing only a metal dog collar and dragging a six foot chain.