kidnapping case against ray was on shaky ground. the good news for investigators, was that one of his victims, kelly van cleave, was recalling more and more of what happened to her. on july, 1996, she had been abducted from this once bustling bar on the outskirts of truth or consequences, new mexico. we rounded up a bunch of friends and went bar hopping. this where is we ended up. we always ended up here. no matter where we started, this is where we quit. and at the end of the evening, it was just me and jessi. jessi ray, david s daughter. jessi ray had told kelly she would give her a lift home. instead, she drove kelly to her father s house. the fact that it was his own daughter kidnapping just shows the depth of his resolve when it came to this behavior, and also showed his lack of emotional
right about that. i remember hearing his voice. and it sent shivers down my spine. as far as i m concerned, you are a pretty piece of meat. be smart and be a survivor. have a nice day. the second trial judge had an entirely different view of that evidence and ruled differently than the first one. it was a very powerful piece of evidence. this was essentially a confession. while the audiotape was a crucial piece of evidence, the case still relied on the personal testimony of kelly van cleave. 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 because i had already been there. i already had to tell my story to thousands of people i didn t
to prove to the jury that the crime occurred. you ve got a living witness. she s saying something happened and it happened without her consent. so it s an entire different process. there are many prosecutors who tell you right out they would try 50 murder cases to every sexual assault case. it s a different, different kind of case. but with no bodies, prosecutors had no choice but to try ray for the kidnapping and sexual torture of kelly van cleave. the trial began june 29th, 2000. ray s fate now lay in the hands and credibility of van cleave. 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
administration. newt gingrich is leading in key states in the gop race for president. he easily beats mitt romney in florida and south carolina. and panama s former strongman, manuel noriega, is back in his homeland. he s there to serve three 20-year sentences for the killing of political rivals in the 1980s. now back to our program. police have now identified two key living victims of david parker ray s toy box, but they believe there were many more victims, most likely dead, somewhere in or under the new mexico desert or at the bottom of nearby elephant butte lake. but no bodies had yet been found. and the prosecutor s rape and kidnapping case against ray was on shaky ground. the good news for investigators was that one of his victims, kelly van cleave, was recalling
spine. as far as i m concerned, you are a pretty piece of meat. be smart and be a survivor. have a nice day. the second trial judge had an entirely different view of that evidence and ruled differently than the first one. it was a very powerful piece of evidence. this was essentially a confession. while the audiotape was a crucial piece of evidence, the case still relied on the personal testimony of kelly van cleave. 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 because i had already been there. i already had to tell my story to thousands of people i didn t know.