What was special about the town was that it bordered Elephant Butte State Park, the largest state park in New Mexico, which attracts 100,000 visitors annually to the community of just 1,000 people. Like most New Mexico towns, Elephant Butte sprawls across a dusty, arid landscape. He worked as an armed State Park officer and mechanic at Elephant Butte State Park. Its interior contents were inaccessible, protected by a steel reinforced double deadbolt that would have to be removed by a locksmith once law enforcement obtained a search warrant.ĭesert predatorsDavid Parker Ray had lived since 1993 in a community of mobile homes in Hot Springs Landing, a town just across from Elephant Butte. Just behind the home was an innocuous-looking trailer – windowless, white, and 25-feet long. The other announced the resident’s name: David P. The residence on Bass Road was unassuming – a single story, double-wide mobile home and a yard filled with junk. Sensing there was more to the story, the 911 operator radioed law enforcement to perform a welfare check, and Sierra County Deputy David Elston took the call. She insisted the call was a mistake and hung up. This time, a woman answered and sounded agitated. All they could make out was what sounded like a scuffle. When the operator answered, no one spoke on the other end. Not long before – 3:22 p.m., to be exact – New Mexico’s Sierra County 911 emergency dispatch received a strange call from a residence at 513 Bass Road. “At first I thought someone was chasing her, but I didn’t see anyone. “She was just running around in circles,” one witness said, according to the podcast Casefile. More jarring was the chain hanging from her neck, held by a metal collar that – hours later – had to be removed with bolt cutters at a hospital. She was a distressing sight – naked, clearly traumatized, and covered in blood. It was an otherwise quiet afternoon in Elephant Butte, New Mexico, on March 22, 1999, when a woman was spotted running down Springland Boulevard. And we will, eventually, in a month or two, maybe three. And you might as well start gettin’ used to it, because you’re gonna be kept here and used until such time as we get tired of fuckin’ around with you. “What all this amounts to is that you’re gonna be kept naked and chained up like an animal, to be used and abused any time we want to, any way that we want to. You’ve been taken by force, and you’re going to be kept and used by force. It’s not like you’re gonna have any choice about the matter. But I don’t give a big rat’s ass about that. It’s gonna take a lot of adjustment on your part, and you’re not gonna like it a fuckin’ bit. Sound kind of far out? Well, I suppose it is to the uninitiated, but we do it all the time. Because, basically, you’ve been snatched and brought here for us to train and use as a sex slave. You’ll be raped thoroughly and repeatedly, in every hole you’ve got. Our primary interest is in what you’ve got between your legs. “You probably think you’re gonna be raped and you’re fuckin’ sure right about that. Now you’re just waiting to see what’s gonna happen next. I’m sure that you’ve already tried to get your wrists and ankles loose, and know you can’t. Now, you are obviously here against your will, totally helpless, don’t know where you’re at, don’t know what’s gonna happen to you. “I don’t know the details of your capture, because this tape is being created July 23, 1993, as a general advisory tape for future female captives. I’m going to tell you, in detail, why you have been kidnapped, what’s going to happen to you and how long you’ll be here. For a little while, at least, you need to get your shit together and listen to this tape. Perfectly normal, under the circumstances. You are disoriented and scared, too, I would imagine. Are you comfortable right now? I doubt it. For more information on sexual assault, read our Sex & Love column by Durango sexologist Erin Brandt.“Hello there, bitch. If you need to reach out, there is 24-hour support for survivors through Durango’s Sexual Assault Services Organization (SASO) at 97 or nationally through RAINN at 1-800-656-HOPE. Warning: This article contains disturbing descriptions of violence, sexual assault, and rape against women.