US lake to be searched for sex torture victims

In this April 12, 2001 file photo, David Parker Ray looks around the Torrance County Courthouse courtroom in Estancia, New Mexico during the fourth day of his re-trial on charges of abducting and sexually torturing a Colorado woman in 1996. AP

ALBUQUERQUE—Authorities said they have new information that could lead to some of the 40 victims of a US man convicted of sexual torture, including a woman missing for 16 years.

FBI agents and police in New Mexico on Tuesday plan to search around Elephant Butte Lake, where they believe David Parker Ray may have buried some of his victims. Ray was from the Elephant Butte area.

Ray boasted of the killings in his writings, but no bodies have ever been located. He died in 2002 while serving life in prison for sexual torture.

Police believe one of his victims may have been Jill Troia, who disappeared in 1995. She was last seen at a restaurant with Ray’s daughter.