Draft:Cindy Hendy
{{Short description|Accomplice to serial rapist}}
{{Draft topics|women|north-america}}
{{AfC topic|blp}}
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{{AFC comment|1=Several of these sources are inappropriate for a BLP (the legal case, FBI). The rest are poor (all thats interesting/Oxygen, both non RS), or local news about her release. The Slow Death book is one good source, but that's really it. I also think this may be best covered alongside Ray's article, not separate. But mostly the problem is we only have one good source and this is a BLP. PARAKANYAA (talk) 17:31, 13 May 2025 (UTC)}}
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Cindy Hendy, born Cynthia Lea Hendy on February 6th, 1960{{Cite web |title=Cries In The Desert Summary PDF {{!}} John Glatt |url=https://www.bookey.app/book/cries-in-the-desert |access-date=May 13, 2025 |website=Cries In The Desert Summary PDF {{!}} John Glatt |language=en}}, was the girlfriend and accomplice of David Parker Ray; the "Toy-Box Killer." She was described by one of her victims as "his evil mistress."{{Cite book |last=Fielder |first=Jim |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8PY-uuCsxkYC&dq=cindy%20hendy&pg=PA53 |title=Slow Death |publisher=Pinnacle Books |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-7860-2926-6 |edition=2013 |pages=}} Together they would kidnap, torture, and rape their victims at their home in Elephant Butte, New Mexico. They used what Hendy dubbed the "Toy Box," a soundproof trailer, as the setting of their sexual tortures.
{{Infobox serial killer
| name = Cindy Hendy
| image = needs-photo
| birth_name = Cynthia Lea Hendy
| country = United States
| states = New Mexico
| penalty = 36 years in prison
| birth_date = 1960
| conviction_status = Released 2019
| children = 3
| accomplices = David Parker Ray
| apprehended = March 22, 1999
| birth_place = Everett, Washington
| beginyear = 1997
| endyear = 1999
| criminal_charge = Kidnapping
Criminal Sexual Penetration
}}
Background
Cindy Hendy, born in 1960, grew up in Everett, Washington. She lived in an impoverished neighborhood with her alcoholic mother. When she was 8, her mother remarried. When she was 11, her mother's husband attempted to rape her. However, her mother took her husband's side and kicked Hendy out of the house. According to a childhood friend, Hendy's mother had been married six times to different men.{{Cite book |last1=Fielder |first1=James |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i8dqqEDL-W0C&q=grand+theft+and |title=Slow Death |last2=Fielder |first2=Jim |date=2003-01-01 |publisher=Kensington Books |isbn=978-0-7860-1199-5 |language=en}}
After leaving, she moved in with a man in Monroe, Washington where she entered the world of prostitution. This is when she purportedly began expressing her rape fantasies. A former partner recalled that when they were both 16, Hendy "liked sex rough and hard," and liked being told she was going to be raped. After she began dating drug dealers, she became addicted to cocaine and alcohol.
In 1997, Hendy fled from Washington after being convicted of grand theft and drug charges. She had mistakenly sold cocaine to an undercover cop. She sought refuge by moving in with her boyfriend, John Youngblood, in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. During this time, she got into trouble for a fight with another boyfriend. As restitution, she was sentenced to community service and jailtime. She participated in a work-release program in Elephant Butte Park where she met David Parker Ray for the first time. He remembers her saying, "I don't like women, and I don't like men much either."
Criminal History
Hendy met Ray when she was 37 and 20 years his junior. Even so, they quickly bonded over their shared sexual fantasies. She moved in with him soon after they met and quickly became his girlfriend. She assisted Ray in torturing victims with dildos, whips, chains, clamps, electric shock machines, and more. She also frequently watched as Ray tortured victims alone.{{Cite book |last=Geberth |first=Vernon J. |url=https://archive.org/details/sex-related-homicide-and-death-investigations-practical-and-clinical-perspectives-1/page/651/mode/2up?view=theater |title=Sex-Related Homicide and Death Investigation: Practical and Clinical Perspectives |date=2003 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=9781439826560}} In the trailer there was a mirror on the ceiling that forced the captive women to watch as they endured the sexual abuses. According to John Branaugh, a man associated with Hendy because of his painkiller addiction, Hendy exhibited signs of pedophilia and would "read those little-girl sex magazines." She confided in him about a plan to kidnap a 10-year-old girl to keep as a sex slave, but there is no evidence that it was carried out.
Arrest and Investigation
Trial and Sentence
Hendy and David Parker Ray were both arraigned by Magistrate Judge Thomas Pestak on March 24th, 1999. Asserting they were too poor to afford a lawyer, they both opted for a public defender. They each faced 25 felony charges as listed by New Mexico state prosecutor, Jim Yontz. The charges included, but are not limited to, kidnapping, criminal sexual penetration (CSP), criminal conspiracy, and aggravated assault. Concerned that Hendy and Parker would flee, Judge Pestak set a one million dollar (USD) bail in cash.
On April 6th, 1999, Hendy pled guilty to two counts of second-degree felony criminal sexual penetration, two counts of first-degree felony kidnapping, and one count of conspiracy.{{Cite web |title=David Parker Ray Part 01 (Final) |url=https://vault.fbi.gov/david-parker-ray/David%20Parker%20Ray%20Part%2001%20(Final)/view#bypass-fullscreen#document/p10 |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=FBI |language=en-us}} Additional charges were dismissed in exchange for her plea agreement, reducing the number she would be sentenced to.{{Cite web |date=April 10, 1999 |title=Torture Suspect Must Stand Trial |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/torture-suspect-must-stand-trial/ |website=CBS}} In her plea bargain, she agreed to testify against Ray.
On May 12th, 2000, she was sentenced to 36 years in prison, followed by 2 years of parole with credit for 417 days served.Hendy v. Hickson, No. CV 11-905 RB/LFG, 2012 WL 13081866 (D.N.M. Feb. 16, 2012), report and recommendation adopted, No. CV 11-905 RB/LFG, 2012 WL 13081867 (D.N.M. Mar. 12, 2012)
Aftermath
After serving almost 20 years of her 36-year sentence, including two years of parole, Hendy was released from custody.{{Cite web |last=Associated Press |date=July 10, 2019 |title=Woman convicted in sex-torture case to be released |url=https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/woman-convicted-in-sex-torture-case-to-be-released |access-date=May 9, 2025 |website=KFOX |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Associated Press |date=July 10, 2019 |title=Former girlfriend of suspected New Mexico 'toy box' killer to be released |url=https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/new-mexico/2019/07/10/david-parker-ray-toy-box-torture-cynthia-lea-hendy-elephant-butte-new-mexico/1694194001/ |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=Las Cruces Sun-News |language=en-US}}
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