ABSTRACT
In Chapter 1, “Human Sexuality and Sexual Deviance,” I mentioned this case as a classic example of sexual sadism as defined in
DSM-IV
(1994). In Chapter 2, “The Investigative Significance of Fantasy in Sex-Related Incidents,” I presented various examples of how the sexual sadist incorporates fantasy into the criminal event. This chapter focuses on one particular offender, who is, in the opinion of the author, a classic
psychopathic sexual sadist
. David Parker Ray created a torture chamber in which he would sys-
tematically engage in physical and psychological torture of his victims, whom he referred to as his “slaves.” He evidently was excited by the sight of his victims’ suffering and helplessness, because he photographed and videotaped them. He reportedly experienced pleasurable sexual arousal through the infliction of various forms of physical and emotional pain on the young women he treated as objects. When he finished “playing” with them, he would kill them.
