Satan's Den Exposed
The David Parker Ray Story
True crime book about a
criminal sexual sadist and cohorts busted in kidnap, rape and sexual
torture cases in New Mexico
By the Desert Journal's award winning investigative reporting team of Bill
Johnson, Fred Mramor & David Pierre
Sierra County
Sheriff's Deputy Kelly Clark was killed in the line of duty while
transporting a prisoner to the Grants correctional facility in March 1999.
This page is a photo tribute to Kelly Clark. Desert Journal Photos by David
Pierre (most) and Bill Johnson (a few) and Fred Mramor (a couple)
A VIDEO TRIBUTE FOR DEPUTY
KELLY CLARK BY DESERT JOURNAL ONLINE
A photo of Kelly Clark appears among the flowers
arranged on a bench in front of the Sierra County Sheriff's Office in Truth
or Consequences, NM.
Daughter Lindsay
Hauser
accepts flag.
21-gun salute
Freddy De La O,
New Mexico State Police Officer, holds Kelly Clark's ashes.
Comrades in arms
united on a sad day
They came from
all over New Mexico and neighboring states to say goodbye to Kelly
There can never
be enough hugs.
THE
PROTEST AGAINST KELLY'S BOSS
In photo above,
Desert Journal reporter Fred Mramor (back of head, black jacket) interviews
Sheriff Terry Byers who appears with his supporters in the Sheriff's Office
parking lot during the protest against him on the corner. An extensive
Desert Journal investigation determined the lack of communication is to
blame for Deputy Kelly Clark's homicide. Jail personnel did not report the
temper tantrums - i.e., inmate throwing food outside his jail cell - to the
Sheriff's Office and so the inmate was NOT deemed to pose any risk to only a
one-deputy transport. Furthermore, the prisoner was going to be free in a
few months, so no bad behavior would have been suspected. The prisoner
managed to free himself from his handcuffs during his transport from the
jail in Truth or Consequences to the facility in Grants. He also managed to
reach through the window that separated him from the driver and he then took
Kelly's gun and shot her while the car was in motion on Interstate 40
between Albuquerque and Grants. These are well documented facts and the
Desert Journal won a public service award in 1999 from the New Mexico Press
Association's Better Newspaper Contest for showing the need for New Mexico
to standardize prison transport safety, requiring two deputies to transport
prisoners when they're known to be a flight risk or danger. Also, Mramor won
first place for in-depth reporting on this particular case.
Rear of Kelly
Clark's unit where prisoner Mike Archuleta, a felon of Colorado, was riding
New Mexico
Legislature proclaims Deputy Kelly Clark Day in the State of New Mexico.
Friends reflect
(above). The Kelly Clark Memorial was established on the lawn of the Sierra
County Courthouse in Truth or Consequences.
