Marie B. Parker was 22 and a young mother when she was last seen on July 5, 1997, at a saloon in Elephant Butte, New Mexico, not far from the residence of David Parker Ray. She disappeared that summer, and her case later became linked to the wider investigation into Ray’s crimes.

In 1999 an associate of Ray, 27-year-old Dennis Roy Yancy, was arrested and charged in Marie’s death. Yancy, who had been in a relationship with Marie, confessed and said he and others lured her into captivity. He admitted that Marie endured days of sexual torture inside Ray’s mobile home and that, under orders from Ray, he strangled her. Yancy led authorities to a site where he said the body had been disposed of, but a search turned up nothing; investigators later believed Ray may have returned and moved the remains. Yancy pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 30 years in prison. Ray was never charged in Marie’s murder.

Does anyone have information about Marie’s last known movements in Elephant Butte or about people who were with her that July?