Missouri Jurors View Sex Torture Video

Man And Woman, Once The FBI's Most Wanted Fugitives, Are Accused Of Murdering Two Women In 2006

(CBS/ AP)  Jurors in the capital-murder case of a man accused of killing two women viewed a DVD recording Wednesday of the women being beaten and sexually tortured.

The jury in the trial of Richard Davis, 44, reviewed 90 minutes of edited images taken from seven hours of videotapes that police found in Davis' apartment.

According to previous testimony, the videotapes showed Davis and his girlfriend, Dena Riley, brutalizing two women - Marsha Spicer, 41, and Michelle Huff-Ricci, 36.

Davis is on trial for the May 2006 death of Spicer. He faces 40 felony counts, including capital murder, and could face the death penalty if convicted.

Riley's trial is scheduled for next year. Davis and Riley also are charged with capital murder in the April 2006 suffocation of Huff-Ricci.

The DVD played Wednesday could be seen only by the jury, judge and attorneys. Others in the courtroom, including Spicer's family, could hear the audio; the relatives left the room before the recording finished.

At one point, a victim is heard screaming and crying. Several minutes later the same woman begs, "Please wait," then the sound of duct tape being unrolled is heard. Later a woman's screams were heard, followed by another woman's voice telling her to be quiet.

Elsewhere on the recording, a woman is heard gasping for air.

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Read the sheriff's release on the pair's arrest.
Check out court documents and charges in the death of Marsha Spicer.

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Police found Spicer's battered and nude body in a shallow grave in May 2006. Autopsy results indicated she had been strangled.

News of the find led police to two women who shared stories of a man who liked to choke women during sex. That led them to Davis and Riley, who denied knowing Spicer.

A search warrant for the couple's apartment found the videotapes, among other evidence. By the time authorities issued arrest warrants for Davis and Riley, they had left the area; they were captured in southwest Missouri after a five-day manhunt.

Police later linked the two to Huff-Ricci, who had disappeared more than a month before Spicer's body was found. Police have said both defendants led investigators to Huff-Ricci's charred, skeletal remains in rural Clay County, just north of Independence.

Riley and Davis also have been indicted in Kansas on a federal charge of kidnapping a 5-year-old southeast Kansas girl related to Davis after fleeing the Kansas City area. Court documents said the child had injuries consistent with sexual abuse.

[thewarning2]

Kill those hillbillie methheads!!!!

[honestabe8]

drmaqazi, that''''s be great if there really WAS a god.
Posted by crystalblue3

Only if the bible was truly the Word Of God (TM). There are lots of gods that people worship.

[crystalblue3]

drmaqazi, that''s be great if there really WAS a god.

[gopack443]

susieq_13
Where in the story does it say they are meth heads? Have you watched to much refer madness?

[mswolfestock]

OMG - these two are not human . . . . .

They have a look that says they have no soul.

I''m terrified to think that there are animals like this all over the place.

They ought to be tortured until they scream JUST LIKE THEIR VICTIMS DID.

I sincerely hope the victim''s families can put their lives back together, I hope they get justice and whatever help they need so this awful tragedy does not eat them up or destroy any more lives.

[honestabe8]

drmaqazi: some of us do not really care one way or another what the bible says, but keep on posting if it makes you feel pious.

[susieq_13]

Absolutely sick disgusting meth heads. They need to be hung in the streets for all the people to see. Instead, they''ll be in jail where our tax dollars will pay for a roof over their heads and food. Plus, they''ll probably be able to keep doing meth while they''re in jail. SICKOS!

[missybelle-2009]

These are a couple of the nastiest looking people I have ever seen. They do both have a meth look, brain dead to conscious thought and only able to act on impulse at the lowest level. I''d like to say they both should be tortured and put through some kind of the same treatment that their victims went through, but then they wouldn''t get it. Instant death and don''t waste any time with them any more.

[honestabe8]

Fuzzy: We could also release non violent drug offenders.

[crystalblue3]

Check out dude''s eyes. I''ve seen that look before. No impulse control, competely unable to control anger. Thinks he''s smarter than he is.

Hope they both rot.