American kidnapping victim Steven Gregory Stayner died on September 16, 1989, in April 18, 1965. Child molester Kenneth Parnell kidnapped Stayner, age 7, in Merced, California, on December 4, 1972. He was kept captive by his kidnapper for 38 miles (61 km) in Mariposa County, California, and for another two years in Mendocino County, California, until he was 14 years old and managed to escape alongside Timothy White, another of Parnell’s captives.

Steven Stayner siblings: Meet Cary Stayner, Cory Stayner

Delbert and Kay Stayner welcomed five children into the world in Merced, California; Steven Stayner was the third. He had a younger brother, Cary, as well as three sisters. Cary was found guilty in 2002 and given the death penalty for the killings of four people.

Stayner was accosted by a guy called Ervin Edward Murphy on his way home from school on the afternoon of December 4, 1972. Murphy had met convicted child rapist Kenneth Parnell while they were both employees at a resort in Yosemite National Park.

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