Steven Stayner

✶April 18, 1965

†September 16, 1989

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Steven Gregory Stayner was an American kidnapping victim. On December 4, 1972, seven-year-old Stayner was abducted in Merced, California, by child molester Kenneth Parnell. He was held by his abductor 38 miles (60 km) away in Mariposa County, and later in Mendocino County, until he was aged 14, when he managed to escape with another of Parnell's victims, five-year-old Timothy White. His brother, Cary Stayner, later became a serial killer.

American child kidnapping victim (1965-1989)

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Biography from the article Steven Stayner on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.