Steven Stayner was an American kidnapping victim. On December 4, 1972, seven-year-old Stayner was abducted in Merced, California, by a child molester, Kenneth Parnell.
He was held by his abductor 38 miles away in Mariposa County, California, and later in Mendicino County, California, until he was 14 when he managed to escape with another of Parnell’s victims, Timothy White.
What became of Steven Stayner?
Steven Stayner worked with child abduction groups, spoke to children about personal safety and gave interviews about the kidnapping. He joined the Church of Christ of Latter-day Saints just before his death.
Is there a movie about Steven Stayner?
In a well crafted Hulu true-crime docuseries, the family of Steven Stayner looks back on his abduction, his escape and the strange twists of fate that followed.
Steven Stayner, the 14, gives a piggyback to ride Timmy White, the boy he rescued while fleeing their kidnapper, Kenneth Parnell, in 1980.