Cary Stayner T75166
San Quentin State Prison
San Quentin, CA 94974

Cary Stayner (born August 13, 1961) is an American serial killer currently on death row for the 1999 murders of four women in Yosemite, California. Stayner’s known victims were Carole Sund, her daughter Julie, Argentine exchange student Silvina Pelosso and park employee Joie Stayner was born and raised in Merced, California. His younger brother, Steven, was kidnapped by child molester Kenneth Parnell in 1972 and held captive for more than seven years before escaping and being reunited with his family. Stayner would later say he felt neglected as his parents grieved over the loss of Steven. When Steven escaped and returned home in 1980, he received massive media attention; a true crime novel and TV movie were made about the ordeal. Steven died in a motorcycle accident in 1989. The following year, Cary Stayner’s uncle, with whom he was living at the time, was murdered.