Steven Stayner was kidnapped in 1972 when he was just seven years old. While walking home from school in Merced, California, he was approached by a man named Kenneth Parnell, who was posing as a private investigator. Parnell told Steven that his parents had given him permission to take him away for a while. Trusting the man, Steven went with him.
Parnell abducted Steven and took him to a remote cabin in Catheys Valley, California. He changed