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The Abduction of Steven Stayner, His Daring Escape, and the Dark Legacy That Followed - Thar Tribune

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On a cold winter day in December 1972, Kenneth Parnell and Ervin Murphy got into a white Buick and drove from Yosemite down into Merced, California. At 3.30 pm that afternoon, Steven Stayner, a freckle-faced second grader, was walking home from Charles Wright Elementary on Highway 140. Murphy and Parnell chanced upon the boy and pulled the Buick over next to Steven. Murphy got out of the car and approached the boy, claiming to be a representativ…
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thartribune.com broke the news on Friday, June 12, 2026.
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