Stayner is known to have been acquainted with Gibson at the time of his 1981 trial, which he attended. Authorities believe Stayner may have chosen to kill Hicks in retaliation for testifying against Gibson.

Oct 11, 2022 · During his murder trial, Staynor's defense lawyers — who were trying to save him from a death sentence — revealed a long history of child abuse in the Stayner home. Cary Stayner had been sexually abused by his uncle, while his sisters were abused by their father, Delbert Stayner.

Aug 27, 2002 · Cary Stayner, 41, could face the death penalty after being convicted of slaying Carole Sund of Eureka, her 15-year-old daughter, Juli, and Silvina Pelosso, 16, a family friend visiting from...

Dec 13, 2000 · A federal court on Monday unsealed graphic excerpts of motel handyman Cary Stayner's confession to the 1999 murder of a Yosemite National Park naturalist after an appeals court refused to bar their release.

the trial of Cary Stayner. July 21st Joie Ruth Armstrong is decapitated after Cary ties her up and rapes her. On July 22nd her body is found. July 23rd Stayner was questioned and released and Stayner fails to show up for work for the first time in a year and a half. July 24th Cary Stayner is arrested at Laguna Del Sol Nudist Camp.

Aug 19, 2002 · Stayner, who has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, plugged his ears with his fingers while the tape played. But the trial has been dominated as much by psychiatric jousting as by...

Oct 10, 2002 · SAN JOSE — A jury declared Wednesday that Yosemite murderer Cary Stayner should be executed for the slaying of three women tourists, killings that rattled the serenity of the Sierra woods in...

Dec 13, 2002 · Mr Stayner confessed that he tricked his way into the women's room at the Yosemite's Cedar Lodge convincing them he needed to check faulty plumbing. He strangled Carole Sund and then sexually...

Oct 3, 2022 · Nearly three decades before Cary Stayner was arrested for abducting and viciously killing four women near Yosemite National Park, his seven-year-old brother Steven was kidnapped and held captive for seven years by Kenneth Parnell, …

The death-penalty trial of Cary Stayner was moved from Mariposa County to Santa Clara County, CA. In May, 2002, Stayner pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in the 1999 murder of three tourists in Yosemite National Park.