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Kenneth Eugene Parnell (September 26, 1931 – January 21, 2008) was an American convicted sex offender, child rapist, and kidnapper infamously known for committing the abductions of 7-year-old Steven Stayner in Merced, California, in 1972 and 5-year-old Timothy White in Ukiah, California, in 1980.
Apr 3, 2024 · Kenneth Parnell abducted 7-year-old Steven Stayner in California in 1972 and later kidnapped 5-year-old Timothy White in 1980 — but the boys later escaped.
Apr 23, 2022 · Hulu's Captive Audience tells the incredible true crime story of Steven Stayner's kidnapping. Here's what became of his captor, Kenneth Parnell.
Apr 21, 2022 · Kenneth Parnell is most notoriously known for the kidnapping of Steven Stayner, but he was an active child sex predator long before that 1972 abduction.
Apr 20, 2022 · By January 1982, Kenneth, then 49, was convicted of kidnapping Steven and Timothy. Ervin was also found guilty of kidnapping and conspiring to kidnap in relation to Steven’s case. Kenneth was then sentenced to serve only seven years in prison, of which he served five before being released on parole.
Jul 19, 2019 · The boys were still in elementary school when a man named Kenneth Parnell entered the picture. Parnell worked at the Yosemite Lodge, located about two hours away from the Stayner home. He befriended a co-worker named Ervin Murphy to assist him in a vile act that would shake the family forever.
Mar 17, 2022 · In 1972, seven-year-old Steven Stayner was kidnapped by a pedophile named Kenneth Parnell in Merced, California — and held captive for the next seven years. Three weeks before Christmas 1972, the course of Steven Stayner’s life would change forever.
Sep 22, 1989 · Kenneth Parnell, a pedophile with previous convictions for child molestation, opened the car door for the freckled second-grader. Stayner was sodomized by Parnell that first night.
Apr 7, 2022 · At the time that Kenneth Parnell abducted Steven Stayner in 1972 in Merced, California, he was no stranger to law enforcement. His first encounter with the law came in 1952, when he was sentenced to three years in a California prison for the molestation of an 8-year-old boy (per SF Gate).
Jul 19, 2019 · In the early 1970s, a convicted child molester named Kenneth Parnell found a job doing the books at a resort in Yosemite National Park. He recruited a coworker, Ervin Murphy, to help him...
