The Steven Stayner case: From national hero to the worst family tragedy

The Dark Chronicle

"I know my name is Steven." With these words, a 14-year-old boy walked into the Ukiah police station in 1980, carrying with him a 5-year-old boy he had just saved from a terrible fate. Steven Stayner was returning home after spending seven years kidnapped by Kenneth Parnell, a hell of psychological