Cary Stayner Research Paper

Cary Stayner, born August 13th 1961,is a man who will forever be remembered as a murderer, and a monster. A man who at the age of 38 brutally murdered 3 young women, evaded the police for at least 6 months, and was only caught after killing another woman. Cary Stayner without a doubt had a rough childhood, however his actions aren’t excused by past experiences. considering his younger brother Steven was kidnapped at the age of seven, by a child molestor named Kenneth Parnell in 1972. Cary was only 11 at the time it without a doubt traumatized him. Steven was held for seven years, before he escaped and was reunited with his family. Cary states later that he felt neglected while his parents grieved for his brother.
Carys brother being kidnapped was the beginning of his psychotic downwards spiral. Not only did he admit to feeling neglected by his parents, but he also admitted later on that along with
All the victims were women; Two adults, and two teenagers. The women killed were Carol Sund and her 15 year old daughter Julie, and along with them on their trip to yosemite he also killed 16 year old silvina pelosso. Several months later Cary proceeded to kill a woman by the name of Joie Ruth Armstrong. Although very deeply disturbed, Stayer managed to cover his tracks like he had been killing for years. In the first murder, Cary began by sexually assaulting Carol and silvina, he then slashed their throats before taking julie up to the lake and sexually assaulting her and then slashing her throat too. After committing the murders he waited a day before going back and grabbing carols wallet and burning all the evidence. Cary being the conniving person he is, dropped the wallet in front of a neighborhood housing many convicted child molestors. Cary then sent an anonymous note to the police stating “we had fun with this one” with a map attached showing where Julie Sunds body was