Inside Steven Stayner Kidnapping Story -Why Did Kenneth Parnell Abduct Him
Kenneth Parnell abducted Steven Stayner and planned to molest him. Steven was abused the first night in Parnell’s cabin. On December 17, 1972, Kenneth began rapping Steven thirteen days later.
After Steven told Kenneth several times that he wanted to go home during the first week, Kenneth informed him that he had been awarded legal custody of the youngster because his parents couldn’t afford so many children and no longer wanted him.
When enrolling Steven in several schools over the following several years, Kenneth began calling him Dennis Gregory Parnell while keeping his actual middle name and birth date.
Kenneth pretended to be Stayner’s father, and the two traveled throughout California a lot, residing in places like Santa Rosa and Comptche.
Kenneth began looking for a younger child to abduct as Steven approached adolescence. Kenneth had previously used Steven to attempt to abduct children, but all of the efforts had failed.
