A new documentary series streaming on Hulu this month will focus on the divergent lives of Merced brothers Steven and Cary Stayner. While the former even today remains hailed as a fallen hero, the ...

In the early ‘80s, the story of Steven Stayner’s childhood abduction and rescue riveted the nation. One December afternoon in 1972, 7-year-old Steven had been walking home in Merced, California, when ...

America met Steven Stayner twice. The first time, he was a seven-year-old child on a missing person poster, having disappeared without a trace on his way home from school. The second time, he was 14, ...

Too smart for “true crime” and far more artfully constructed than standard-issue nonfiction, “Captive Audience” revisits the case of Steven Stayner, who in 1972 disappeared without a trace and then ...

Lenna said police told her family Cary Stayner tried three times to kill them. Lenna was just 10 or 11 years old when her mother began a relationship with Cary Stayner, a maintenance worker at the ...

Note: The following article contains discussion of themes including sexual assault on minors that some readers may find upsetting. Disney+'s new crime drama Captive Audience really has to be seen to ...

A San Jose jury has found Cary Stayner sane at the time he murdered three Yosemite tourists, setting up a possible death sentence for the handyman. Stayner, 40, faces a possible death penalty for the ...