A 5-year-old boy looks up adoringly at the teenager, a tiny hand tightly grasping the palm of his older companion. Moments later, both boys would be rescued from a child's worst nightmare. This 1980 ...

A statue commemorating an abused teenage boy's heroic choice to protect a younger child was inaugurated this weekend in the boy's hometown of Merced. Stayner was kidnapped by pedophile Kenneth Parnell ...

Surrounded by TV cameras and lights, Delbert and Steven Stayner walked toward their Merced home as Steven was reunited with his family following 7-year kidnap ordeal. Cary Stayner in ball cap is seen ...

A group of residents is raising funds to erect a memorial for Steven Stayner, who was kidnapped from his home as a child in 1972 but escaped eight years later. The effort began after the City Council ...

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 ...

SUN-STAR PHOTO BY MARCI STENBERG A memorial has been set up on the east corner of M Street in Applegate Park. Merced Sun-Star A 5-year-old boy looks up adoringly at the teenager, a tiny hand tightly ...