It was 100 miles from the Cedar Lodge. No arrests have yet been made in that case and FBI spokesman Nick Rossi said Friday there are no new developments. ", Stayner's apartment was searched later in the day and the authorities discovered evidence that linked him to Armstrong's murder. Murder At Yosemite by Carlton Smith - Anna's Archive Stayner said to investigators I want you to get a hold of some producers in Los Angeles. The killer had carried her away from the car and cut her throat. Stayner caught the attention of park rangers again last week after his sport utility vehicle was seen near Armstrong's residence on Wednesday night, an hour after she was last seen there. On days off he would escape to Laguna Del Sol, a nudist colony in Sacramento County. Murder At Yosemite by Carlton Smith - Ebook | Scribd As a naturalist, her job . Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, Stayner, from Merced, California, was the older brother of Steven Stayner. We dont know much about Cary Stayner right now other than that he is a self-confessed murderer and an unabashed believer in Bigfoot. She called the FBI to alert them of Stayners location. Those sources say it is difficult for some investigators to believe Stayner could have gotten the jump on all three women without any help, let alone dispose of their bodies.". cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. I felt he was in pain and suffering, and I felt that what he was doing by telling these stories was a good thing for him and it was a good thing of course for the victims families to know," Rinek said. The suspect, Cary Stayner, 37, had been one of the people questioned after the triple killings in February, but, at that time no evidence linked him directly to the crime and he had been released. Cary Stayner told a reporter from KNTV of San Jose in an off-camera jailhouse interview Monday how he killed Joie Ruth Armstrong last week and Carole Sund, her daughter Juli and family friend Silvina Pelosso last winter. In February 1980, Parnell decided to kidnap a new victim. Stayner, a motel handyman at the Cedar Lodge in El Portal, Calif., was arrested Saturday, July. When Steven Stayner was 14, Parnell got a local kid to help him kidnap another child, 5-year-old Timmy White. Joies white pickup truck was still parked in the driveway when park rangers and police arrived. He, along with his three sisters and younger brother Steven, were the children of hard-working, middle-class parents. Family members linked to this person will appear here. Compounding the mystery, Carole Sund's wallet had been found on a street in downtown Modesto, California, three days after they had disappeared. "Who would go into an FBI office and ask two FBI agents to see child pornography? Im just horrified when I think of what happened in that room, what my daughter felt when she realized she was in serious trouble, said Carole Carrington as she asked the judge to sentence Stayner to death. Cary Stayner - Wikipedia Soon enough, Park rangers spotted the vehicle parked near the Merced River Canyon, right outside the entrance to the park. Her mother had been dating him and he had decided to kill them on Valentines Day. Cary Anthony Stayner (born August 13, 1961) is an American serial killer and the older brother of kidnapping victim Steven Stayner.He was convicted of the murders of four women between February and July 1999: Carole Sund, her teenage daughter Juli Sund and their teenage traveling companion Silvina Pelosso, and Yosemite Institute naturalist Joie Ruth Armstrong. ", FBI sources claimed that he had already confessed his guilt during the Saturday evening interrogation. I wouldnt think that he would think of himself as one, but he is a hero.". Woman recalls moment family learned they were target of 1999 Yosemite "I dont know how to think of it. "He stated that he felt like jumping in a truck, driving it through the shop and killing the boss and killing everybody in the office, and then torching the place," friend Mark Marchese said in 1999. Armstrong also spent a year in the Sierra foothills working for the Stanislaus County Office of Education's Outdoor School. What did she see?' Soon after, he confessed to murdering Carole Sund, Juli Sund, and Silvina Pelosso once in custody. The large cabin that Armstrong shared with a friend and a boyfriend is located in Foresta, a tiny town just inside Yosemite park gates on Old Coulterville Road, 4 miles from El Portal. Shockingly, Stayner then told Rinek and Boles he had actually planned to kill three other females before he came upon the Sunds and Pelosso. He grew up, got married and had two kids. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. He has been questioned about any involvement. In the exclusive, never-before-broadcast audio of Stayners confession, obtained by ABC News, Rinek said you can hear him ask Stayner to "do it again" after having Stayner go through his outline of what happened when he murdered Armstrong. Still, the Bureau intensified its search, recruiting the use of more high-tech equipment and air support. Stayner was convicted in both state and federal courts. In the end, Stayner confessed without the promise of child pornography or reward money for his parents. ET on ABC. The initial suspicion was that they may have wandered off the main hiking paths and got lost in the park. He realizes its not much, but its all he can offer. She was reported missing by a friend in Sausalito about 3 a.m. Thursday when she failed to show up there for a planned visit. Suspect at Yosemite Had Fantasy of Killing Women It was both heartbreaking and a joy to walk through the green cabin with white trim that so brightly reflected the 26-year-old naturalist's life, one family friend said. Steven Stayner had a new father figure, and it was Kenneth Parnell, who by day, was his father, and by night, was his rapist. At the bar in the colony, Stayner struck up a conversation with Janet Damant, who had seen the BOLO (be on the lookout for) for Stayner. She nagged them about recycling and using Styrofoam, they said. FBI agent Nick Rossi said on February 26, "At this point, we have not yet uncovered evidence to allow us to determine conclusively whether this was a tragic accident or a criminal act. Two weeks later, FBI agent James Maddock, now placed in charge of the investigation, told the press, "We feel almost certain that the women were victims of a violent crime.".