True Crime Boxed Set: True Crime by Evil Killers Collection: Historical Serial Killers and Murderers (True Crime by Evil Killers Boxed Set Book 1) by Jack Rosewood & Dwayne Walker

Author:Jack Rosewood & Dwayne Walker [Rosewood, Jack]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-11-12T00:00:00+00:00

A triumphant – but not happy - return

Steven Stayner was a hero, and he received a hero’s welcome when he made it back to Merced, where he was depicted in a large photo above the fold of the front page of the Merced Sun-Star being embraced by Kay and Delbert.

It was March 2, 1980, and Cary Stayner – who had silently prayed every night for this brother’s return - was coming home from a camping trip in Yosemite with some friends when he heard the news of his brother’s escape from the clutches of a madman.

He later told reporters he was so excited he “almost drove his car into the Merced River.”

That excitement didn’t last.

After Steven’s triumphant return home, his story made national news. He had become a celebrity of sorts, and his notoriety would only grow after the release of the TV miniseries “I Know My First Name is Steven,” inspired by the statement written by Steven while with the Ukiah police.

Linda Shertz, who lived two doors down from the Stayners, said when Steven returned home, the entire family turned its focus to him, to the detriment of everyone else.

“Everything they did and everything they had, it was about Steven,” she said.

Cary, whose father had long hinted that the 11-year-old could have prevented the kidnapping if only he’d followed his usual routine of walking home from school with his brother and sisters, was again shoved aside while the attention turned toward his brother.

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