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 ...

SAN JOSE — The mother of Yosemite killer Cary Stayner pleaded for his life Thursday, saying that he isn’t a monster and that his execution would not change anything. Kay Stayner said she has a hard ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Steven Stayner is reunited with his parents Kay and Delbert Stayner on 2 March 1980 after escaping from a seven-year captivity ...

SAN JOSE — If Cary Stayner’s death could restore the lives he took, ”I say do it,” his mother said in a tearful appeal to jurors Thursday. ”But executing Cary is not going to bring back those people.

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 ...