Stayner, 39, was sentenced in November to life without parole for Armstrong's July 21, 1999, beheading. He continued to make small talk, about random things, including bigfoot. affidavit and to an official involved in the case. Stayners family was cast into the spotlight once again in 1999 when Stevens brother Cary was arrested for the murder of Joie Ruth Armstrong, 26, in Yosemite, California. There, they discovered the badly decomposing remains of Julie Sund. Stayners family was cast into the spotlight once again in 1999 when Stevens brother Cary was arrested for the murder of Joie Ruth Armstrong, 26, in Yosemite, California. Joie Ruth Armstrong, 26, an ebullient, strawberry-blond naturalist at the nearby Yosemite Institute and a casual acquaintance of Kidd's, had been planning to spend the The Yosemite Horror - Outside Online The states Department of Corrections has not put anyone to death in more than 16 years. The latest twist in the case also is raising questions about how the FBI and other police agencies across Northern California have managed their huge investigation. The lot was empty so he climbed back into the car and drove for about another hour north until he pulled down a logging road where he ditched the car. He drove about another hour to Modesto, California where he dropped Caroles wallet. He was laying out, completely nude, smoking marijuana. Or purchase a subscription for unlimited access to real news you can count on. Frantically, her mother asked, Did you check her hair? Curious, he continued driving until he reached a meadow and could see better. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. WebSACRAMENTO, California (CNN) -- Motel handyman Cary Stayner has confessed to the July 21 beheading of a naturalist at Yosemite National Park, the FBI said in an affidavit filed Monday. There, they saw park rangers walking the perimeter, marking it off with police tape. The bodies of Carole Sund and Miss Pelosso were found in the trunk of their charred rental car more than a month after they disappeared. For seven years I have been supposedly an only child. Investigators also say they found evidence linking him to the other grisly slayings during searches of the room that he rents in the tiny village of El Portal, Calif., which is on the western edge of the majestic park. At the station, Cary confessed. Cary Stayner: The Yosemite Killer 1979 18 Classmates vote Stayner the most creative student in graduating class at Merced High School. In the final moments of her life, Joie Armstrong, who grew up in Orlando and graduated from Dr. Phillips High School, might have saved other lives, sources close to July 23 rd Stayner was questioned and released and Stayner fails to show up for work for the first time in a year and a half. All articles, images, product names, logos, and brands are property of their respective owners. The punch was so hard, his hand started to bleed. If you or someone you know needs help, please reach out: Learn more about your ad choices. She got to her feet and took off running, back to the cabin. According to the report, Stayner even said that he tried to confuse investigators on the case by deliberately dropping Carole Sund's wallet on a busy street in Modesto, Calif., which is more than 50 miles west of Yosemite National Park. When police learned that he was the handyman at Cedar Lodge, they had to ask if he had been anywhere near Joie Armstrongs cabin on the night she disappeared. The person on the other end of the line told her that they were not sure if she had red hair or not, and that they would get back to her. She has red hair. A convoy of searchers rolled up in front of his cabin, and he jumped in. Yosemite naturalist found beheaded - SFGATE Captive Audience: Where Is Cary Stayner Now? | POPSUGAR There, the officer told her mother that they had just gotten a call from Yosemite National Park, and they needed her to call them. When the sun began to set, they got back into their car and drove back to the Lodge. Within 24 hours, they had contacted one of the vehicles, pulled off the side of the highway. He was sexually molested by his Uncle, Jesse Stayner, who was convicted of child 1972 11 molestation. The soonest she could get there would be the next day. She was not. Steven recognized his parents, but not his siblings. Too tired from their drive, they decided to stay in, watch some videos, and take it easy. July 21 st Joie Ruth Armstrong is decapitated after Cary ties her up and rapes her. They walked toward the treeline, and came upon the creek. He tackled her to the ground, and she fought back, trying to escape. Cary Stayner is there with his toolbox, and inside is a rope that he will use to strangle your mother before killing your friend and kidnapping you. of Yosemite Killers Confession Made Public The law-enforcement official who would speak only on the condition of not being identified said Mr. Stayner was probaby dismissed as a suspect, at least in part, because the authorities believed the slayings could not have been committed by only one person. Cary Stayner lives in isolation. He has dark sadistic fantasies about women marching naked and 1973-1974 12 or 13? Even Cary, when interviewed, remained calm and collected. Working at the Lodge would change his life forever. When she's not reading or writing, you can find her watching reality TV or a good, juicy drama series. No belongings remained in the room. Not surprisingly, Stayner is alive and well on death row in San Quentin. At the time, in 1972, Steven was only seven years old. They had an amazing day seeing the snow capped mountains, huge sequoia trees, and beautiful meadows. But ultimately Stayner threw it, along with the body, into a creek. Witnesses offer conflicting accounts, Mars Voltas lead singer broke with Scientology and reunited with the band. Joie Ruth Armstrong, 26, a German native who grew up in California, was found Thursday near a stream running by the housing area where she lived near Crane FBI officials would not publicly confirm that Stayner has confessed to all of the killings. Three women are murdered at Yosemite - History Over the course of their drive, Cary tried to assure Julie that she was going to be fine, that both her mom and her friend were fine. She made arrangements to get to Yosemite, to find out what was going on. They took their key and went to the far end of the building. There, he stood her up, took her blanket away and laid it on the ground, and proceeded to assault her again. While many people agree with the death penalty, others believe taking a life for a life isnt the answer. Then police got a break in the case. He also faces trial in the murder of three tourists The immense attention Steven was receiving was met with jealousy from Cary. For the other three, he was given the death penalty. Cary Stayner, 37, confessed to the killing of Joie Ruth Armstrong, 26, and has provided details about that crime that only the killer could have known, according to the F.B.I. Cary pulled his knife and began slashing at her. Sara Maria Pasquarelli died at the age of 88 on April 11, 2023. I know whats wrong, whats right.. So far as I have been able to ascertain, the only visitor he has had was his attorney. Your email address will not be published. He remains at San Quentin State Prison to this day. He rushed to the hotel where they would be staying, and the hotel hadnt seen, or heard from them either. His father, Delbert, was extremely strict, while his mother, Kay, was very religious and had suffered physical and emotional abuse as a child. Drawing women was about as far as he was able to go with them, being extremely shy he found it difficult to approach or even interact with them. They saw her truck, packed with lots of luggage, some spilled out on the ground. This raised a red flag, and immediately the working hypothesis went from the girls getting lost, to foul play. When they didnt show up, he got on the plane, thinking they had gone ahead of him, or that he had misunderstood the plan. He claimed that with his doctor-diagnosed mental illness, his family turned a blind eye. He picked up her lifeless body and placed it in the trunk of the red rental car. They were supposed to meet up there after the girls trip to Yosemite National Park, to take a flight to Arizona, where they would see the Grand Canyon. Things got weird fast, Low wages, short hours drive many fast-food workers into homelessness, Virginia Gov. Desmond knew Joie and immediately knew something was wrong. The Stayner family made headlines again upon his return. Stayner back in court today in Yosemite murder Who is Cary Stayner and where is he now? Carole was a strong, competent woman and he would hear from her tomorrow. He put Julie and Silvina in the bathroom and shut the door. Even though he was sentenced to lethal injection, none of the inmates on death row are expected to meet their fates. A full body orgasm at the L.A. Phil? He pushed her down the hillside where she tumbled until she came to an abrupt stop underneath some bushes. So when he told her to get out of the car, she refused, too scared to move. The driver asked if he remembered the three tourists that had been murdered about four months ago. This is often a hot topic among true crime lovers. Acting on a tip from a caller who was worried about the whereabouts of his friend, Joie Ruth Armstrong, 26, park rangers found her decapitated body on the morning of July 22, 1999. It was discovered beyond a campground adjacent to her living quarters in the Foresta community, a group of 30 cabins for use by park workers. Can you confirm its really her because shes got bright red hair, can you make sure its really her?. This left them with the assumption that they had left the Lodge and something happened to them. Captive Audience tells the story of Cary Stayner. The homicides have stirred enormous concern across the West, because Yosemite, which is about 150 miles east of San Francisco, is a premier vacation destination, drawing 4 million visitors a year. Until the slaying of Armstrong, who taught at the park, FBI investigators had ruled him out as a suspect in the deaths of the other three women. At his brief court appearance, Mr. Stayner, a muscular, clean-cut man dressed in an orange prison uniform, said nothing but nodded repeatedly as the Federal magistrate, Judge Peter A. Nowinski, asked him if he understood the charge and read him his rights. Links to all socials & additional resources: https://linktr.ee/deathxsouthwest, Bonus Episodes & ADDITIONAL Bonus Content: patreon.com/deathxsouthwest, Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/@DeathXSouthwest, List of resources & sources for Episode 17: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HU2GNeIlNQxJt_plM6o1w4tWo8Lwa6u3ZyU-6hnw3KU/edit. Cary Stayner, 37, confessed to the killing of Joie Ruth Armstrong, 26, and has provided details about that crime that only the killer could have known, according to the F.B.I. He called the killing a compulsive act that happened all of a sudden after he lost control of himself and lost control of her., At one point, Stayner said, he considered keeping the head, thinking that it would have been a trophy, most likely.. They were last seen alive in a parking area outside the Cedar Lodge one night in February. Authorities say that victim, Juli Sund, 15, had her throat slashed in much the same manner as Armstrong. In the cabin, Cary bound her wrists and taped her mouth shut. Stayner, a motel handyman at the Cedar Lodge in El Portal, Calif., was I love you, he told her, before pulling out a knife and hacking at her throat. That night, someone comes knocking on your door, and the unimaginable happens. Now I had to compete with a brother and three sisters.. For Carole Sund, her daughter Julie Sund (15), and her friend Silvina Pelosso, it was a beautiful place to stay while they did some sightseeing in the park. Cary Stayner - Dr. Mike Aamodt - Radford University. Police had identified several suspects by this time, and had their eyes set on two, Michael Mick Larwick, 42, and Eugene Rufus Dykes, 32. Juli Sund's body was found a few days later, off a little-traveled road. A few months later, Yosemite Institute naturalist Joie Ruth Armstrong was also found murdered. I didnt feel good about it, Stayner said in the transcript, adding that its like Im a split personality. Required fields are marked *. They were in such a poor state, that they could only be identified through dental records. WebIn an affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in Sacramento, the FBI said Stayner confessed killing Joie Ruth Armstrong, 26. He moved around the room, cleaning, and packing their luggage. Joie Ruth Armstrong, a naturalist at Yosemite National Park, is shown in this 1998 file photo. Steven, now 14, had been found. The clerk informed police that Carole had arranged to checkout in advance, so they hadnt expected to see her. Mr. Stayner worked as a janitor at the Cedar Lodge in El Portal at the western edge of Yosemite, where the three sightseers were last seen alive. A $300-million (minimum) gondola to Dodger Stadium? Room 509 was on the corner. Inside the car, very little remained. Cary took up drawing. Over time, media coverage of the story dwindled until Steven returned home seven years later with another missing boy, Timmy White. Mr. Stayner's arrest has prompted sheriff's detectives in Merced County, where Mr. Stayner lived until moving to El Portal in 1997, to announce that they were re-examining the unsolved 1990 death of his uncle, Jerry Stayner, who was shot to death in what authorities had considered a botched burglary. The police called Cedar Lodge, where they discovered that the clerks had not seen or heard from the girls. For Joie he was sentenced to life in prison. affidavit filed today in Federal District Court in Fresno, Calif. In 1972, Kenneth Parnell kidnapped 7-year-old Steven Stayner. There, on a rock, they found a man. The motel handyman accused of brutally killing a naturalist last week at Yosemite National Park has told a California television station that he also abducted and killed three other women who had come there for a weekend of hiking and sightseeing earlier this year. If you want to know more about Carys brother, Steven, you can check it out here: Steven Stayner: Lost, Found, Freed. Then, he reached down into his toolbox and pulled out his gun. They had driven 3 hours from the University where Julie had competed in a cheerleading competition the previous day. In 2019, he passed an executive moratorium on the death penalty in the state. The autopsies of the three victims were the focus of the third day of testimony in Stayner's trial for the murders of Carole Sund, 42; Juli, 15; and Silvina, 16. . Family visits cabin of slain naturalist - SFGATE Stayner confronted Armstrong at gunpoint at her cabin on the western edge of Yosemite, then bound her mouth and hands with duct tape, according to the prosecutions court brief. The affidavit is the first public acknowledgment by investigators that the two teen-age victims were sexually assaulted before they and You have already flagged this document.Thank you, for helping us keep this platform clean.The editors will have a look at it as soon as possible. Is Kylie Jenner Dating Timothee Chalamet? They conviscated his marijuana, and took pictures of his car and tires before leaving. He called the number and reached Park Dispatch. If you watched Captive Audience,what do you think about Cary Stayner and the way his story unfolded? Graphic photo said to show Stayner tried to hide Juli's body They were concerned that the police didnt have the actual killer. Hours after his arrest in the slaying of a Yosemite naturalist last year, Cary Stayner told authorities that he never intended to kill the woman and did not feel good about her murder, even though he initially considered keeping her decapitated head as a trophy. They arrested him on the spot and took him in for questioning. They decided to head down, hoping to find the driver of the SUV. Cary Stayner - Dr. Mike Aamodt - Radford University He needed to check their bathroom to make sure the leak wasnt entering theirs. Her appeal failed to persuade the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. KNTV quoted him as saying that he strangled two of the women -- Carole Sund and a teenage friend of her daughter, Silvina Pelosso -- inside their cabin at the Cedar Lodge, then killed a third near a mountain lake. When he was discovered, the girl asked him to leave, threatening to scream if he approached her. Either way, Stayner wasnt likely to be put to death in the state of California anyway. Approaching the vehicle, they found no one inside it. Cary and his siblings had endured neglect in his absence, and in his return, all the focus was back on him. Over the next several weeks, all of the roads and trails near the western entrance to Yosemite National Park, and the area around Modesto were searched. This episode is sponsored by LUMI: To learn more about microdosing THC go to www.microdose.com and use code: SOUTHWEST to get free shipping & 30% off your first order. Distraught, her mother could not understand how they could not know what color her hair was. Walking alongside the creek they noticed a bunch of trampled ferns and saplings. American homicide, picked up by the police on 7/24/1999 for the murder of Yosemite park naturalist Joie Ruth Armstrong, 26. In 1999, Cary Stayner murdered four people: 42-year-old Carole Sund, 15-year-old Juli Sund, 16-year-old Silvina Pelosso, and 26-year-old Joie Ruth Armstrong. Death Rossi said detectives investigating the death of 26-year-old Joie Ruth Armstrong do not believe the two murder cases are 'linked in any way.' Details of Yosemite killing given - Deseret News She had quite the lead, but then he caught up to her. Your file is uploaded and ready to be published. The convoy of searchers drove until they reached the meadow where they saw Joies cabin. Mr. Stayner was arrested Saturday at a nudist resort near Sacramento, Calif., and charged with one count of murder in the death of Ms. Armstrong this afternoon in Federal court in Sacramento. He and several neighborhood boys stripped naked and ran back and forth in front of several girls. Julie was told to stand just outside the bathroom while he cleaned, and intentionally left a couple of wet towels on the floor, so the cleaning personnel would know that they had showered and left. He took Caroles wallet out before setting the car, with her and Silvina still in it, on fire. Stayner is scheduled to be arraigned next week. Toward the end of the day Julie and Silvina went ice skating on a frozen pond. Caught off guard, the woman tells him her name is Joie Armstrong. Immediately he asked what was going on, and what were the law enforcement implications. WebArmstrong and slash the throat of Juli Sund. Keep supporting great journalism by turning off your ad blocker. Despite pleading guilty, Cary was sentenced to the death penalty in 2002. Cleaning up, he grabbed the blanket and made his way back to the car. Her decapitated body had been found two days prior in a drainage ditch about four miles from the park lodge, near where she lived in park housing, and her death was established as occurring on 7/21/1999. This time, however, he did not strangle her; he was not yet satisfied. Confessions Are Reported In 4 Killings He has also confessed to the other slayings, a law enforcement official confirmed, speaking on condition of anonymity. All rights reserved. The staff at the Lodge were interviewed, but no one had seen or heard anything.
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