Cary Stayner

Susan Monica wanted to leave behind a successful engineering career and live a quiet life on a secluded ranch in rural Oregon. Instead, her property became the scene of one of the most disturbing murder investigations in recent memory. Susan was born Steven Buchanan in California ...  Show more

Sharron Erickson spent nearly four decades serving her Nebraska community as a county treasurer's office clerk before enjoying a quiet retirement in the tiny village of Colon. Known for her kindness and daily routines, Sharron lived alone but had become increasingly concerned abo ...  Show more

Yosemite National Park, located in the picturesque Sierra Nevada mountains, was all but serene for five months in 1999. Fear ran rampant as four women were viciously murdered. The prime suspect was 37-year-old Cary Stayner, a handyman at a local lodge. After being arrested in Jul ...  Show more

Cary Stayner's younger brother, Steven, was kidnapped in 1972 and Stayner said that he felt neglected by his parents while they were dealing with the disappearance. When Steven escaped after seven years in captivity, there was a massive amount of media attention on the family. Th ...  Show more

In the winter and summer of 1999, a serial killer struck four times in the span of six months inside Yosemite National Park. His spree of brutal murders left FBI agents and local law enforcement searching for leads across the state of California. Taunting letters from the perp ...

In the late 90's, a serial killer stalked the forests of Yosemite State Park in California. Four women had been murdered, and no one had any idea who could have been responsible for their deaths, until a critical clue was discovered and the identity of the killer was revealed. Bu ...  Show more