The Story of Stephen Stayner

Parnell was granted parole in april of 19 55, on the condition that he received ongoing psychiatric treatment. He and patsy joe divorced in early 19 57, without parnell ever meeting his daughter. On august 22 19 59, parnell held up a service station in salt lake city, utah with a revolver and was sentenced to five years to life. Parnel applied for a job with the curry company in yosemite national park, which was responsible for hiring employees to work in the park hotels. Due to its isolated location, yosemite was a good place for people with a criminal history to lay low,. The curry company was known to