February 02, 2004
Kidnapper Goes on Trial for Buying Child
Full story: RockyMountTelegram
Kenneth Parnell is now 72, bald and in a wheelchair. But prosecutor Tim Wellman said Parnell hasn't changed since the days when he abducted Steven Stayner, changed the boy's name and kept him for seven years. Stayner's story was later told in a book and TV movie, "I Know My First Name is Steven.'' "There is a child predator in the courtroom,'' Wellman told jurors. Parnell was arrested in January 2003 after a woman, Diane Stevens, went to police and said he tried to persuade her to bring him a young boy for $500. He was charged with solicitation to commit a crime, trying to buy a human being and attempted child-stealing.Posted by stupefied
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