Cary Anthony Stayner (born August 13, 1961) is an American serial killer and the older brother of kidnapping victim Steven Stayner. Just five days ago, when the body of Joie Ruth Armstrong was discovered beside a stream near her home, the FBI said there did not appear to be any connection between her murder and those of Carole . Stayner was arrested at a California nudist colony and soon admitted to all four killings, claiming he'd had urges to kill women for thirty years. FBI agents Jeff Rinek and John Boles found Stayner at the Laguna del Sol nudist resort in Wilson, California. People Share Seemingly Normal Photos That Have Deeply Disturbing Backstories. Stayner is serving a life sentence for the Yosemite Park murder of Joie Ruth Armstrong. Cary Anthony Stayner (born August 13, 1961) is an American serial killer and the older brother of kidnapping victim Steven Stayner. The brilliant, bubbly, strawberry-blond naturalist lived with her boyfriend and a second roommate in a cabin near Yosemite. He was convicted of the murders of four women between February and July 1999: Carole Sund, her teenage daughter Juli Sund and their teenage traveling companion Silvina Pelosso; and Yosemite Institute naturalist Joie Ruth Armstrong. Cary Stayner kills his fourth victim The day Armstrong disappeared, Cary Stayner was driving his car to Foresta when he saw the young woman. The Yosemite naturalist's beheaded body was found near her cabin in a remote corner of the . Cary pulled up to Armstrong's cabin just as she was leaving. naturalist Joie Ruth Armstrong was slain near her home. Eventually, they came to the dead-end of St. Louis Canyon, with steep rocky walls and a frozen waterfall after a mile or so of walking. Suspect Confesses to Four Yosemite Killings (July 26): Cary Stayner, 37, admits to beheading 26-year-old park ranger Joie Ruth Armstrong on July 21 and killing three female tourists in Feb. Says he was instructed by ?voices in his head.? family friend, Silvina Pelosso. Cary was convicted of the murders of Carole Sund, her teenage daughter, Juli, her teenage friend, Silvina Pelosso and Joie Ruth Armstrong. But when they found the decapitated body and head of 26-year-old naturalist Joie Ruth Armstrong, they were led to one man: 37-year-old handyman Cary Stayner. July 28, 1999 YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK - Joie Armstrong's grieving family and friends returned to her cabin here for the first time since she was brutally slain and beheaded. In an eerie version of timing and prescience, some photos are taken just before tragedy strikes. friend shortly before Stayner killed them. Drost said Armstrong's torso was covered in grass and weeds in the creek near her cabin, where Stayner later said he tried to hide it after hacking off her head. Adcox and Love accused each other of shooting Orozco in the head and stealing his wallet and car. Photo by Juli Sund via Associated Press. Juli's father, Jens. That night, someone comes knocking on your door, and the unimaginable happens. Sources say Maddock agonized over whether Armstrong would still be alive had YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — A motel handyman described in detail to the FBI and in a television interview how he killed a naturalist and three Yosemite sightseers, saying he On December 4, 1972, seven-year-old Steven Stayner was abducted in Merced, California, by child molester Kenneth Parnell. He worked at Cedar Lodge in El Portal, where Juli Sund took this photo of her mother and. Her headless body was discovered in a drainage ditch; her head was located nearby. "Wayne Spees was a rookie in the San Diego Police Department (SDPD) when he and his partner came face-to-face with the man the FBI calls "the deadliest serial killer in U.S. history.". But only moments later--or perhaps moments before--horror lurked. I Am the Central Park Jogger: A Story of Hope and Possibility. He tried striking up a conversation about Bigfoot before he pulled out a gun and forced her back inside her cabin. The naturalist, 26-year-old Joie Ruth Armstrong, was last seen by friends and coworkers at the Cedar Lodge in El Portal, a community at the western edge of the park where Stayner works as a handyman. They arrested him and took him to Sacramento for questioning. He murdered Carole Sund, her daughter Juli Sund, and friend Silvina Pelosso when they visited the hotel on vacation, and then five months later killed park naturalist Joie Ruth Armstrong. 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 Flat in the west end of Yosemite National. Another Missing Girl Fotos593 / shutterstock.com Now, 26-year-old Joie Ruth Armstrong was missing. Stayner was arrested at a California nudist colony and soon admitted to all four killings, claiming he'd had urges to kill women for thirty years. Lillian took several pictures of the canyon using Frances Murphy's camera. Her headless body was found . The decapitated body of Armstrong was discovered a few hundred yards from the park housing she shared with a man and woman, who were away at the time. Stayner was a sane sadistic killer, showing jurors Wednesday the first graphic photo of the body of 15-year-old Juli Sund, one of three Yosemite tourists killed by Stayner. . 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 prosecution's court brief. Judge Anthony Ishii approved a second public defender today for Stayner, since he faces the death penalty if convicted in the decapitation of Joie Ruth Armstrong. July 21st Joie Ruth Armstrong is decapitated after Cary ties her up and rapes her. Joie Ruth Armstrong, Cary Stayner's fourth and final victim . Stayner, a motel handyman at the Cedar Lodge in El Portal, Calif., was . Her decapitated body was discovered Thursday near her home in the . Before confessing to the Feb murders of 3 women Stayner admitted to FBI agents he killed a 4th woman, the beheading of Yosemite naturalist, Joie Ruth Armstrong, 37. as well as 26-year-old naturalist Joie Ruth Armstrong. In an affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in Sacramento, the FBI said Stayner confessed killing Joie Ruth Armstrong, 26. He forced her into. But in the Armstrong killing, they said, the 26-year-old naturalist apparently foiled Stayner's previous method of operation, which was to kill without struggle and carefully cover his tracks.. The last victim to be found was Joie Ruth Armstrong- she had been beheaded. On July 24, hours after being charged with the murder of Joie Ruth Armstrong, a 26-year-old nature guide who was found decapitated two days beforehand in a densely wooded area of Yosemite just a . Carole Sund's and Pelosso's remains . The issue of whether Stayner's confession was coerced seemed to be resolved when on July 24, the court heard the recorded demands that Stayner made to the FBI agents that he wanted satisfied before he would give them his confession. According to an affidavit, during an interview with FBI agents, Stayner "made statements to the agents in which he admitted killing Joie Ruth Armstrong" last Wednesday. Meanwhile, he would go on to murder another woman 5 months later: Yosemite Institute Naturalist Joie Ruth Armstrong. On July 22nd her body is found. A dog discovered the head a few hours later in water about 40 feet away. Stayner was arrested at a California nudist colony and soon admitted to all four killings, claiming he'd had urges to kill women for thirty years. Steven Stayner's daughter is definitely a fan of true crime despite being connected deeply to two American true crime tragedies. City Confidential - Gibsonton Gibsonton, a sleepy hamlet near Tampa, Florida, is close to the headquarters of Ringling Brothers Circus, a getaway and safe haven for the denizens of carnival side shows. She also worked at the Yosemite Institute with Kidd, and though the two weren't friends, they did know each other. His interview proved to be a shocker. 37, motel handyman, confessed to the July killing of a 26-year-old Yosemite National Park naturalist, Joie Ruth Armstrong, and the February massacre of three sight-seers, Carole Sund, 42; her daughter, Juli Sund, 15; and Silvina Pelossa, a 16-year-old foreign-exchange student from Argentina.All four murders occurred in or near Yosemite. He was convicted of the murders of four women between February and July 1999: Carole Sund, her teenage daughter Juli Sund and their teenage traveling companion Silvina Pelosso; and Yosemite Institute naturalist Joie Ruth Armstrong. naturalist Joie Ruth Armstrong was slain near her home. Stayner, 37, was to make an initial court appearance later in the day in connection with the slaying of Joie Ruth Armstrong, whose decapitated body was discovered Thursday. "Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story," a Hulu docuseries, shows the unreal tale of two Stayner brothers: first, it looks back at the 1972 kidnapping of Steven Stayner who was abducted at the age of 7 while walking home from his elementary school in . Stayner, 39, was sentenced in November to life without parole for Armstrong's July 21, 1999, beheading. 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. On July 24, hours after being charged with the murder of Joie Ruth Armstrong, a 26-year-old nature guide who was found decapitated two days beforehand in a densely wooded area of Yosemite just a . But when they found the decapitated body and head of 26-year-old naturalist Joie Ruth Armstrong, they were led to one man: 37-year-old handyman Cary Stayner. 18 of 38 19 of 38 Joie Armstrong, the last of Cary Stayner's victims, was beheaded. The FBI said there was no link between the killings, but days later agents arrested local handyman Cary Stayner. According to The Yosemite Horror, Armstrong's mutilated body "spread fear through Yosemite." After Armstrong's body was. . 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's weird because the race was televised and 10-15 million people were watching at the time, but this is the last one that shows him as a person and not just a car." 12:59 p.m. Two die in accident on . To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Her headless body was found . He also faces trial in the murder of three tourists but has pleaded not guilty. According to an affidavit, during an interview with FBI agents, Stayner "made statements to the agents in which he admitted killing Joie Ruth Armstrong" last Wednesday. He tried striking up a conversation about Bigfoot before he pulled out a gun and forced her back inside her cabin. Joie AP/The Yosemite Institute Joie Ruth Armstrong, a naturalist at Yosemite National Park, is shown in this 1998 file photo. But when they found the decapitated body and head of 26-year-old naturalist Joie Ruth Armstrong, they were le For months, law enforcement officials were stumped by the deaths of three tourists: Carole Sund, her teenaged daughter Juli, and a family friend, Silvina Pelosso. Joie was alone that Wednesday as her boyfriend and her other roommate were out of town. Stayner was arrested 6 months later. But when they found the decapitated body and head of 26-year-old naturalist Joie Ruth Armstrong, they were led to one man: 37-year-old handyman Cary Stayner. That confidence evaporated on July 22, with the disappearance of another woman — Joie Ruth Armstrong, 26, a pretty redhead who worked for the Yosemite Institute teaching children about nature. Five months after the tourists went missing, Joie Ruth Armstrong, 26, became Stayner's fourth victim. He was convicted of the murders of four women between February and July 1999: Carole Sund, her teenage daughter Juli Sund and their teenage traveling companion Silvina Pelosso; and Yosemite Institute naturalist Joie Ruth Armstrong. Her body was found 27 feet away from her head in a drainage ditch. For months, law enforcement officials were stumped by the deaths of three tourists: Carole Sund, her teenaged daughter Juli, and a family friend, Silvina Pelosso. The murders occurred in Mariposa County, California, near Yosemite National Park. Just a Guy "This was the last picture taken of Dale Earnhardt. Born in 20 Dec 1972 and died in 21 Jul 1999 Sebastopol, California Joie Ruth Armstrong Cary Anthony Stayner (born August 13, 1961) is an American serial killer and the older brother of kidnapping victim Steven Stayner. Cary Stayner was born on August 3, 1961 in Merced, California. He was the oldest boy, in a family with five children. Her job was leading children in nature hikes. They began searching the area. Another woman - Yosemite Institute teacher Joie Ruth Armstrong - went missing that July. Photos were taken of the body and head on a blue tarp after they were recovered. But when they found the decapitated body and head of 26-year-old naturalist Joie Ruth Armstrong, they were led to one man: 37-year-old handyman Cary Stayner. His victims were Carole Sund, 42, her daughter, Juli Sund, 15, Juli's friend and Argentinian exchange student Silvina Pelosso, 16, and Yosemite Institute employee Joie Ruth Armstrong, 26. Member List; Calendar; Forum Ripper Discussions; Victims; General Victim Discussion; If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. Cary Stayner noticed Joie Armstrong when he drove by her house in Yosemite. SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Cary Stayner told authorities hours after his arrest in the slaying of a Yosemite naturalist last year that he never intended to kill the woman and didn't feel good about her. Her. Then, in the summer of 1999, Joie Armstrong, a 26-year-old woman running educational programs at Yosemite for children, was reported missing by her friends and later found decapitated in the park. Stayner, 37, was to make an initial court appearance later in the day in connection with the slaying of Joie Ruth Armstrong, whose decapitated body was discovered Thursday. 'How It Really Happened with Hill Harper': Did Yosemite serial killer Cary Stayner carry a victim's head in his bag? 12 of 24 13 of 24 FILE - Yellow police tape surrounds the house where Joie Ruth Armstrong reportedly lived in Yosemite National Park, Calif., in this July 23, 1999 file photo. Said Monday she feared the documents & # x27 ; s beheaded body was found 27 away... 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