January 22, 2008

Another time I wish I was religious

I don't normally gloat and cheer when someone dies. But in this case I'll make an exception.

Stayner's kidnapper dies in prison
By M.S. Enkoji - menkoji@sacbee.com
Last Updated 3:47 pm PST Tuesday, January 22, 2008

The man who in 1972 kidnapped 7-year-old Steven Stayner, who eight years later saved another boy from the same fate, died Monday evening at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville.

Kenneth Eugene Parnell, 76, became one of the most notorious kidnappers of the century after he was turned in by the Merced boy. Stayner's amazing fortitude when he led another kidnap victim to authorities and to his own rescue after missing for eight years made him a celebrated hero.

Parnell, who died of natural causes...

Natural causes. Too bad. Wish he'd gotten his sorry ass shivved years ago.
...according to the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, was serving 25 years to life after he tried to persuade a caregiver to buy a 4-year-old boy for him for $500.
He was a convicted sex offender. Convicted sex offender. Go figure.
Parnell was sentenced to nearly 11 years for kidnapping the Stayner boy and another 5-year-old Ukiah boy. He was released on parole in 1985.
Released on parole after less than five years.
Parnell had harbored the boy he lured off the street for eight years, posing as his father and moving from place to place. When Parnell kidnapped the second boy, Stayner, by then a 15-year-old, hitchiked with the boy to a police station in Ukiah.

He told officers he wanted to save the boy from his ordeal.

Steven Stayner is a hero. But the rest of the story is horrible.

Parnell [spit] so horribly destroyed that family and I only wish I could have thrown the switch to fry his sorry ass. Or have gotten the chance to shiv him myself.

Burn in hell, motherfucker.

Posted by Ken S at January 22, 2008 06:24 PM | TrackBack (0) |
Comments

A beautiful sentiment.

Posted by: panhandle cooter at January 22, 2008 06:41 PM

I blame Parnell for what Steven Stayner's brother Cary did, as well... That still gives me chills.

Posted by: caltechgirl at January 22, 2008 06:53 PM

So do I. And that makes this whole case even worse. There ain't a corner of hell hot enough for this prick.

Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at January 22, 2008 07:02 PM

I don't know, Ken. I'm sure there are natural causes for painful cock rot that shriveled his nethers into tiny grenades that exploded and gave him cancer of the everything which forced him to endure a slow and agonizing death.

At least that's the way I picture it in my mind.

He got his fucking redemption when he was paroled. He'll get none from me just because he inevitably kicked the bucket. This wasn't some guy acting on a sick impulse that needed help. He didn't only calculate snatching a kid and hurting him. He did it TWICE.

Burn in Hell indeed.

Posted by: Emily at January 23, 2008 08:01 AM

And maybe I've just been watching too much "Law and Order," but I really hope that what they say about child molesters having a particularly tough time in prison is true.

Posted by: Emily at January 23, 2008 08:06 AM