Mega Edition: Cary Stayner And The Yosemite Village Murders (9/17/26)

Cary Stayner was a motel handyman living and working near Yosemite National Park when he murdered four women in 1999, turning one of America’s most famous tourist destinations into the center of a serial-murder investigation. His first known victims were Carole Sund, her 15-year-old daughter Juli, and their 16-year-old family friend Silvina Pelosso, who disappeared while staying at the Cedar Lodge near Yosemite in February 1999. Their burned-out rental car was later found with two bodies inside, while Juli Sund’s body was discovered separately. Months later, Stayner killed 26-year-old Joie Armstrong, a Yosemite naturalist, near her cabin in the park. Investigators quickly focused on Stayner after Armstrong’s murder because he worked at the lodge where the earlier victims had stayed, and he ultimately confessed to all four killings, describing how he had abducted, restrained and murdered the women before attempting to conceal the crimes.


Cary Stayner was a motel handyman living and working near Yosemite National Park when he murdered four women in 1999, turning one of America’s most famous tourist destinations into the center of a serial-murder investigation. His first known victims were Carole Sund, her 15-year-old daughter Juli, and their 16-year-old family friend Silvina Pelosso, who disappeared while staying at the Cedar Lodge near Yosemite in February 1999. Their burned-out rental car was later found with two bodies inside, while Juli Sund’s body was discovered separately. Months later, Stayner killed 26-year-old Joie Armstrong, a Yosemite naturalist, near her cabin in the park. Investigators quickly focused on Stayner after Armstrong’s murder because he worked at the lodge where the earlier victims had stayed, and he ultimately confessed to all four killings, describing how he had abducted, restrained and murdered the women before attempting to conceal the crimes.


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