I Know My First Name Is Steven
I Know My First Name Is Steven is a 1989 American television miniseries about kidnap victim Steven Stayner. The original title was I Know My First Name Is Joe Walz, but producers ultimately decided to use the real name of the victim. The two-part miniseries was first broadcast by NBC on May 22 and 23, 1989. Screening rights were sold to a number of international television companies including the BBC, which screened the miniseries in mid-July of the following year; later still, it was released as a feature-length movie.
I Know My First Name Is Steven
Steven Gregory Stayner was an American kidnapping victim and the younger brother of serial killer Cary Stayner. On December 4, 1972, seven-year-old Stayner was abducted in Merced, California, by child molester Kenneth Parnell. He was held by his abductor 38 miles (61 km) away in Mariposa County, and later in Mendocino County, until he was aged 14, when he managed to escape with another of Parnell's victims, five-year-old Timothy White.
Stayner as he appeared prior to his abduction