Miracle in MO- 2 missing boys found alive- one missing since 2002!

[Alex]

Talk about ripped from the episode guides. Something similar happened in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit earlier this year.

Also, read The Deep End of the Ocean for a fictional look at the aftermath of such a recovery.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

Also, read The Deep End of the Ocean for a fictional look at the aftermath of such a recovery.

My first thought is - what if you've already grieved the death of a child and they suddenly appear? What of the child's mental state and quite probable Stockholm syndrome? This is going to be rough for everyone. But a happy kind of rough.

[Babette]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

Talk about ripped from the episode guides. Something similar happened in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit earlier this year.

Also, read The Deep End of the Ocean for a fictional look at the aftermath of such a recovery.

I Know My First Name is Steven true life mini-series about Steven Stayner starring Corkie Nemec. So sad. The boy was told by a reverend his family moved away, and that he was his new "father". He abused him until he was too old, then made him help abduct another boy. He later reunited with his family after many years (like 8 I think), grew up to become a police officer, then died in a motor cycle crash.

I am so happy for the boys and their families. I wish them all the best. Does anyone else think the younger boy's name sounds like Obi-Wan Kenobi?

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Babette

Does anyone else think the younger boy's name sounds like Obi-Wan Kenobi?

Not until you mentioned it. And now I can't get it out of my head.

[MouseWife]

Originally Posted by Babette

I Know My First Name is Steven true life mini-series about Steven Stayner starring Corkie Nemec. So sad. The boy was told by a reverend his family moved away, and that he was his new "father". He abused him until he was too old, then made him help abduct another boy. He later reunited with his family after many years (like 8 I think), grew up to become a police officer, then died in a motor cycle crash.

This is what I thought of, as well. Also along the issues that CP brought up. He {Steven Stayner}, if I remember, had a very difficult time overcoming what happened to him {and he brought himself to the police station, if I remember correctly, to save the boy the man made him kidnap for him}.

And, his brother, Cary Stayer {sp}, his brother, is the man who murdered the mother, daughter and friend on their trip to Yosemite and also killed the worker by the river. They claim he was also affected by what happened to Steven.

It is a happy time but the road will be rough.

I am glad they are home.

[Babette]

Originally Posted by MouseWife

And, his brother, Cary Stayer {sp}, his brother, is the man who murdered the mother, daughter and friend on their trip to Yosemite and also killed the worker by the river. They claim he was also affected by what happened to Steven.

OMG Did not know that!

Happy thoughts to these boys and their families.

[MouseWife]

http://www.crimelibrary.com/criminal...ell/index.html

I googled Cary Stayner and this is what I found. The little bit I read about Steven Stayners' abduction is heartwrenching.

[Alex]

The Staynor story must have been the origin for the Law & Order episode as it had a similar setup (though a different conclusion).

[MouseWife]

Oops! Thanks, Alex, for the correct spelling.

[Betty]

Originally Posted by MouseWife

And, his brother, Cary Stayer {sp}, his brother, is the man who murdered the mother, daughter and friend on their trip to Yosemite and also killed the worker by the river. They claim he was also affected by what happened to Steven.

Which is also odd because their parents (the mother and daughter's) where the owners of a ranch my Grandparents were caretakers on and I used to spend summers on. They took me to the Carson house ( a private club in a historical victorian mansion in Eureka) as a child - soemthing I'll never forget. How odd it was to see them again in the news when their daughter and granddaughter were murdered!

It's fascinating - if only a morbid way - to see that one event leads to a string of others and that we are all connected in ways we would never imagine.