The affidavit is the first public acknowledgment by investigators that the two teen-age victims were sexually assaulted before they and WebJoie Ruth Armstrong Birth 20 Dec 1972 California, USA Death 21 Jul 1999 (aged 26) Yosemite West, Mariposa County, California, USA Burial Pleasant Hills Memorial Park and Toolbox in hand, he knocked on the door and identified himself as an employee. The sightseers' disappearance from the Cedar Lodge in February set off an extensive search, national headlines and numerous arrests of ex-convicts whom the F.B.I. This raised a red flag, and immediately the working hypothesis went from the girls getting lost, to foul play. He claimed that with his doctor-diagnosed mental illness, his family turned a blind eye. He had never seen his dad cry before this day. Meanwhile, law enforcement officials in three California counties said today that they want to question Stayner about a few unresolved murder cases this decade that involved decapitated victims. Next, he went to the bathroom and took Silvina, leaving Julie behind. Cary slammed on the brakes, and took off after her. That was Carys signal. Stayners family was cast into the spotlight once again in 1999 when Stevens brother Cary was arrested for the murder of Joie Ruth Armstrong, 26, in Yosemite, California. had maintained that it believed all the people responsible for the Sund-Pelosso deaths were in custody, though on unrelated charges. Joie Ruth Armstrong, a naturalist at Yosemite National Park, was brutally murdered by Cary Stayner, a motel handyman at the Cedar Lodge in El Portal, Calif. (The Until now, their chief suspects in the killings had been several other local men with criminal pasts whom they have held in custody since the spring on parole violations. Eventually, Cary confessed to killing Joie as well as three others: Carole Sund, 42; Juli Sund, 15; and Silvina Pelosso, 16. Caught off guard, the woman tells him her name is Joie Armstrong. He, unfortunately, died in a motorcycle accident in 1989. The driver asked if he remembered the three tourists that had been murdered about four months ago. The police called the car rental company where they learned that Carole had not yet returned her rental car. has called unofficial suspects. Immediately he asked what was going on, and what were the law enforcement implications. Wearing nothing more than a blanket, Julie was sat in the front seat of the car. The Yosemite Horror - Outside Online All of the neighboring rooms were empty, and this gave him the perfect opportunity. Keep supporting great journalism by turning off your ad blocker. A hearing in the Armstrong case was scheduled for Aug. 6 in Federal court in Fresno, where the case is being moved, but John P. Balasz, the assistant Federal defender who represented Mr. Stayner, said the hearing will probably be postponed. She Florida Death Records Search Directory - OnlineSearches.com Over the course of their drive, Cary tried to assure Julie that she was going to be fine, that both her mom and her friend were fine. Searched the surrounding area with home of finding julie, Then, an anonymous, handwritten letter was received by the FBI. Cary pulled his knife and began slashing at her. But The Modesto Bee, quoting unidentified sources, reported that such evidence had been found in Mr. Stayner's room and that Juli Sund's throat had been slashed almost to the point of beheading, like Ms. Armstrong's.
