Steven Stayner had been taught to trust adults.
So the seven-year-old wasn’t afraid when he was approached by two men handing out religious pamphlets and asking for charity donations, as he walked home from school one day.
It was December 4, 1972, and Steven told the men his mum, Kay, might be willing to donate some items.
They said they’d drive him to his home, so they could speak to his mum, and little Steven climbed in.
Sadly, the men were not who they said they were.
One was Kenneth