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To: melinda abplanalp who wrote (32961)	7/25/1999 12:27:00 AM
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Man Arrested in Naturalist's Death By CHRISTINE HANLEY .c The Associated Press YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (July 24) - A motel maintenance man wanted for questioning in the decapitation of a 26-year-old naturalist in Yosemite National Park was taken into custody Saturday morning at a nudist colony, authorities said. Cary Stayner, 38, was last seen Thursday night by friends and coworkers at the Cedar Lodge in El Portal, where he works as a handyman. He was taken into custody by federal authorities Saturday morning at a nudist colony in Wilton, Calif., near Sacramento, a Sacramento County source said. Park rangers found the 26-year-old naturalist's body on Thursday, about four miles from Cedar Lodge. The FBI would not release her identity because not all of her close relatives had been notified. The FBI would not immediately confirm whether Stayner had been taken into custody. But Patty Sailors, whose husband manages the Laguna Del Sol clothing-optional resort, said a man identifying himself as Stayner checked in last night. A visitor recognized Stayner from news reports and called the FBI, Mrs. Sailors said. Stayner, who was not a member of the resort but had visited there several times, was taken into custody about 9 a.m., she said. It was not clear what charges, if any, Stayner was being held on. ''We will not comment on any potential suspects at this early stage of the investigation,'' said Special Agent Nick Rossi of the FBI office in Sacramento. Stayner is the brother of Steven Stayner, a kidnap victim who made national headlines in 1980 after he escaped from Kenneth Parnell, a convicted child molester. Steven Stayner, who was held and sexually abused for seven years, died in a 1989 motorcycle crash. Delbert Stayner, Steven and Cary's father, told the San Francisco Chronicle that he's sure his son was not directly involved in the woman's death, but worries that he may have been a witness. ''My little boy Stevie Stayner went missing for seven and a half years. ... Now my oldest son is missing. I'm kind of torn up over that,'' he said. The victim was discovered a few hundred yards from the park housing she shared with a man and woman, who were away at the time. A park official who spoke on the condition of anonymity told The Associated Press the woman had been decapitated. The woman was initially reported overdue by a friend she was driving to visit in Sausalito, just north of San Francisco. Her loaded car was found outside her quarters, ready for the trip. The friend called Sausalito police at 3 a.m. Thursday to file the missing-persons report. The victim was described as a freckled, red-haired educator beloved among children for the enthusiasm she showed on nature hikes over 800 miles of trails in the park. The area where the naturalist was found on the west side of the park is relatively unknown to tourists. It's just a few miles from El Portal, the town where three Yosemite sightseers were last seen alive in February before their bodies were found about a month later. Authorities said there was no connection between that case and the slain naturalist. AP-NY-07-24-99 1649EDT Copyright 1999 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.