The Yosemite Park Murders: A Serial Killer's Confession

The FOX True Crime Podcast w/ Emily Compagno

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True Crime

4.8 • 708 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2023

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Summary

On February 15th, 1999, Carole Sund, her 15-year-old daughter Juli, and 16-year-old family friend Silvina Pelosso went missing from their motel room during a trip to Yosemite National Park. An intensive search ensued as law enforcement searched for the trio. The bodies of Carole and Silvina would later be found charred in the shell of their burnt rental car, with Juli's remains to be discovered separately just days later. Horror would again strike Yosemite months later when 26-year-old Joie Armstrong was found murdered near her cabin. Two days later, law enforcement tracked down Cary Stayner, the man responsible for the string of crimes. Former FBI Agent Jeffrey Rinek was the lead investigator on the case. He shares details from the investigation, as well as how he was able to obtain a confession from Stayner himself. More about Jeff: Jeffrey Rinek retired from the FBI after 30 years of service. Throughout his career, Rinek worked on active and cold cases related to crimes against children. In 2003, Rinek received the California Sexual Assault Investigators Association Investigator of the Year Award, making him the first FBI agent to be given the title. In 2006, he was given the International Homicide Investigators Association Award for Excellence. In his book, In the Name of Children, Rinek details some of the cases that defined his career, as well as the impact they had on him. Jeff is also the author of In the Name of the Children: An FBI Agent's Relentless Pursuit of the Nation's Worst Predators. Follow Emily on Instagram: @realemilycompagno Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.1	Massive sequoias towered across the frosted valleys of Yosemite National Park.
0:42.6	Just miles away, 42-year-old Carol Sund, her 15-year-old daughter Julie, and 16-year-old Sylvina
0:49.5	Peloso had just retired for the evening at the Cedar Lodge Motel.
0:54.5	Sylvina was an exchange student from Argentina and a close family friend of the sons,
0:59.2	vacationing with them for her winter break.
1:02.2	Making stops across California, the trio would finish their trip at Yosemite.
1:07.4	After a long day of hiking through Sequoia Groves,
1:10.5	they rented videos from the front desk of the motel and headed back to their room to rest.
1:15.6	Room 509 at the Cedar Lodge Motel would be the backdrop of an otherwise lovely trip,
1:22.0	until the trio heard a knock at the door.
1:25.6	I'm Emily Campano, and this is the Fox True Crime podcast.
2:05.8	You know. On February 15, 1999, Carol, Julie, and Sylvina disappeared from their motel room at the Cedar Lodge, along with the Red Pontiac Grand Prix that Carol rented for the trip.
2:14.2	An intensive search ensued as law enforcement agents scoured the park looking for traces of the mother and the two young girls.
2:19.8	Four days after their disappearance, Carol's wallet was found along a highway in Modesto, California. As police investigated the area, the missing rental car was found in a
2:25.7	secluded part of California, hours away from Yosemite National Park. Only a charred shell of the
2:32.6	car remained. Inside the trunk were the burned bodies of Carol and Sylvina.
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