>> and they saw this little boy, 7-year-old steven stayner. >> steven had left school, headed straightre four blocks. and when he was on yosemite parkway, which leads to yosemite national park, he was approached by ervin murphy. murphy had some religious tracts with him, which he'd been using to approach other kids. he asked steven if he thought that his mother would be willing to make a charitable donation to a church. at that point, parnell drove up in this old, white buick. murphy opened the rear door and steven got in. >> instead of taking a right so he could go to his home, they continued directly eastbound. >> they're driving out of merced, going up highway 140. >> kenneth parnell stops the car and he goes to a pay phone, he comes back and tells steven, "your parents, i just spoke to them. they no longer want you." >> and parnell then told him, "you're gonna be my son." he was a 7-year-old, thoroughly confused kid. i think he was probably used to an authoritative approach by his parents, so when parnell told him that his parents said he was gonna go with him, i think he probably