The Yosemite Park Murders: How an FBI Agent Took Down a Serial Killer
Date: May 18, 2019
Time: 2 p.m. in the Oscar B. Goodman Room
Cost: Free for Members or with Museum Admission
In recognition of Law Enforcement Week, retired FBI agent Jeff Rinek will explain how he got serial killer Cary Stayner to confess to all four of the killings known as the Yosemite Park Murders, an accomplishment made more extraordinary by the fact that the FBI nearly pinned the crimes on the wrong suspects. Rinek’s recounting of the confession and what he learned about Stayner provides one of the most revelatory looks ever inside the psyche of a serial killer and a privileged glimpse into the art of interrogation. During his 30-year career with the Bureau, Rinek worked hundreds of investigations involving crimes against children: from stranger abduction to serial homicide to ritualized sexual abuse.