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FBI Retired Case File Review

127: Jeff Rinek – Yosemite Park Murders, Child Predators, PTSD (Part 2)

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

True Crime, Interviews, Fiction, History, Fbi, Government, Truecrime

4.62.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2018

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

Retired agent Jeff Rinek reviews how he obtained a confession from serial killer Cary Stayner, responsible for the Yosemite Park Murders, the brutal slayings of two women and two teenage girls. He also discusses the mental toll working child predator and murder cases had on him, and how his family helped him cope with case related PTSD and attempted suicide.

In 2003, the California Sexual Assault Investigators Association named him Investigator of the Year, and in 2006, he received an Award for Excellence from the International Homicide Investigators Association. Jeff Rinek is the author of In the Name of the Children: An FBI Agent's Relentless Pursuit of the Nation's Worst Predators, his personal account of child predator and murder investigations. Each chapter is dedicated to the victims of the cases he worked, including a chapter for his wife and sons.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to episode 127 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.

0:12.2

I'm a retired agent writing crime fiction inspired by

0:15.2

true crime FBI cases. Today we get to speak once again with Jeff Rhinek, who served in the FBI for 30 years.

0:26.6

During his career, he primarily investigated cases of missing and

0:31.3

murdered children.

0:32.8

And in this episode, Part 2,

0:36.1

Jeff continues his review of how he obtained a confession

0:41.0

from serial killer Carrie Stainer who was responsible for the brutal

0:45.8

slings of two women and two teenage girls known as the Yosemite Park

0:51.2

murders.

0:52.6

Jeff also discusses the mental toll

0:55.6

working child predator and murder cases had on him

0:59.0

and how his family helped him cope

1:01.4

with case-related PTSD and attempted suicide.

1:06.0

Jeff Rhinek is the author of In the Name of the Children,

1:10.0

an FBI agent's relentless pursuit of the nation's worst predators, his personal account of child

1:18.7

predator and murder investigations with each chapter dedicated to the victims including a chapter for his

1:27.8

wife and sons. I want to thank all of you who reached out to me this week to let me know how much this episode

1:36.3

meant to you and how brave you thought Jeff Brineck was to share his story with us.

1:43.0

As I said last week, this interview was definitely one of my most challenging.

1:49.0

I wanted to make sure that I asked the right questions and said the right things.

1:55.0

I want to give you a warning right up front that part two is very disturbing.

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