Later Life and Death
Stayner married Jody Edmondson on June 13, 1985, and they had two children, a son and daughter. Stayner joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints just before his death.
On September 16, 1989, Stayner's motorcycle collided with a car that pulled into traffic from a side road. He sustained fatal head injuries and he died at the Merced Community Medical Center shortly thereafter. He was driving without a license (suspended for a third time because of excessive traffic violations) or a helmet, which had been stolen days earlier. Over 500 people attended his funeral, including 14-year-old Timmy White, whom Stayner specified in his will that he wanted to be one of his pallbearers.
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