Parnell Guilty Of Attempting To Buy A Child POSTED: 2:59 PM PST February 9, 2004 UPDATED: 6:33 PM PST February 9, 2004 OAKLAND, Calif. -- Kenneth Parnell, infamous for the 1972 kidnapping of Steven Stayner, was convicted Monday of trying to buy a child last year in what a prosecutor described as the would-be "last hurrah" of a long criminal career. Parnell, 72, was arrested in January 2003 on charges of trying to persuade a woman to get him a young boy for $500. A jury deliberated for less than two hours Monday before finding Parnell guilty. Prosecutor Tim Wellman...