I Know My First Name Is Steven

Steven Stayner, a seven-year-old boy, is kidnapped by Kenneth Parnell, a sexual predator. Once he, with the help of his partner in crime, Irving Murphy, manages to follow through with his plan, he immediately begins to "groom" and bribe Steven to desire to stay with him. Steven, however, despite protesting against Parnell, saying that he wanted to go home, had no choice in the matter. As the sexual abuse happened for the first time, Steven moaned, "leave me alone", and Parnell responded by continuing his acts saying, "Don't be afraid". These acts of molestation, child rape, and holding photos of Steven naked, continued for seven years.

It wasn't until Steven was 14, that he was rescued from his perpetrator and the abuse was disclosed. Because Parnell kidnapped another young child, a boy named Timmy, Steven built up the courage to prevent Timmy from going through the same thing that he went through when he was Timmy's age. He brought Timmy to the police, and when he did, he was questioned and pressed until he confessed that he was the victim of a kidnapping by his "dad", Parnell.

Steven later painfully testified in court on Timmy's behalf, and then later, in a hearing for accusations of the crimes committed against himself. Parnell spent five years of a seven-year sentence in prison for the kidnapping and sexual abuse against Steven, while his accomplice spent less than two years in prison.

• Cindy Pickett – Kay Stayner
• John Ashton – Del Stayner
• Todd Eric Andrews – Cary Stayner
• Corin Nemec – Steven Stayner / Dennis Parnell
• Luke Edwards – Steven Stayner (age 7)
• Pruitt Taylor Vince – Irving Murphy
• Ray Walston – Bob Augustine
• Gregg Henry – Officer Kean
• Jim Haynie – Officer Scott
• Barbara Tarbuck – School Counselor
• Scott Curtis – Cary Stayner (age 11)
• Arliss Howard – Kenneth Parnell (uncredited)
• Stephen Dorff – Pete
• Beth Grant – Mrs. Beta

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• I Know My First Name Is Steven at Rotten Tomatoes