Missing Idaho Children found alive after more than a month

Woodmonkey · 07-02-2005, 12:36

Good news. These kids have been missing since May 16. There is a discussion on Fox News now about the man who took them. He is a sexual predator and has been arrested. They don't know if he is the one who killed others, and took the kids so the questions begin.

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Missing Idaho Girl, 8, Found Alive and Well

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COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — An 8-year-old girl who disappeared with her brother six weeks ago from a home where their family members were bludgeoned to death was found early Saturday morning at a Denny's restaurant in the same town where they grew up.

A dispatcher for the Kootenai County (search) sheriff's department said Saturday that Shasta Groene (search) was spotted Saturday. The dispatcher, who did not want to be named, had no information on her missing 9-year-old brother, Dylan.

She wouldn't immediately say if anyone was with child or if an arrest had been made. Deputies could not be immediately reached for further detail.

Dylan and Shasta Groene had been missing since at least May 16 from the home where their mother, older brother and mother's boyfriend were bound and bludgeoned to death.

FBI agents and local officers interviewed hundreds of people, searched through 800 tons of animal carcasses and other trash and devoted thousands of hours to the search.

Some 1,500 tips flowed in, with people offering theories that ranged from alien abduction to a motorcycle gang war, since the children's biological father, Steven Groene (search), owns a Harley-Davidson.

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cb88 · 07-02-2005, 13:07

That is SO awesome that they were found. I can only imagine with the type of man that took them the horror they went through.

Hopefully the sicko was still in the "grooming" stages and didn't yet lay a hand on them. Freak.

Woodmonkey · 07-02-2005, 13:12

They just had an interview with the sheriff. Apparently, the TV news jumped the gun (again!

) and the boy has not been found yet.

The grandmother has said the son was also found. So, when they get their act together, we will find out. They should check it out before rushing to get their faces on TV.

This guy, Joseph Edward Duncan, is a perv and has a record. He also has a website that advocates against punishing molesters - big surprise there. I didn't catch the name of that site.

Woodmonkey · 07-02-2005, 13:28

Here is a site that tells a little about this monster - http://www.ndsuspectrum.com/news/n-0405-ndsustudent.htm

He has a long history of hurting children. Why is he free to prey on children?

Jacklou59 · 07-04-2005, 01:27

Thank God The Kids Were Found Alive. If He Is Guilty Of This , He Should Be Sent Away For Life With Out Parole. Better Yet Let The Mothers And The Fathers Have Him For The Same Amount Of Time He Had The Children. That Would Save The Tax Payers Money.

Woodmonkey · 07-04-2005, 01:56

Unfortunately, the news rushed to report without checking their facts, Mike. The little boy is still missing. Look at this history. Why was he running around loose?

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Suspect in Idaho Case Had Abuse History

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SEATTLE — The man arrested Saturday with a missing 8-year-old girl had spent more than a decade in prison for sexually assaulting a boy at gunpoint and had a Web site that called for lighter sentencing of sex offenders, officials said.

Joseph Edward Duncan III's criminal record stretches back to 1980, when as a teenager he sexually assaulted a 14-year-old boy in Washington state and pleaded guilty.

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This undated photo released Saturday, July 2, 2005, by the Kootenai County Sheriff's Department shows Joseph Edward Duncan III, of Fargo, N.D. Duncan was charged with kidnapping and was being held without bond, Kootenai County Sheriff's Capt. Ben Wolfinger said. He was found in a Denny's Restaurant in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho early Saturday with Shasta Groene, 8, who disappeared with her brother six weeks ago from a Coeur d'Alene home where family members were bludgeoned to death. (AP Photo/Kootenai County Sheriff's Department)

He was charged Saturday with kidnapping Shasta Groene, who disappeared with her 9-year-old brother, Dylan, six weeks ago from a home where three family members were bludgeoned to death. Dylan was still missing Saturday and officials said early information indicated he might be dead.

Duncan was being held without bond. His first court appearance was not expected until after the weekend.

At age 17, Duncan pleaded guilty in adult court to first-degree rape and was sentenced to prison. He was released on parole in 1994 but violated it and was sent back in 1997.

After his release again in 2000, he moved to Fargo, N.D., and began studying computer science at North Dakota State University, where officials said he was a member of Phi Kappa Phi honor society and made the dean's list.

Fargo Police Capt. Jeff Williams said Duncan initially followed the rules required of high-risk offenders, and neighbors said he kept to himself.

"As far as we know, he was more or a less a model," Williams said.

That changed after Duncan was charged with molesting a 6-year-old boy at a middle school playground in Becker County in Minnesota last year. He was accused of approaching two young boys with a video camera and pulling down the shorts of one of the boys and touching him.

He was released in April on $15,000 bond and ordered to stay in contact with a probation officer. In May, authorities said they were seeking Duncan on a warrant after he failed to do so.

Police last visited his Fargo apartment on May 5 with a search warrant, Assistant Police Chief Keith Ternes said Saturday. He said does not believe Duncan ever returned to Fargo after that and said authorities had had no reason to suspect he might be connected with the Idaho case.

Duncan also authored a Web site called fifthnail.com, Kootenai County Sheriff's Capt. Ben Wolfinger said. The site was down Saturday but could be seen in archived Web pages.

The name was derived from a myth involving a fifth nail that was crafted for Christ's execution but that was not used after gypsies hid it from Roman soldiers. "The Fifth Nail is the nail that was meant to peirce the Heart of Christ and end his suffering," the site said.

In one posting, he said he knew his 1980 sex offense was wrong, "but I can honestly say that I had no clue of the impact my actions would have on my victim, or society, or myself. ... I was abused, even raped, so often and by so many different people growing up that I thought it was like smoking pot, everyone did it, but nobody openly admitted it."

In another, he said as a teen he was sentenced to a group sex offender program "where half the men in my 'treatment group' sat and fantasized about me."

He said forcing sex offenders to register was discriminatory.

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