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Joseph Duncan

News about the investigation, trial and sentencing of Joseph Edward Duncan for the 2005 kidnap, torture and murder of 9-year-old Dylan Groene of Coeur d’Alene; the murders of Dylan’s mother, mother’s fiance and 13-year-old brother; and the kidnapping and molestation of Dylan’s then-8-year-old sister Shasta.

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Students pitch in for Shasta

Aspen Stam dipped strawberries in chocolate. Byron Jarnes peddled candy bars. Tyler Opp gave up two weeks' worth of allowance. The reason: "For Shasta," said 8-year-old Tyler, a third-grade student at Lake City Junior Academy.
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Shasta’s home under way

A community effort to build a house for the lone survivor of one of the Coeur d'Alene area's most notorious crimes reached a milestone Tuesday morning. More than 50 people who have donated time and money to the project gathered at the site of Shasta Groene's future home in Coeur d'Alene to watch the groundbreaking ceremony.
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Duncan’s next trial set for January

Joseph Duncan will stand trial in January 2008, U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge said in an order issued Thursday. The Jan. 22, 2008, trial date is somewhat of a compromise between the requests by attorneys on both sides of the federal death penalty case.
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Steve Groene says time running out

BOISE – Steve Groene told a federal court Monday that he's dying of throat cancer – and if Joseph Duncan's trial is put off for a year and a half, as the defense has requested, Groene's daughter Shasta may have no parent to support her through the trial. "Cancer is a deadly disease," Groene told U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge, speaking in the electronic monotone of a mechanical voice box. "There are no guarantees I'll be around in August of '08."
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In brief: Shooting range plan for pit discussed

The Kootenai County commission wants to have another public hearing before deciding whether to allow a shooting range in a gravel pit east of state Highway 41. The April 26 hearing is on the Kootenai County sheriff's request for a conditional-use permit to operate the firearms training range in the pit owned by the Post Falls Highway District. The pit is just north of Hayden Avenue.
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In brief: Duncan attorneys seek 18-month trial delay

Attorneys for convicted killer Joseph Duncan want to postpone his federal trial by a year and a half. Thursday's request by Duncan's attorneys comes a day after a request by federal prosecutors to delay the trial, set to start March 20, until July 9. But Duncan's attorneys are asking the trial be set for Aug. 18, 2008, so they have more time to investigate and review evidence.
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California wants Duncan for trial

BOISE – California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday demanded that convicted killer Joseph Duncan be shipped to his state to be tried for the 1997 slaying of a 10-year-old boy, but federal prosecutors here said they expect to complete their prosecution of Duncan first. U.S. Attorney Tom Moss in Boise charged Duncan last month with 10 felony counts, including kidnapping resulting in the torture and sex slaying of Dylan Groene. Duncan is also charged with kidnapping Shasta Groene. She was the lone survivor of a 2005 attack on her Wolf Lodge home. The girl was rescued July 2, 2005, at a Coeur d'Alene restaurant where Duncan was arrested.
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‘Home for Shasta’ gains momentum

Most of the labor and materials needed to build a home for Shasta Groene have been donated, and enough cash has been raised to put a down payment on a lot not far from her school. Organizers of the "A Home for Shasta" fund drive are hoping two upcoming fundraisers will bring in the estimated $88,000 still needed to pay for the lot and other expenses.
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Duncan confessed, feds say

A decade before Joseph Duncan allegedly abducted and killed Dylan Groene, he killed two girls in Western Washington and a boy in Southern California – crimes to which he has confessed, federal prosecutors said. Duncan, 43, has admitted to the 1997 slaying of Anthony Martinez in Riverside County, Calif., and the 1996 slayings of 9-year-old Carmen Cubias and 11-year-old Sammiejo White in the Seattle area, according to federal court documents filed Tuesday and reported first at spokesmanreview.com.
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Duncan lawyer to seek delay

BOISE – Joseph Duncan was ordered Friday to stand trial in federal court in March, but his attorney says the convicted killer's defense won't be ready by then. "The responsibilities in a case such as this are so extensive that as much time as needed is certainly going to be granted," said defense attorney Roger Peven. "It's going to be quite a while."
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Child-killer Joseph Duncan still fighting death sentence

Although child-killer Joseph Duncan waived his right to appeal his triple death sentence for the 2005 kidnapping, torture and murder of a 9-year-old North Idaho boy, Duncan, through a team of attorneys, is now pressing a series of continued challenges. That’s in part because more...
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9th Circuit dismisses Duncan’s appeal of death sentence

The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has rejected claims from attorneys for multiple murderer Joseph Duncan that the killer was incompetent to waive appeals of his death sentence, and dismissed the appeal that defense attorneys filed on his behalf. The attorneys still could seek...