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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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Douglas fights videos’ duplication

Duplicating videos that Joseph Duncan allegedly made would jeopardize an ongoing state and federal child pornography investigation, Kootenai County Prosecutor Bill Douglas said Thursday. Douglas, in a new legal brief, seeks court permission to provide details in a sealed affidavit of the ongoing but separate investigation. The brief also expands on Douglas' arguments against copying the videos seized during the investigation.
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Prosecutors: Don’t copy videos for Duncan defense

Prosecutors are asking 1st District Judge Fred Gibler to reconsider his order that graphic videos seized as part of the murder and kidnapping investigation into suspected serial killer Joseph Edward Duncan be copied for defense lawyers. Kootenai County Prosecutor Bill Douglas said Monday he also is asking the judge to view the videos before making a decision. A hearing on the state's motion to reconsider is scheduled for Nov. 2.
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Fuhrman got no help from police

The FBI said Friday that law enforcement never escorted Mark Fuhrman to Montana crime scenes where Joseph Edward Duncan III allegedly held two young kidnapping victims. Duncan's defense team raised the issue this week in a request for information to help prepare a defense for their client, who is charged with three counts each of kidnapping and murder. Public defender John Adams said he'd learned of Fuhrman's visit, allegedly before police had finished collecting evidence, because it was on the Fox News program "At Large with Geraldo Rivera."
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Transcripts detail murder, kidnapping case

Court transcripts unsealed Friday shed more light on how authorities believe Joseph Edward Duncan III murdered three members of a Coeur d'Alene family – and about the weeks that he allegedly held young Dylan and Shasta Groene at a remote Montana campsite and committed a fourth murder. The heavily redacted transcripts from search warrant hearings give a glimpse into investigators' frantic quest for information in the first days after the killings.
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Duncan used kids to make porn videos

Suspected serial killer Joseph Duncan used his young captives to produce child pornography videos, authorities acknowledged for the first time Wednesday. The disclosure came amid heated confrontations between prosecutors and defense lawyers over access to evidence seized by Kootenai County sheriff's deputies in the kidnapping and quadruple homicide case that has drawn national attention.
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Oprah airs Groene story

Oprah Winfrey has had it with sex offenders being released from prison only to abduct, abuse and even commit murder. Shasta Groene's story out of Kootenai County was the last straw, Winfrey said during Tuesday's episode of her national television talk show. Now Winfrey is putting up $100,000 rewards for people who help capture sex offenders like Joseph Edward Duncan.
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Oprah set to share Groene tragedy

"Kidnapped by a Pedophile: The Shasta Groene Tragedy" is the title of today's "Oprah Winfrey Show." Steve Groene, father of the 8-year-old kidnapping victim from Coeur d'Alene, was interviewed by Oprah Winfrey and will be sharing the latest information in the case, according to Winfrey's Web site. Groene said last month that he will also be speaking on the "lack of laws" for sex offenders.
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Grateful community hails a hero

Amber Deahn pinned a fading yellow ribbon to her shirt Wednesday afternoon – a yellow ribbon that was just recently taken off a Beaumont, Calif., woman's fridge and addressed to Deahn with a note of thanks. For eight years, the woman wrote, she had kept the ribbon on her refrigerator to keep alive the memory of 10-year-old Anthony Martinez, in hopes that his killer would be brought to justice.
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Auction site listed supposed Duncan letter

A letter purportedly sent by convicted sex offender Joseph Edward Duncan III was listed on an Internet auction site that specializes in selling items related to serial killers. The letter was listed for auction starting at $20 on a site called murderauction.com. The seller was listed as jerry4516. Efforts to address an e-mail to jerry4516 were kicked back with an error message.
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Duncan may face child porn charges

Joseph Edward Duncan may face several federal charges for felonies he allegedly committed in Montana while holding Dylan and Shasta Groene captive, including production of child pornography, the Idaho U.S. Attorney's office said Friday. The office is waiting to file charges in the kidnappings of both children and the death of Dylan Groene until the state's murder case against Duncan is finished. Other felony charges may be filed in connection with those crimes, U.S. Attorney spokeswoman Jean McNeil said.
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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...