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• Duncan had eye on Spokane child

  January 9, 2013 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Before Joseph Duncan murdered a 9-year-old North Idaho boy in 2005, he set his sights on a Spokane child, posing as a prospective renter and touring a South … 2

• Duncan targeted Spokane child

  January 8, 2013 in Idaho Before Joseph Duncan murdered a 9-year-old North Idaho boy in 2005, he set his sights on a Spokane child, posing as a prospective renter and touring a Spokane duplex with … 8

• Killer Joseph Duncan gets new hearing

  January 8, 2013 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – Joseph Duncan was sentenced to death three times over for crimes against a 9-year-old North Idaho boy he killed in 2005, and he initially and repeatedly said he … 18

• Killer’s competency appeal nears in federal court

  December 17, 2012 in City, Idaho As an appeal over the competency of a convicted child killer nears in Idaho’s U.S. District Court, a judge is sorting out just what expert witnesses should be allowed to … 5

• Groene kids’ dad sues donation fund manager

  June 14, 2012 in Idaho COEUR D’ALENE — A woman who administered a bank account for donations given to benefit two North Idaho children kidnapped seven years ago is being sued by their father, who … 1

• Duncan’s competency hearing set

  June 5, 2012 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – A court hearing on whether condemned murderer Joseph Duncan was mentally competent when he waived his right to appeal his death sentence has been set for Jan. 8, … 1

• Duncan’s competence at sentencing to be reconsidered

  March 29, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page A1 Condemned serial killer Joseph E. Duncan is getting another day in court. Duncan, on death row for the torture and slaying of a North Idaho boy he abducted in 2005 … 2

• Duncan sentence faces test

  July 12, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered convicted killer Joseph Duncan back into court in Idaho, saying a federal judge should have ordered a competency hearing … 1

• Duncan requests attorney ahead of California trial

  October 5, 2010 in City on Page A6 Convicted killer Joseph Edward Duncan, already condemned to die for a murderous North Idaho rampage in 2005 and about to stand trial in California for an earlier slaying, has reconsidered …

• Duncan sentenced on remaining charges

  November 4, 2008 in Idaho on Page B2 BOISE – In addition to three death sentences, killer and child molester Joseph Duncan is now under nine life prison sentences. “There’ve been no redeeming qualities demonstrated throughout the course …

• Duncan jurors offered counseling

  August 29, 2008 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – Jurors who imposed the death penalty on Joseph Duncan are being offered help coping with the horrific things they saw and heard during the killer’s sentencing trial. The …

• Amid evil, jury shines moral light

  August 28, 2008 in City on Page A1 As I write this Wednesday the newsroom is abuzz with the latest on a two-legged monster. A federal jury in Boise just ruled that Joseph Duncan must die for his …

• Dylan’s father, relatives testify

  August 27, 2008 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – With heartfelt testimony from the father of murdered Dylan Groene, prosecutors wrapped up their case Tuesday in the federal death penalty sentencing trial for admitted killer Joseph Duncan. …

• Killings of three other children recounted

  August 26, 2008 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – A mother sobbed on the witness stand, telling of her two murdered daughters. Glum federal jurors listened to her testimony, but several looked away from her and across …

• Duncan: ‘I was on a rampage’

  August 23, 2008 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Joseph Duncan wasn’t just planning to kidnap, rape and murder one child – he planned to commit such crimes over and over until he died, the convicted killer …

• Jury sees abuse videos

  August 22, 2008 in Idaho on Page A1 Editor’s note: This story contains explicit descriptions of severe abuse of a child. BOISE – On the screen, a child screamed in pain, and his tormentor raved.

• Expert rebuts Duncan’s version of shooting

  August 21, 2008 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Joseph Duncan’s story that his initial shooting of 9-year-old Dylan Groene was an accident was undermined in court Wednesday, when an FBI firearms expert testified that extensive testing …

• Duncan alternately kind, cruel, Shasta says

  August 20, 2008 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Joseph Duncan repeatedly threatened to kill the two children he held captive for weeks at a remote Montana campsite in 2005, the surviving victim told police shortly after …

• Tapes show Duncan with kids at campsite

  August 16, 2008 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Videotapes of Shasta and Dylan Groene clowning around at a Montana campsite with their abductor, Joseph Duncan, were played to the jury in Duncan’s federal death sentence trial …

• ‘I wish I could kill myself,’ Duncan wrote

  August 16, 2008 in Idaho on Page A8 In a day filled with tragic photos, shocking videos and the display of the shotgun used to kill 9-year-old Dylan Groene, federal jurors also were given a closer look into …

• Details revealed in tape of Shasta

  August 15, 2008 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – One of the big mysteries surrounding Joseph Duncan’s murderous crime spree three years ago was resolved Thursday as the frightened, tearful voice of an 8-year-old girl explained to …

• Shasta won’t have to testify

  August 14, 2008 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Jurors frowned, pursed their lips, some reddened visibly and one gasped out loud as U.S. Attorney Tom Moss detailed the horrific tale of Joseph Duncan’s crimes, intricately planned …

• Shasta might not take stand

  August 13, 2008 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Shasta Groene, the only survivor of Joseph Duncan’s murderous rampage in 2005, may not have to testify against her attacker after all. On the eve of today’s opening …

• Duncan needs just one juror to avoid death

  August 12, 2008 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Here’s how high the stakes are in the jury selection under way in the Joseph Duncan case: If one juror objects in any of three different votes, Duncan …

• Duncan admits to disturbing nature of videotape

  August 9, 2008 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – Joseph Duncan, acting as his own attorney, acknowledged Friday that a videotape he made of himself torturing and abusing a 9-year-old North Idaho boy he later murdered is …

• Duncan lawyers must question jurors

  August 5, 2008 in City on Page B1 U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge has ruled that Joseph Duncan’s standby attorneys must act on his behalf to question prospective jurors, if he asks them to do so. Duncan’s attorneys, …

• Duncan’s new role seen as liability

  August 3, 2008 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – When Joseph Duncan takes over as his own attorney in his upcoming death penalty sentencing hearings, it’ll change the nature of the proceedings, experts say – and make …

• Duncan cleared to represent himself

  July 29, 2008 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Joseph Duncan won his bid Monday to act as his own attorney in his sentencing hearings, sidelining his expert legal team in what U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge …

• Duncan jury pool on week’s notice

  July 22, 2008 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge on Monday ordered prospective jurors in the Joseph Duncan case to check in July 30 for further instructions, suggesting the death penalty proceedings …

• Duncan psych exam could swing case

  May 15, 2008 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – The latest development in the Joseph Duncan sentencing raises a major question: What happens to the case against the confessed killer if psychological evaluations find he’s mentally incompetent? …

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