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Boys 3, 6 Found Near Road Work Site

The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an incident where two young children were found alongside Interstate 90 earlier today. A construction supervisor at the I-90 interchange project at Mile Post 1, found the 3 and 6 year old boys sitting in the grass near the construction area about 9:10 a.m. The boys told deputies that their mother had run out of gas and gone for help. The boys also told deputies that their mother had walked them to the location while it was still dark and raining. The mother, Shannon Marie Germanton (pictured), AKA, Shannon Marie Duval, 27, of Spokane Valley, Wash., has not been located at this time. Investigators have learned that she was given a ride by a Jacklin Seed employee to the Exxon Station at Pleasant View Road and Riverbend Drive between 6:30 and 7:30 this morning. She told the employee that she had been in an argument with her boyfriend and just needed to get to a phone to call for a ride/Major Ben Wolfinger, Kootenai County Sheriff's Department news release. More here.



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D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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