Joseph Duncan

Attorneys came to an agreement Wednesday that will prevent copies from being made of pornographic videos that Joseph Edward Duncan allegedly made as he held Dylan and Shasta Groene at a remote Montana campsite. A court hearing was scheduled Wednesday on a motion by Prosecutor Bill Douglas, asking 1st District Judge Fred Gibler to reconsider an Oct. 19 ruling that the videos be copied for Duncan's defense team. Douglas had asked that Gibler watch the videos before making a decision.

Kootenai County Prosecutor Bill Douglas dropped his opposition Friday to the release of hundreds of e-mails exchanged between himself and a former employee, saying he no longer wants the distraction of the lawsuit. Douglas withdrew his appeal to the Idaho Supreme Court and said that the release of the e-mails between him and former juvenile drug court coordinator Marina Kalani would "put an end to the rumor, public speculation, and undue controversy."

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.

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.

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."

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.

"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.