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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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News >  Idaho

Deaths spur change in Groene son

The possibility that drugs were a factor in the slaying of his mother and younger brother has Jesse Groene wanting to go straight, he told Judge John Mitchell in court Tuesday. He said his life has changed since his mother, Brenda Groene, stepfather, Mark McKenzie, and brother Slade Groene were bludgeoned to death last month in their Wolf Lodge-area home.
News >  Idaho

Extra hours add up in Wolf Lodge case

Investigators with Kootenai County have logged at least 1,595 hours of overtime since three people were killed and two children turned up missing from their Wolf Lodge area home two weeks ago. And Idaho State Police Capt. Clark Rollins said he hasn't even begun to count how much overtime his crew of 13 investigators has put into the case.
News >  Idaho

No clues offered by holiday campers

Investigators were hoping that thousands of residents flocking to the woods of North Idaho for the Memorial Day holiday would uncover something helpful in the search for two children after a triple homicide on May 16. "We didn't get a single call," Kootenai County Sheriff's spokesman Capt. Ben Wolfinger said.
News >  Idaho

Both life, investigation carry on

As tourists packed into Coeur d'Alene on Saturday, a half-empty Wolf Lodge Campground was enjoying a hint of calm after an unthinkable storm. The family campground, eight miles east of the city, is adjacent to the Groene home, scene of a triple homicide nearly two weeks ago, a case in which two children remain missing.
News >  Idaho

New protocol slowed Amber Alert

About two months ago, Kootenai County Sheriff Rocky Watson wrote a letter to Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne complaining about the statewide Amber Alert system. Watson's hunch that the statewide system might cause unnecessary delays in North Idaho was borne out less than two weeks ago when two children turned up missing from a triple homicide scene. That state system had recently replaced a regional one that had been in place for eight years.
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Search gains new hope

Investigators have renewed hope that two children missing from the scene of a triple homicide last week could still be alive, authorities said, after getting initial DNA results from the FBI's forensic laboratory. Preliminary DNA testing of blood spatter at the homicide scene shows that none of the blood samples belonged to either Shasta Groene, 8, or her brother Dylan "D.J." Groene, 9, said Capt. Ben Wolfinger, of the Kootenai County Sheriff's Department.
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At mother and son’s funeral, pastor urges focus on life

A local pastor told more than 500 people gathered Wednesday to honor the lives of Brenda Groene and her 13-year-old son that they should not play detective and try to figure out who attacked the family. Instead, he said, the victims of the horrific crime should be remembered for how they lived.
News >  Idaho

Families share fond memories

The home of homicide victims Brenda Groene and Mark McKenzie was not some scene out of the "Leave it to Beaver" television show, but it also wasn't a drug den, McKenzie's family members said Wednesday. "Mark and Brenda were good people," said McKenzie's youngest brother, Steve McKenzie. "The media has pounded on the rampant drug use out there. It wasn't true."
News >  Idaho

Officials ask public to watch out for clues

Authorities are asking campers and hikers venturing into the forests of North Idaho this Memorial Day weekend to be on the lookout for anything that might help them solve last week's triple homicide or find two missing children. "With the holiday weekend coming up, thousands of people are going into the national forests," said Capt. Ben Wolfinger, of the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office. "If anybody sees anything suspicious, please don't touch it."
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