Joseph Edward Duncan III, 45, received his final sentences Monday for the torture and slayings of an Idaho family.
But its not over yet, he may go to California for additional charges against him for a 1997 abduction and murder of a 10 year old boy.
Duncan III, is already serving 6 life prison terms. Duncan was given the death penalty in August.
Duncan had targeted the children and then he kidnapped a 9 year old Dylan Groene and his sister Shasta who was 8 at the time. Duncan held the children for weeks in western Montana. He tortured and sexually abused both children.
Duncan eventually murdered Dylan. Shasta was rescued after being held for 7 weeks.
Duncan in his stalking and targeting of the children had to murder the rest of the family in order to abduct the 2 children.
Their mother, Brenda Groene, was murdered along with her fiancé Mark McKenzie. Duncan also murdered their 13 year old brother Slade Groene.
"By any stretch of the imagination, your rampage ... exceeded the bounds of human understanding," the judge told Duncan. "These crimes ... were unfathomable, cruel and sadistic."
Right now they are not sure where Duncan, 45 will be held. They may end up in California since he still may face the abduction and murder charges there.
Duncan was a convicted pedophile and he said his violence was motivated by a need to seek revenge on society.
First, I understand the need for the California family to have closure in this case and a conviction may help them with that process, but why would we even consider moving this piece of crap anywhere other than to the Death Chamber?
I think he has more than enough convictions that he should be put to death tomorrow.
Do they really need to risk moving him anywhere? Has he confessed to those crimes or would he confess to them. He has pleaded guilty to these crimes so instead of moving him anywhere, why not ask if he would plead guilty and then let him attend trial by video. Just my thoughts.
The court offered Duncan a final chance to explain his actions or offer remorse to the Groene family and all he had to say after he quoted a biblical passage all he said was “he cared very little about being judged for his crimes.”
Then Duncan was ordered to pay $100,000 for the counseling and treatment for Shasta. Even though the court acknowledged Duncan is unlikely to pay.
Duncan pleaded guilty to 10 federal crimes stemming from his kidnapping and sexual abuse of the children and the murder of Dylan. Three of those crimes qualified for the death penalty, which he was sentenced to in August.
Duncan has 10 days to file a notice of intent to appeal his federal sentence.
During his federal death penalty hearing, prosecutors spelled out the grim details of the weeks the children were held captive. Steven Groene was in the court while this happened. Steven is the father of Shasta, Dylan and Slade. There were also members of the jury at the sentencing on Monday.
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I know one of Duncan's cousins, she told me that he was attacking his own relatives sexually and the adults knew about it. I think his parents did try to get him help but he was impossible to love or care about. Always a strange weird person. He has admitted openly if he gets the chance he will attack and try to kill again and it would just be a bonus if it were a child.
Look up the judge in Fargo North Dakota, where he was arrested for sexually abusing a child while still on parole for sexually abusing children. The judge there let him go on a 2000 dollar bond which was paid for by a Dr in Florida, there is a connection to a business man in Minnesota too. Duncan should have never been let out as he broke his parole, he then absconded to ID where he killed the family and took the children. Duncan also had a blog called The Fifth Nail, http://5nrevelations.blogspot.com/ How he's not hurting children, it's God's will if God doesn't stop him from hurting children, the underlying whining about how people get mad about their kids being molested and it really makes it hard for a child molester to find a job. Unbelievable. His cousin was happy when he got the death penalty, so was everyone in their family. They only wish it had happened before anyone had to die, or be hurt by him. Look into the Judge who allowed this animal to go free and the Dr in St Pete's who helped him. Pedophile ring? It's thought so, that he only moved in places where he would have a way out. Indeed that judge gave him his last chance to be free to exact a horrible price on one family, and in reality all of us before sending him to death row or life in prison. That act of freeing him done so in a way that no normal person could ever fathom. Look at who is responsible for letting him out when he was a parole violator for sex offenses against children. Find them, know them, they are still out there amongst us.
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