Here's the rap sheet on the perp:
Joseph E. Duncan III
810 1/2 7th Street North
Fargo, North Dakota
Offense Background: On January 24, 1980, in the City of Tacoma, Washington, Joseph E. Duncan, age 16, committed a burglary of a neighbor's home. Duncan stole four handguns and ammunition. That same evening Duncan abducted a 14 year-old boy. The boy had been walking in Duncan's neighborhood. Duncan sexually assaulted the boy two times at gun point. He was arrested shortly after the incident.
Duncan was transferred into adult court at the age of 17. There Duncan pleaded guilty to Rape in the First Degree for the abduction and sexual assault of the 14 year-old boy. Duncan was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
September 1994: Duncan was released on parole after serving 14 years in prison.
April 1997: Duncan was returned to prison for violating his parole.
July 14, 2000: Duncan was released from prison after completing his sentence. Duncan was released without parole or probation.
July 21, 2000: Duncan arrived in Fargo.
July 24, 2000: Duncan registered at the Fargo Police Department as a sex offender. The Fargo Police Department evaluated Duncan. Based on the history, profile, and the Minnesota Sex Offender Screening Tool-Revised score, Duncan was classified as a Level III sex offender.
September 27, 2000: The Fargo Police Department conducted a community notification. (Posted 10/2000)
I doubt this guy killed those people (at least by himself). He's too skinny looking to do it, particularly since the boy friend who was killed was so muscular.
Makes you think it was a conspiracy, doesn't it?
Convicted sex offender misses hearing
By Dave Olson, The Forum
Published Tuesday, May 17, 2005
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A convicted sex offender failed to make a court appearance Monday on charges he molested a boy in Detroit Lakes, Minn., last summer.
Becker County District Court Judge Michael Jesse then issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Joseph Edward Duncan III, 42, and ordered that his $15,000 cash bail be forfeited.
Authorities were already looking for Duncan for failing to abide by conditions of release set at an initial appearance in Becker County District Court April 5.
Duncan, whose last known address was 810 7th St. N., Fargo, is accused in court papers of approaching a 6-year-old boy and his 8-yearold friend on July 3 at a school playground in Detroit Lakes.
Duncan pulled down the shorts of the younger boy and touched him. He tried the same thing with the other boy but wasn't able to, according to the court documents.
Joseph E.Duncan III, a convicted sex offender, served 14 years in prison for raping a 14-year-old boy
Joseph E. Duncan III
Duncan was the subject of a community notification meeting after he moved to Fargo in 2000 and began attending North Dakota State University, where he was a senior this year.
Before moving to Fargo, Duncan served 14 years in prison for raping a 14-year-old boy in Pierce County, Wash.
Duncan was 16 at the time of the rape.
Following the April 5 hearing in Becker County, Duncan was released after posting bond of $15,000 cash and agreeing to stay in touch with a probation agent.
Duncan checked in with the agent the week of April 11 but failed to do so the following week, authorities said.
Investigators have determined Duncan rented a red 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee in St. Paul April 15 and failed to return it.
A key tag belonging to the Jeep was recovered in a national park in Wyoming, but authorities have had no other leads, Assistant Becker County Attorney Mike Fritz said.
Fritz said he is contemplating charging Duncan with failure to appear but by law must wait at least two days.
Anyone with information about Duncan's whereabouts is asked to call the Becker County Sheriff's Department at (218) 847-2661.
Readers can reach Forum reporter Dave Olson at (701) 241-5555
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