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Joseph Duncan pleads guilty in the Groene murders. A Canoeist disappears but turns back up when the life insurance is collected. A weird story involving skinned raccoons and dogs and still the social service agencies fail to protect the children. And, as always, a Drew Peterson update.

Time for some True Crime. We have a woman who used her baby as a weapon, a Duke update, some comments about Jonathan Edington who killed his neighbor for allegedly molesting his toddler. Then there's the murdering soldier, Martinez, and he's facing life. Oh and the lovely John Karr, ersatz murderer of Jonbenet Ramsey, is grabbing his fifteen minutes before he molests again. Some bodies are being exhumed for that murder of the Nevada Controller. He killed her; did he also kill her husband? Finally, that Vermont missing coed found. A creep lent her his cell phone then murdered her.

It's a True Crime post and there's been a rash of school shootings, some especially heinous. The vicious attack on Amish school girls this past week is a real heart-breaker. The big news is that the Amish are going to forgive. I consider the extreme pacifism of this religious sect to be a danger to them way more than a more aggressive defense would serve them. Also, Jonbenet's John Karr is free and already in trouble as I predicted. Thank you John Ramsey. An update on the Groene murders, Massachusetts' Entwistle tries a cute trick, Melinda Duckett was a nut...

Some serious updates on old crimes. The Dentist from Dacula pled guilty of killing two of the women in his life then made them look like a suicide, and this is a surprise. The Idaho Groene murderer trial begins and the defense protests Shashta Groene testimony. More on Edington, who stabbed the man to death who he thought molested his two-year-old. And the sexy teacher Deb LeFeve is still nuts. We've got info on the Anna Nicole Smith's son death and the woman whose son is missing but she killed herself rather than help with the search. Finally, a Gnome...

Exclusive Interview with Steve Groene, Father of Shasta Groene. http://www.krem.com/cgi-bin/bi/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=www.krem.com/local_news/030106_groeneinterview. Also here is a link to Citizens for one strike law, which also has a poll. http://www.citizensforaonestrikelaw.org/.

ONGOING COVERAGE: GROENE INVESTIGATION Background: When three bodies were discovered at a North Idaho home on May 16, no one could anticipate the extent of the shocking story that would unfold. A weeks-long search for two missing children ended July 2 when 8-year-old girl Shasta Groene was discovered with a convicted sex offender at a Coeur d’Alene restaurant. Her 9-year-old brother, Dylan, was found dead at a remote Montana campsite. Joseph Edward Duncan III stands accused of committing these crimes.

STATELINE, Idaho (AP) - Well-wishers arrived on more than 500 Harley-Davidsons and other motorcycles to empty their pockets on behalf of the biker's daughter who survived a horrific abduction. About 1,000 people attended the six-hour benefit Sunday to aid Shasta Kay Groene, 8. Cash poured into a box at the front door of Cruiser's bar and grill, a biker hangout in this town just east of the Washington state line. Total receipts were not announced. ''I watched one guy walk up, open his wallet and dump everything but $5 into the box,'' said Prospect Bryce, who guarded the donation box...

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho - Despite a lengthy record as a violent sexual predator of children, Joseph Edward Duncan III was always able to make friends who paid his bills and lobbied for his early release from prison, The Spokesman-Review reported Friday. ADVERTISEMENT Duncan, 42, is jailed without bail on charges he beat three people to death in a scheme to kidnap two children for the purposes of sexual gratification. .... "He is open, honest and eager to move on with his life," one such supporter, David Woelfert of Lynnwood, Wash., wrote to parole officials in 1993. "He is no threat...

Horrible Monster The following is quoted directly from the e-mail I received at about five a.m. today, Thursday, July 14, 2005: After Duncan spent an afternoon and evening raping Dylan and Shasta over and over again(...)he decided to have some fun with the campfire. First, he put Shasta's hand into the fire, so she could feel the pain of fire. Then he put Dylan's hand into the fire so he could feel the pain of fire. Then he put Shasta's hand in the fire again. And then Dylan's. Then he drug Shasta's whole body right through the fire. Then he...

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press Writer 57 minutes ago Convicted sex offender Joseph Edward Duncan bragged to his 8-year-old captive during more than six weeks on the run, telling her how he used a shotgun and hammer to kill her family after staking out their home for days, court documents show. Shasta Groene remembered it all and has been providing authorities with details that are building a strong case against Duncan. Duncan was charged Tuesday with three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of first-degree kidnapping in the deaths of Shasta's mother Brenda Groene, 40, her brother Slade,...

Detective: Young Captive Remembered Every Detail of Attack on Her FamilyBy Nicholas K. Geranios Associated Press Writer Published: Jul 13, 2005 COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - Convicted sex offender Joseph Edward Duncan bragged to his 8-year-old captive during more than six weeks on the run, telling her how he used a shotgun and hammer to kill her family after staking out their home for days, court documents show. Shasta Groene remembered it all and has been providing authorities with details that are building a strong case against Duncan, according to the minutes and a recording of a closed-door probable-cause hearing....

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho - A convicted sex offender, already facing kidnapping charges in the abduction of two Idaho children, will be charged with murder in the slayings of three people found dead at the children's home, a prosecutor said Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT I'm a WomanMan seeking a ManWoman Age: to ZIP: The kidnapping charges against Joseph Edward Duncan III will be handled in federal court because the youngsters were taken across a state line, Kootenai County Prosecutor Bill Douglas said. Federal prosecution will follow the state's case, he said. Duncan, 42, is being held in the abduction of Dylan and Shasta...

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho — The human remains found in Montana last week belong to kidnapped Idaho boy Dylan Groene (search), DNA testing has shown, according to Capt. Ben Wolfinger of the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office. Wolfinger said in an e-mail that the FBI lab in Quantico, Va., had positively identified the remains. "Out of respect for the Groene family and to maintain the integrity of the investigation and prosecution of this matter, there will be no further comment regarding these results," Wolfinger wrote in the e-mail, adding that investigators continue to follow-up on other leads. Convicted sex offender Joseph Edward...

Then, we turn to the mystery in Idaho that has cops searching for a cold-blooded killer. Eight-year-old Shasta Groene, (search) who was kidnapped from the home where her mother and two others were killed, has been released from a hospital and is back at home with her dad. We’ll get an update on her condition from Steve Groene, who is still holding out hope that his missing son, Dylan, will be found alive. And former LAPD detective Mark Fuhrman gives us an inside look at rapist Joseph Duncan's (search) role in the mystery as he unravels this twisted tale. Plus,...

The convicted sex offender accused of kidnapping two children in Idaho wrote about a missing Minnesota girl on his Weblog, and investigators are now looking into whether he might have had anything to do with her disappearance. On his Internet diary, Joseph Edward Duncan III wrote in early 2004 that he was afraid he'd be blamed for the disappearance of 5-year-old Leanna "Beaner" Warner. The little girl was last seen June 14, 2003, after leaving her home in Chisholm, some 190 miles east of Fargo, N.D., where Duncan lived. Chisholm Police Chief Scott Erickson said Friday that investigators are trying...

BOISE, Idaho - Convicted sex offender Joseph Edward Duncan III spent months on the Internet documenting his internal struggle over right vs. wrong. Then, four days before two Idaho children he is accused of kidnapping disappeared, he wrote: "The demons have taken over." It was one of the last entries in Duncan's Weblog before the 42-year-old North Dakota man was arrested and charged this week with two kidnapping counts. Authorities believe he took 9-year-old Dylan Groene and 8-year-old Shasta Groene from their Idaho home shortly before their 13-year-old brother, mother and her boyfriend were bludgeoned to death May 15. Police...

A convicted sex offender accused of kidnapping 8-year-old Shasta Groene and her brother is also believed to be responsible for the May killings of three people at the family's home, authorities said Wednesday. "When we get the pieces together, we'll find out what the motive is," Kootenai County Sheriff's Capt. Ben Wolfinger said at a news conference. Joseph Edward Duncan III, 42, of Fargo, N.D., a fugitive from an earlier child molestation charge, was arrested Saturday at a Denny's restaurant with Shasta, believed to be the sole survivor of the attack and its aftermath. The bodies of Shasta's mother, older...

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho - An abducted 8-year-old girl told authorities that a violent sexual predator repeatedly molested her and her 9-year-old brother, who remains missing, according to court papers released Tuesday. Kootenai County Sheriff's Sgt. Brad Maskell wrote in the terse, handwritten document that both children "were repeatedly molested." Joseph Edward Duncan III, 42, of Fargo, N.D., was charged with two first-degree kidnapping counts and ordered held without bail. Duncan was shackled and appeared unshaven as he looked intently at the judge during a brief appearance via video link. The intent of the crimes, court documents said, was to rape,...

A newly discovered videotape shows Shasta Groene and her alleged abductor at a store hours before she was rescued, and an officer said Tuesday it looks as if the 8-year-old girl was trying to get someone to recognize her. Authorities said they had found human remains that might be her missing 9-year-old brother, Dylan. Dylan and Shasta had been missing since May 16, when the bound and bludgeoned bodies of their mother, older brother and mother's boyfriend were found at their rural home near here. Early Saturday, employees and customers spotted Shasta eating breakfast with Joseph Edward Duncan III, a...

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — Human remains have been found in western Montana during the search for missing 9-year-old Dylan Groene (search), the Kootenai County sheriff said Monday. The boy and his 8-year-old sister, Shasta Groene (search), disappeared