"Authorities think sex offender responsible for 3 Idaho deaths"

[XanaDUer]

Nicholas K. Geranios, Associated Press
July 7, 2005 IDAHO0707


COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -- 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 brother and mother's boyfriend were found May 16, bound and bludgeoned at the home outside Coeur d'Alene, and authorities have said they believe her 9-year-old brother, Dylan, also is dead.

http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/5493663.html

[livetohike]

1. Do you think he acted alone?

I can't imagine that he overpowered three people in the home and beat them to death.

This is a sad story. I don't know how Shasta will recover from this. Poor little girl.

[XanaDUer]

2. No.

I often wonder if Son of Sam acted alone, as well.