Serial Killer Joseph Duncan III (Crime Documentary)
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Joseph Edward Duncan III is an American convicted serial rapist, killer, and pedophile most infamous for the 2005 murders of several members of the Groene family and abductions of the two youngest children, one of which he later killed.
Duncan was born on February 25, 1963, in Tacoma, Washington, where he was raised. In 1978 he committed his first known sex crime, raping a nine-year-old boy at gunpoint, which he was arrested for. The following year, he was arrested again for driving a stolen car. Sentenced as a juvenile, he was sent to Dyslin's Boys' ranch, where he was assigned to hold meetings with a therapist. Released after a few months, Duncan stole several guns from a neighbor in 1980, later abducting, raping, and sodomizing a 14-year-old boy at gunpoint, later getting caught and sentenced to twenty years in prison. In 1994, fourteen years after his sentencing, he was paroled under the condition that he would not engage in any interaction with minors.
Initially sent to a halfway house, Duncan began living in other locations in the Seattle, Washington area, and eventually violated his parole two years later, being arrested for marijuana usage and firearm possession. He was sent to jail for a full month but was paroled again, with newer restrictions. During his parole, it is believed that he murdered ten-year-old Anthony Michael Martinez of Indio, California, in 1997, as well as his alleged and suspected victims. On March 31, 1997, Duncan violated his parole again by stealing his girlfriend's car and traveled abroad, but was later arrested on August 27 at his half-sister's house in Kansas City, Missouri, and returned to prison. However, he was again released from prison, on July 14, 2000, for good behavior, and Duncan moved to Fargo, North Dakota. On July 3, 2004, Duncan molested a boy at a Detroit Lakes, Minnesota playground and tried to do the same to the boy's friend, for which he would be arrested and charged with on March 2005. A Fargo businessman who was an acquaintance of Duncan's helped him post his $15,000 bail, and Duncan was released from custody on April 5.
Sometime before skipping bail, Duncan apparently made travel plans. According to police investigations, he first stopped by at a Wal-Mart to buy night-vision goggles and a video camcorder. Then, he rented a red 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee on April 15, which he used to travel through parts of Missouri. On April 27, he stole a set of license plates from another vehicle in in Missouri's Newton County, and a week later, on May 4, the Jeep was reported as a stolen vehicle. On June 1, a federal warrant was issued for Duncan's arrest for not showing up at his trial. At that point, he had taken Interstate 90, either through South Dakota or Wyoming, and headed west into Idaho. There, he stopped at the Wolf Lodge area, approximately eight miles west of Coeur d'Alene, for unspecified reasons.
Duncan was born on February 25, 1963, in Tacoma, Washington, where he was raised. In 1978 he committed his first known sex crime, raping a nine-year-old boy at gunpoint, which he was arrested for. The following year, he was arrested again for driving a stolen car. Sentenced as a juvenile, he was sent to Dyslin's Boys' ranch, where he was assigned to hold meetings with a therapist. Released after a few months, Duncan stole several guns from a neighbor in 1980, later abducting, raping, and sodomizing a 14-year-old boy at gunpoint, later getting caught and sentenced to twenty years in prison. In 1994, fourteen years after his sentencing, he was paroled under the condition that he would not engage in any interaction with minors.
Initially sent to a halfway house, Duncan began living in other locations in the Seattle, Washington area, and eventually violated his parole two years later, being arrested for marijuana usage and firearm possession. He was sent to jail for a full month but was paroled again, with newer restrictions. During his parole, it is believed that he murdered ten-year-old Anthony Michael Martinez of Indio, California, in 1997, as well as his alleged and suspected victims. On March 31, 1997, Duncan violated his parole again by stealing his girlfriend's car and traveled abroad, but was later arrested on August 27 at his half-sister's house in Kansas City, Missouri, and returned to prison. However, he was again released from prison, on July 14, 2000, for good behavior, and Duncan moved to Fargo, North Dakota. On July 3, 2004, Duncan molested a boy at a Detroit Lakes, Minnesota playground and tried to do the same to the boy's friend, for which he would be arrested and charged with on March 2005. A Fargo businessman who was an acquaintance of Duncan's helped him post his $15,000 bail, and Duncan was released from custody on April 5.
Sometime before skipping bail, Duncan apparently made travel plans. According to police investigations, he first stopped by at a Wal-Mart to buy night-vision goggles and a video camcorder. Then, he rented a red 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee on April 15, which he used to travel through parts of Missouri. On April 27, he stole a set of license plates from another vehicle in in Missouri's Newton County, and a week later, on May 4, the Jeep was reported as a stolen vehicle. On June 1, a federal warrant was issued for Duncan's arrest for not showing up at his trial. At that point, he had taken Interstate 90, either through South Dakota or Wyoming, and headed west into Idaho. There, he stopped at the Wolf Lodge area, approximately eight miles west of Coeur d'Alene, for unspecified reasons.