After killing her, he again contacted police pleading: "God damn, will you find me? I just stabbed somebody with an ice pick. His next victim was Kimberly Compton, an 18-year-old student from Wisconsin on Jin neighboring Minneapolis. to report the attack, directing police to a location where "There is a girl hurt there." He was also suspected in the 1996 slayings of two half-sisters from Seattle.On December 31, 1980, Stephani beat Karen Potack in Saint Paul, Minnesota, inflicting severe wounds and brain injury. Also listed was, "I could go to prison for the rest of my life and never know what could have been," the prosecutor said in quoting Duncan's writings.ĭuncan's past was littered with arrests and prison time for crimes ranging from car theft to rape and molestation. Revenge on society, sexual gratification and having "no more cares" were all considered "pros" on Duncan's list, according to prosecutors. Before making that decision, he weighed the pros and cons of "living out his fantasy" on a computer spreadsheet. He was facing another potential prison term for allegedly molesting a little boy in Minnesota when he decided to jump bail and come to Idaho in 2005, the prosecution said at his trial. According to court records, he declined chemotherapy and radiation.ĭuncan had a long criminal past prior to the murders in Idaho and Montana. In court filings earlier this year, attorneys disclosed that Duncan underwent brain surgery last October and was diagnosed with glioblastoma, stage 4 brain cancer.
“While I would’ve liked to witness his execution, knowing he is now standing before God being held accountable for what he has done, what he did to my son, and the horrible crimes he committed to others, that’s the real justice," Anthony's father, Ernesto Martinez, said in a statement provided by prosecutors. He pleaded guilty and received a sentence of life in prison. Duncan, who is from Tacoma, Washington, was linked by DNA to the killing. Shasta Groene was the only survivor of the rampage and was rescued when Duncan stopped at a restaurant in Coeur d'Alene and the staff recognized the girl.įollowing that conviction, Duncan was extradited to Southern California to be tried for the death of 10-year-old Anthony Martinez of Riverside County in 1997.
Duncan kept the children at a remote campsite in western Montana for weeks before committing the murder. He kidnapped two children, Dylan and Shasta Groene, from the family’s home and tortured them in Montana before killing the boy. Joseph Edward Duncan died at the medical center near United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute, where he was on death row, according to a statement from prosecutors in Riverside County, California.ĭuncan, 58, had been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.ĭuncan was convicted of killing four members of a family from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, in 2005. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A convicted serial killer whose victims included two young boys died Sunday at a hospital in Indiana, authorities said.
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