Duncan Targeted Other Families With Children?

One of the items seized from his vehicle after Joseph Edward Duncan III was arrested with Shasta Groene at an Idaho restaurant was a GPS device on which he had marked several points of interest. Several of the locations marked on the GPS were homes, including a daycare center, at which play equipment was in the yard.

Jurors for Duncan's federal death-penalty hearing heard testimony about several GPS locations marked on the device.

After fleeing Fargo, North Dakota where he was living while facing child molestation charges in Minnesota, Duncan stole a Jeep Cherokee in Minnesota and headed westward. As he traveled, he marked on the GPS device locations that he visited.

Tracing the locations, the FBI found that one location, 25 miles north of Casper, Wyoming, was also marked with writing on a rock: "Deep in my dunjun, I welcome you her, 366231." The FBI said 366231 was Duncan's inmate number while serving a prison sentence in Washington State.

Description of a Massacre

Between Fargo and Montana, Duncan marked seven homes, including a daycare center. All were in rural areas, had play equipment in the yard and were visible from a major highway nearby, jurors were told.

That description also fits the home of Dylan and Shasta Groene in Idaho.

Also jurors were told about a post that Duncan made to his Internet blog before he decided to flee from Fargo. It said: "I am scared, alone and confused, and my reaction is to strike out toward the perceived source of my misery, society. My intent is to harm society as much as I can, then die."

See Also:
Duncan: "My Intent Is to Harm Society"

Background:
The Trial of Joseph Edward Duncan

Forum:
Discuss The Duncan Case

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