Sentencing date set for child molester, suspect in Beaumont homicide

By Mike Cruz on September 4, 2008 1:43 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

A federal judge has set the sentencing date for convicted child molester Joseph Edward Duncan III in an federal capital case in Idaho for later this fall.

Duncan is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 3 on a jury's recommendation of the death penalty for the 2005 kidnapping, torture and murder of a northern Idaho boy, according to federal court records. Jurors deliberated only three hours before reaching their decision.

Riverside County prosecutors have been waiting for their chance to prosecute Duncan on charges stemming from the 1997 abduction and death of 10-year-old Anthony Martinez, of Beaumont.

Here's some of the past coverage by the Associated Press of the federal trial in Idaho:

Duncan gets death penalty.

Witnesses outline killer pedophile's life in Washington.

Jury says Beaumont suspect eligible for death in Idaho.

Duncan jurors cry at video evidence.

Duncan jury sees tape of survivor interview.

Duncan told mother he had evil in his heart, witness says.