Child-killer Duncan gets 6 life sentences
By Stacia Glenn on November 3, 2008 12:18 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) |
A federal judge in Idaho has sentenced convicted child killer Joseph Duncan, who is also wanted for the kidnapping and killing of a 10-year-old Beaumont boy, to three life prison terms for kidnapping and sexually abusing two children.
Those federal terms imposed today are in addition to three more life terms imposed the same day in state court for the murders of the children's mother, her fiance and the children's 13-year-old brother.
Duncan was sentenced to death in August for the 2005 kidnapping, sexual exploitation and murder of 9-year-old Dylan Groene (GROAN'-ee). The 45-year-old convicted pedophile also kidnapped the boy's younger sister.
Duncan was arrested weeks after the slayings and kidnappings and Dylan's sister was rescued when they turned up in a restaurant at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
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.
Anthony was snatched from outside his Beaumont home in 1997. His nude and battered body was found nearly a decade later in rural Indio.
Duncan did not become a suspect in Anthony's death until his 2005 arrest in Idaho, when he mentioned the boy's name.
A partial thumbprint found on duct tape used on Anthony matched Duncan, a 44-year-old drifter with a history of sex offenses dating back to when he was 17-years-old.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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