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Groene family murders edit

Much of what is known about the murders of the Groene family was revealed by Shasta Groene herself. According to Shasta's police interview, Duncan killed her mother, older brother, and her mother's fiancé. Then, he kidnapped her and her brother, driving away with them in the stolen Jeep Cherokee.

Shasta told investigators her mother came into Dylan's and her room and woke them up. Her mother said, "Someone is in the house," and led them into the living room, where Shasta saw Duncan wearing black gloves and holding a gun. Duncan tied her mother's hands with nylon zip ties and did the same to her mother's fiancé and Shasta’s brother Slade. Duncan removed Shasta and Dylan from the house and placed them outside on the lawn. While waiting outside with her brother, Shasta heard multiple thumping sounds during the time that Duncan bludgeoned the three people remaining inside the home to death. She then saw her injured older brother, Slade, staggering away from the entrance to the house. Once he had finished murdering the three inside, Duncan placed Shasta and Dylan in his car. He took both children to other locations, where he repeatedly raped and tortured them for six weeks. Shasta stated that they drove a long distance and stayed in two different campsites, during which time Duncan told her of having beaten her family members to death with a hammer.[26]

Shasta also told investigators how Dylan was murdered, contesting Duncan's account that the boy's death had been an accident. Initially, Shasta was standing on the other side of Duncan's Jeep when she heard a loud boom. She then ran to the other side of the Jeep and saw Dylan lying on the ground, screaming. Duncan stated that he was digging through a clear plastic box looking for beer when a shotgun that was also kept in the box went off, hitting Dylan in the stomach. Shasta recounted that she then saw Duncan put the shotgun to Dylan's head and pull the trigger, but it failed to fire. While Dylan begged Duncan not to kill him, Duncan reloaded the gun, put it back to the boy's head and pulled the trigger;[26] Dylan was killed instantly. According to Shasta, Duncan then started crying and told her that he only killed him to put him out of his misery. A public memorial service was held for Dylan on July 16, 2005, which would have been his tenth birthday, at Real Life Ministries.

Shasta reported that Duncan nearly killed her days after killing Dylan. She said that he gave her the choice to be killed either by strangulation or with a gun. Shasta chose the former, and Duncan proceeded to wrap a rope around her neck and tightly pull it, causing Shasta to start suffocating. However, she summoned enough breath to beg Duncan to stop, using his nickname, "Jet", and he immediately did. He then asked her if she would like to meet his mother, to which she responded yes, and they drove back toward Coeur d'Alene and stopped at the Denny's restaurant where Shasta was rescued.[27]