Idaho girl missing for 6 weeks found alive

[WolfDawg]

CNN) -- An 8-year-old Idaho girl, missing more than six weeks, has been found alive and police have arrested a 42-year-old sex offender, a sheriff's department official said Saturday.

Shasta Groene was found at a Denny's restaurant in Coeur d'Alene at about 2 a.m. (4 a.m. ET), a spokesman for the Kootenai County (Idaho) Sheriff's Department said.

Shasta's brother, 9-year-old Dylan, has not been located, but her great aunt, Sue Torres, told CNN that "Shasta's probably going to take us to him."

Kootenai County Sheriff's Department spokesman Capt. Ben Wolfinger said Shasta was accompanied by Joseph Edward Duncan III, a registered sex offender, who was being questioned by investigators.

Wolfinger said Duncan -- who has a Fargo, North Dakota, address -- was charged with kidnapping and there were two out-of-state warrants for Duncan.

Shasta is at the Kootenai Medical Center, a hospital spokeswoman told CNN. Wolfinger said she was taken to the hospital "as a precautionary measure" and appeared "to be in generally good health."

The children have been missing since May 16, when their mother, a brother and the mother's boyfriend were found beaten to death in the mother's home.

A memorial service was held May 25 for 40-year-old Brenda Groene and 13-year-old Slade Groene.

Authorities said they and 37-year-old Mark McKenzie died from blunt-force trauma to the head. The last time they were seen was May 15, when they had a Sunday get-together with friends at the home.

Police have said they have no suspects in the deaths or the children's disappearance.

"We've always believed that if they were going to kill everybody in the house, they would have killed them and left them there," Wolfinger said in May. "But they didn't."

Authorities are offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to the return of the children or information that could lead to those responsible for their abduction. In addition, Kootenai County posted a $7,500 reward. (Full story)

An Amber Alert initially was issued for the children but was canceled because of the lack of new information in the case for five days.

Authorities described Dylan as 4 feet tall, 60 pounds, with crew-cut blond hair and blue eyes.



First off I want to say I am very happy this little girl is alive and safe now.

Next I want to rant about how these goddamn mother f**king child rapers are EVER let out after the first time they're caught. Screw that why are they allowed to live!

These sick F***s should be put down like a rabid dog, every time you turn around you see a story of some goddamned known child molester taking another kid. And then the F'ing libs are sticking up for them and complaining about things like sex offender registration.

They need to just off these bastards and take anyone who supports them and rape them in the ass with a shovel handle till they change their mind.

I'm pissed off.