slayings
Apr 19 2008, AP

It’s been nearly three years since Joseph Edward Duncan III kidnapped two young siblings at their home after killing their parents and older brother. Shasta and Dylan Groene were whisked away to western Montana, where they were tortured, raped and Dylan was slain.

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This image provided by the Rains County Jail shows Erin Caffey as she was being booked. A judge ruled Wednesday June 25, 2008 that teenager Erin Caffey will be tried as an adult in a family slaying in which her mother and two younger brothers were killed...