See below for the background, and previous stories.

The sickness continues as the details of what Shasta Groene endured some to light.

Not only did she see her brother killed (shot) but she had to listen to her kidnapper rapist talk about other killings.

In a motion to suppress evidence, the details emerge:

Shooting details revealed at Duncan hearing

Judge hears testimony on motion to suppress evidence

The night she was rescued from killer Joseph Duncan, young Shasta Groene gave such a vivid description of Duncan’s killing of her brother, Dylan, that it left little doubt that 9-year-old Dylan was dead.

Nevertheless, authorities anxiously hunted for Dylan out of fear he might still be alive. Kootenai County Sheriff’s Detective Sgt. Brad Maskell said Duncan earlier had left both children chained to a tree in the forest and “our concern was that that situation still existed.”

Maskell was cross-examined Tuesday by defense attorney Thomas Monaghan in federal court in Boise. Duncan’s defense team is trying to suppress evidence gathered using search warrants issued shortly after Shasta’s rescue for a computer and other items in Duncan’s vehicle.

Monaghan told the courtroom Tuesday, “She (Shasta Groene) had reported that Mr. Duncan had killed D.G. (Dylan Groene) by shooting him two times. And the first shot was described by her as an accident.”

Maskell said that was correct.

“But the second shot, she talked about … how it struck the young man’s head and gave a very vivid description of what that did to him,” the attorney said, adding that he didn’t want to be too graphic.

I suppose at some point that sick bastard will claim it was a mercy killing for an accidental gunshot wound?

Duncan told Shasta he killed other children

Young Shasta Groene told authorities that killer Joseph Duncan, during the weeks he held her captive at a remote Montana campsite, described killing at least three other children – a tip that prompted authorities to investigate Duncan as a possible serial killer.

In federal court hearings Tuesday and today, documents submitted into evidence and testimony from law enforcement witnesses showed that the 8-year-old girl, just hours after her rescue from Duncan on July 2, 2005, told police about Duncan’s possible prior crimes.

Sick bastard seem grossly insufficient.  I cannot begin to describe this man in any measurable terms.

As before, I pray Shasta is able to put this trauma behind her.

And I hope he rots in hell.

 Previously:

Suffer the little children part 2

Suffer the little children part 2 (revisited): Joseph Duncan Pleads guilty to 10 Federal charges

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