Serial killer on federal death row dies at Indiana hospital

Joseph Duncan — Courtesy Kootenai County Sheriff's Department

March 28, 2021 6:05 PM

Published March 28, 2021 4:40 PM

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) - Authorities say a convicted serial killer whose victims included two young boys has died at a hospital in Indiana.

Joseph Edward Duncan was on federal death row. The 58-year-old had been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.

He was sentenced to death in 2008 following his conviction for the killing of 9-year-old Dylan Groene and three adults in Idaho.

Following that conviction, Duncan was extradited to Southern California to be tried for the death of 10-year-old Anthony Martinez of Riverside County in 1997.

Duncan pleaded guilty and received a sentence of life in prison.

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