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Criminal Records - Most Wanted |
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Profile |
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Name: Dylan Groene
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Race: White |
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Age at Disappearance: 9 |
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Age Now: 12 |
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Weight: 60 lbs. |
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Hair (Color, Description, Facial Hair): Blond
Dylan has a short blond crew cut. |
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Eyes (Color and Correction): Blue |
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Wanted for :
Missing |
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Location(s) |
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Last Seen : Coeur d' Alene, ID
Both children were last seen at Interstate 90 and Frontage Road in Coeur D'Alene, ID. |
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Possible Location : Idaho |
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Last Known : Coeur d' Alene, ID |
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Traits |
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Case Story |
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Shasta Groene Found Alive |
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Seven weeks to the day after Shasta and Dylan Groene were reported missing, Shasta was seen cuddling in the arms of her father, while authorities said they had found human remains that were later identified as her missing 9-year-old brother.
"Unfortunately we believe Dylan to be deceased," Sheriff's Capt. Ben Wolfinger said after Watson's announcement. But until the remains are identified, they could not be certain, he said.
Dylan and Shasta, 8, had been missing since May 16, when the bound and bludgeoned bodies of their mother, older brother and mother's boyfriend were found at their rural home. Shasta was spotted by employees and customers eating breakfast with a man at a Denny's restaurant in Coeur d'Alene, Ida.
Officers arrested the man, Joseph Edward Duncan III, 42, on suspicion of kidnapping and other charges. Duncan, from Fargo, N.D., is a violent sexual predator who has spent much of his adult life in prison.
The sheriff's office released a photograph showing a smiling Shasta hugging her father Steve at Kootenai Medical Center. Another photo showed her holding a doll. The photos do not show any apparent injuries from her nearly six weeks of captivity.
"She's a much happier little girl right now," Wolfinger said, adding she was listed in good condition.
Officers have interviewed the girl a couple of times, but details of what happened to the children were agonizingly slow in coming. Duncan refused to cooperate, officials said.
Authorities have relied on information from Shasta, evidence from Duncan's stolen red Jeep Cherokee and some 100 new tips from the public in the search for the boy. The tips have poured in since photos of Duncan and the Jeep were released, and many are "vehicle-specific and Duncan-specific," Wolfinger said.
Watson said the remains were found at "one of the possible locations in western Montana," but did not elaborate about the site.
"Investigators continue to follow all of the other leads in this complex case," Watson said. "This case continues to be the No. 1 priority for all agencies involved."
Shasta has provided helpful information, but Wolfinger declined to say exactly what the girl was telling officers.
"It's a slow process with Shasta," he said. "We're taking that very slowly."
The children were declared missing when authorities arrived at their home May 16 and found the bodies of their mother, Brenda Groene, 40, brother Slade Groene, 13, and their mother's boyfriend, Mark McKenzie, 37.
Authorities believe Duncan and the children remained in the Northwest during the past seven weeks, but Wolfinger declined to say where. He also would not say if there was any evidence others were accompanying Duncan.
Steven Groene on Sunday night spoke publicly for the first time about being reunited with his daughter, and thanked the community for its support. He said his daughter was watching movies and had a vanilla shake and pancakes for breakfast.
"Shasta is doing very well and we all are very hopeful that Dylan will come home safely," he said. |
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Steven Groene: This Needs To Stop Here |
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In an outdoor news conference Steven Groene said, "This needs to stop here." He went on to say, "People like this should not be allowed in public." He was referring to Duncan, the man who was ultimately convicted of kidnapping his 8-year-old daughter Shasta.
Groene said Americans need to pressure lawmakers to protect children from people like Duncan, who is also suspected of murdering the family of the kidnapped children.
"These people are put in their positions by us, and they're supposed to be working for us, but they're not doing their jobs," Groene said of politicians. He added that "people need to get on their congressmen, senators and even the president" to stop convicted predators from preying on children.
Describing the trauma of his ordeal, Groene said: "This is still so incomprehensible that it's going to take a long time for us to realize what's happened."
"We need to get some laws changed," he said. "We need to do it quickly."
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