What is Joseph E. Duncan III?
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox murderer | name = Joseph E. Duncan III | image = | birthname = Joseph Edward Duncan III | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1963|2|25}} | birth_place = [[Tacoma, Washington]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|3|28|1963|2|25}} | death_place = [[Terre Haute, Indiana]], U.S. | victims = 7 | country = [[United States]] | states = [[Idaho]], [[California]] (convicted)<br>[[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]] (confessed) | beginyear = 1996 | endyear = 2005 | apprehended = {{start date and age|2005|7|2}} | sentence = [[Capital punishment by the United States federal government|Death]] (federal)<br> [[Life imprisonment]] (Idaho, California) | imprisoned = [[United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute]] }} '''Joseph Edward Duncan III''' (February 25, 1963 &ndash; March 28, 2021) was an [[Americans|American]] convicted [[serial killer]] and [[child molester]]. He was on [[death row]] in federal prison for the 2005 kidnappings and murders of members of the Groene family of [[Coeur d'Alene, Idaho]]. He was also serving 11 [[consecutive]] sentences of [[life imprisonment|life without parole]] for the Groene muders and the 1997 murder of Anthony Martinez of [[Beaumont, California]].<ref name=SeaTimes20080828>{{cite web|last=Boone|first=Rebecca|title=Duncan sentenced to death|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008143479_duncan28.html|newspaper=[[The Seattle Times]]|publisher=[[The Seattle Times Company]]|location=Seattle, Washington|access-date=March 17, 2011|date=August 28, 2008}}</ref> Duncan confessed to — but has not been charged with — the 1996 murder of two girls, Sammiejo White and Carmen Cubias, in [[Seattle]].<ref name=KOMO_20110315>{{cite web|title=Idaho killer Duncan pleads guilty to 1997 Calif. murder|url=http://www.komonews.com/news/local/118044069.html|publisher=KOMO-TV|access-date=March 16, 2011|location=Seattle, Washington|date=March 15, 2011|archive-date=March 18, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110318021004/http://w