Creepazoid

There has been a case in the news recently (one, two, three) about a multiple murder of a family and how eight-year-old Shasta Groene was found at a Denny's eating with a man who turned out to be a registered sex offender. The man is Joseph Edward Duncan III and it turns out that he was a blogger. His blog -- Blogging the Fifth Nail was offline for a while but the Internet Archive has it from January of 2004 through February of 2005. The Blog itself seems to be back online with new material up to Friday May 13th. Link: Original Blog Link: Internet Archive capture of Original Blog This is one sick fuck. A post from August 1, 2004: (he has already spent time in Jail)

I dreamed again last night about being back in prison. This time it was the lack of companionship that seemed to be emphasized in the dream. In the dream I stood in the day room looking at the other inmates and felt terribly alone, and frustrated, because the inmates were for the most part a bunch of losers and I just didn't fit in. In the dream I was also transported to a juvenile jail. When I realized I was in a juvenile center I yelled at the guards, "This is wrong! I'm 40 years old, I don't belong here!" They said that I did, and there was no mistake. Weird.

A post from April 24th, 2005:

Yes, I am still alive. I honestly wish not, I just don�t know how to kill myself so it makes sense. Nothing makes sense to me right now. Last night I realized I was "scared and alone." Being scared doesn�t bother me as much as being alone, but it is a fate that I probably chose sometime before I was ever born because I�ve been making the decision to fight my battles alone since I was a small child. The current battle is of epic proportions (I do not make this claim idly either). It is a battle between me and my demons. Only two people in the world have a clue as to the power and nature of my demons (besides me) and they will probably never read this. But just the same, these demons are stronger than even I gave them credit for, and now they are taking my best blows and not even staggering. I�m afraid, very afraid. If they win then a lot of people will be badly hurt, and they�ve had their way before, so I know what they can do. I�ve been praying a lot and asking God for help. I�ve asked him to step in and intercede directly, because I see no other way at this point that I can win. If you are reading this, and you believe in God, please pray for God to help me defeat my demons. God has shown me the right choice, but my demons have me tied to a spit and the fire has already been lit. I don�t know if the right choice is even an option any more!

The last post on this website is on May 13, 2005. Shasta's mother, older brother and mother's boyfriend were discovered bound and bludgeoned to death on May 16. I hope that the Idaho Courts have a good sense of what "fry the bastard" means and the will to do it. Talk about being a great candidate for retroactive birth control...