Update: Shasta Groene, 2 children found safe
Shasta Groene, a North Idaho woman who survived abduction and the murder of her family in 2005, has been found safe, according to a Facebook post by Nampa Police Saturday night.
In social media posts around 1:30 p.m. Saturday, police said Groene and her two children were missing. Just before 6:30 p.m., police reported that all three were found safe, and no more information about the incident would be released.
Here’s what police said earlier:
Groene, 22, was last seen with her two children, Lorenzo and Omari, on Friday at the Walmart on 12th Avenue between 3 and 6 p.m. Lorenzo and Omari are missing as well, according to police. Groene is considered missing/endangered.
Groene’s mother, stepfather and two brothers were killed by Joseph Duncan in 2005 in Coeur d’Alene. Duncan broke into the family’s home, killed her mother, stepfather and one brother and abducted Groene and another brother, Dylan. Duncan later killed Dylan in front of Groene.
Duncan was captured after he took Groene to a restaurant, where a waitress recognized her and called authorities, according to previous Statesman reporting.
Groene pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of injury to a child in 2018 and was sentenced to probation. According to court records, Groene left “methamphetamine where (a child) could ingest it, and that she also left the drug in close proximity to a month-old baby.”
If you have information on Groene or her children’s whereabouts, contact Nampa police at 208-465-2257.
This story was originally published February 23, 2019 at 3:00 PM.
