Abductee: She and brother molested
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COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho - An abducted 8-year-old girl told authorities that a violent sexual predator repeatedly molested her and her 9-year-old brother, who remains missing, according to court papers released Tuesday.

Kootenai County Sheriff's Sgt. Brad Maskell wrote in the terse, handwritten document that both children ''were repeatedly molested.''

Shasta Groene also told authorities that her abductor tied up her family before she and her 9-year-old brother were taken away in a pickup truck, according to court papers released Tuesday.

The affidavit makes no mention of the savage beating deaths of the abducted children's mother, older brother and mother's boyfriend, or whether the girl witnessed the killings.

Joseph Edward Duncan III, 42, of Fargo, N.D., was charged with two first-degree kidnapping counts and ordered held without bail. Duncan was shackled and appeared unshaven as he looked intently at the judge during a brief appearance via video link.

The intent of the crimes, court documents said, was to rape, seriously injure or commit a lewd and lascivious act on a child under 16 years old. Convictions can carry the death penalty or life in prison.

Shasta and Dylan Groene vanished May 16, when the bodies of their mother, older brother and mother's boyfriend were found at their rural home. Early on Saturday, the girl was spotted eating breakfast with Duncan in Coeur d'Alene.

Authorities on Tuesday continued to wait for DNA test results of human remains found in western Montana earlier this week that may be those of the 9-year-old boy, who authorities believe is dead. Those results are expected to take three days.

Duncan has refused to cooperate with authorities.

In Idaho: Court papers recount what the girl told officials; tests pending on remains that may be boy
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