How was the fate of the kidnapping victim that all of America saved

The woman who built the house after being kidnapped and harassed while she was still a child is fighting to leave the house to her father, who has cancer.

Shasta Groene in May 2005 was only 8 years old when Joseph Duncan beat his mother Brenda, her stepfather Mark and Snad's 13-year-old brother Slad in Ker-d'Alene, Idaho, to death.

Duncan then hid with Shasta and her 9-year-old brother Dylan for two months. During this time, a man repeatedly raped a girl. In the end, Dylan was killed, and Shasta was rescued after the waitress recognized her and the kidnapper and called the police.

Duncan was originally sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. But then he was charged for individual articles in a federal court, and the sentence for these charges led to his being sentenced to death. He is trying to appeal this decision.

After a severe trial, the members of the community where Shasta lived collected money to build a house for her, which for the next years was maintained by a trust registered in her name. She and her father, Steve Grone, moved into a home in 2007, when she was 10 years old.

Now the trust is trying to evict Steve, who is fighting cancer of the throat. The reason for the eviction is the relocation of Shasta, who is now 21 year, in Boise.

One of the three trustees, Midge Smock, said Friday that the trust had cashed all of his other investments and had to sell the house in order to continue supporting Shasta. The trust also pays for renting a property for Shasta in Boise and for her training at the nursing school in Nampa.

“She hasn’t lived there in years,” Smoke said. “To provide for her, we must profit from her only asset!”

But in a notarized letter, Shasta asked the trust to allow her father to remain in the property.

“I have always believed that this is our home, not just mine or the trust’s, and I want my father to continue living there as long as he wants,” the letter said. - In exchange, I will release the trust and its trustees from any obligations it has to me as a beneficiary of the trust. "I am extremely grateful for the support of the community through the trust, but I no longer need that support and would prefer my father to have a place to live."

“I could be homeless in three weeks,” her father added.

House area 1300 square. feet in 2323 E. French Gulch Road costs about $ 240 000.

A judge is expected to rule on whether Steve, who lives on unemployment benefits of less than $1000 a month, can stay in the house.

In accordance with court documents, the trust covered all property taxes, maintenance costs, utilities and insurance.

They asked Steve to start making $ 600 per month for renting or leaving the house and letting him rent for $ 1200 dollars per month or sell it.

The deadline is August 31st.

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