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Serial killer on federal death row dies at Indiana hospital

Suspected Kidnapper Joseph Duncan Arraigned COEUR D'ALENE, ID - JULY 5: Joseph Edward Duncan III appears at his video arraignment from the Kootenai County jail on two counts of kidnapping in the first degree July 5, 2005 in Coeur d' Alene, Idaho. Idaho District Court judge Scott Wayman (inset) set no bail on the charges of Duncan's kidnapping of Shasta Groene and Dylan Groene. Dylan Groene is persumed dead. (Photo by Jeff T. Green/Getty Images) (Jeff T. Green)

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Authorities say a convicted serial killer whose victims included two young boys has died at a hospital in Indiana.

Joseph Edward Duncan was on federal death row.

The 58-year-old had been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.

He was sentenced to death in 2008 following his conviction for the killing of 9-year-old Dylan Groene and three adults in Idaho.

Following that conviction, Duncan was extradited to Southern California to be tried for the death of 10-year-old Anthony Martinez of Riverside County in 1997.

Duncan pleaded guilty and received a sentence of life in prison.

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