Further reading for Joseph Edward Duncan III/ Fred Neulander
The Rabbi and the Hit Man: A True Tale of Murder, Passion, and the Shattered Faith of a Congregation
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Joseph Duncan is one of those truly disgusting individuals who once taken in to custody should never be let out, there is no reform, no remorse. He is just a terrible human being who brings nothing of good to the world.
Joesph E Duncan’s crimes began in 1980 in Tacoma, Washington at the age of 15 when he sexually assaulting a young boy at gun point. The following year, after being arrested for driving a stolen car, he was sent to Dyslin’s Boys Ranch, in Tacoma, where he purportedly told a therapist assigned to his case that he had bound and sexually assaulted six boys and that by the time he was 16 he believed he had raped at 13 younger boys.
Tacoma, 1980, Duncan was arrested for stealing a neighbors gun and raping a 14 year old boy at gunpoint, it was this crime that would get him a prison sentence of 20 years. Sadly, and disgustingly he was released on parole after service just 14 of those years.
It was May of 2005 that Duncan kidnapped a little girl, Shasta, and her brother, Dylan, he murdered their mother, her mothers boyfriend and her 13 year old older brother in their home. About 7 weeks after the discovery of the bodies, Shasta was found in a restaurant with Duncan, she told the police that Duncan was bringing her back to her father because she had changed his mind about killing her as she had taught him how to love. Dylan’s remains were found in a remote area a few days later and Duncan was charged with all of their murders.
A Rabi, a mistress and a hitman…..
If only it ended with, “walked into a bar”
Fred Neulander was a Rabi in NJ, now faces the death penalty for hiring a hitman to murder his wife. At the time of his wife’s murder Neulander had been carrying out a two year affair with a local radio personality, the two had met at her husbands bedside as he lay dying. Neulander then officiated the mans funeral.
Having been in a no longer happy marriage, Nuelander wanted to be able to have a relationship with his lady friend, but was feared that divorce would bring about too much embarrassment and he might lose his status as a Rabi. So hiring a hitman seemed then only way to go.
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