A couple of weeks ago, a couple of young children, a brother and sister by the name of Groene, were kidnapped in the town of Couer De Lane, Idaho, and taken from their home while their mother, step-father, and brother were brutally murdered. The three of them were beaten to death. According to the latest forensic evidence the two youngest children, Shasta (aged 8) and her nine-year old brother, left no evidence that they were murdered-at least not at the same time, nor place. And so, hope is still being held out that the two children are still alive. But in all such cases, with the pasing of time, hope grows dimmer.
What is seldom if ever mentioned in all the news reports on the subject, at least insofar as I have ever noticed, is the history of Couer De Lane. In the not so distant past, up until just a few years ago, the town had the dubious distinction of being a haven for white supremacists. They were a quite controversial element of the society of the town, and were eventually run out on the figurative rail. But they had their following. They held parades in the town, which were the subjects of protests and controversies, yet it has to be noted, there had to have been an element of support in the town for the controversy to begin. So, what happened to them? I have been in theprocess of researching the subject , but as yet have no clear answer. Their leader was an old man, in ill health, and there was a lawsuit which resulted in the groups compound being taken. But, still, they had to go somewhere. I doubt that they went that far, nor do I doubt that they disbanded all together.
Add to this the mystery of the family's apparent involvement with methamphetamines, traces of which were found in the bodies of the two murdered adults, the mother and step-father, and a possible scenario presents itself. Being debt-ridden, to the tune of thousands of dollars, to their suppliers, they themselves presented the option or selling the two youngest children in lieu of paying off their sizable debt. The purchase was agreed upon, but this presented a problem to the drug pushers. The parents would have to report the children as missing, and these numbnuts would obviously raise enough suspicion to warrant a full fledged investigation, and would probably crack and spill the beans. The pushers would be in a position to lose a great deal if that were to occur. They couldn't take that kind of a chance. And so, after getting the children to a place of safety, they returned later in the night or early morning hours, and murdered the three. But why so brutally? Well, why not? After all, they had to leave an impression, had to leave a message. You mess with us, you welch out on paying us what you owe, this is what you get. Which, in that cae, would mean that there are people in Couer De Lane who have a pretty good idea of who the perpetrators might be. But nobody is talking. Especially about drugs. And they don't want anybody in the media talking about drugs, either. The father of the children, as well as other family members, made that all too pain, and complained about the drug questions by the media, live, on cable news outlets.
They don't want to focus on peoples past faults, they explain. Just like nobody seems to want to draw a connection to Coeur De lane's white supremacist recent past. It has never been mentioned, as I said before. But who else would take two small children, while slaughtering the rest? Maybe, just maybe, they were not taken for nefarious purpses of the sex-slave trade. maybe the people who murdered the otehr three, including a thirteen year old boy, the other childrens' brother, had just enough of a heart to want to see to their welfare, and try to provide a decent home, maybe in Canada. Some place where they would be in a clean, wholesome, drug-free environment. Yeah, that would be good.
