WOLF LODGE, Idaho – In 2005, then 8-year-old Shasta Groene was kidnapped alongside her brother Dylan. Their family: Mom Brenda, Slade, and Brenda's boyfriend Mark, were murdered at what became known as Wolf Lodge.
For seven weeks, Shasta and Dylan were held captive by Joseph Edward Duncan III, who forced the children to call him "Jet", in the Lolo National Forest near St. Regis. There, Shasta and Dylan were subjected to horrific physical abuse, culminating in Duncan shooting and killing 9-year-old Dylan.
After Dylan's murder, Duncan drove Shasta to Denny's, where on June 2, 2005, a waitress recognized her.
Shasta's story was everywhere, but some details were not shared.
20 years later, Out of the Woods changes that. In that book, author Gregg Olsen takes a deep dive into Shasta's li