The Riverside County Superior Court has appointed a special investigator on behalf of a convicted killer being tried for the murder of a 10-year-old Beaumont boy.
Judge David B. Downing appointed private investigator Enrique Tira for Joseph Edward Duncan during his upcoming capital trial.
Downing assigned the investigator to help Duncan prepare his defense, subpoena victims and collect evidence. Tira is being paid $75 per hour by the county without a cap, according to court records.
Duncan is representing himself on Riverside County charges for the 1997 kidnapping and killing of Anthony Martinez, who was taken from his Beaumont home. His body was found nearly two weeks later bound with duct tape and beaten with a rock.
Duncan has already received three death sentences and nine life terms for killing a family of four in Idaho. According to court records, he has confessed to Anthony's killing, but pleaded not guilty.
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