FBI investigators in Anchorage, Alaska, believe Keyes killed 11 people between 2001 and 2012, and five of the murders happened while he was living in Neah Bay. Keyes then strangled Lorraine Currier and left the couple in the basement of the abandoned farmhouse. And Keyes has to go back downstairs in order to restrain him again. We ended up hearing a confession. It was just random.". He spent most of the next six years living on the reservation with her and their child, working in the parks and recreation department for the tribal authority. On that trip, Keyes stayed at a hotel in Essex, Vermont. ISRAEL KEYES [audio interview, October 22, 2012]: I remember the name. Peter Van Sant: Any idea who this person may be? He chose the Essex, Vermont, couple to kill for no reason beyond . She is a female registered to vote in Clallam County, Washington. Today there are roughly 1500 living in and around Neah Bay. Police say she was abducted from an Anchorage coffee stand in February and killed by Israel Keyes. A short time after this happened, the house ended up being demolished. We know that he rented a single-person kayak in Healdsburg near a campground during that time in 2007. Dezarae Smith: He was very quiet, very lonerish, standoffish. Peter Van Sant: And what was your reaction to that? The FBI said Keyes sought many of his victims while hiking and camping. When he was 3 or 4, the family settled in the woods outside Colville, Washington a remote hamlet in the northeastern part of the state. He stopped in the middle of the crime to smoke a cigar in the backyard, wet from a rainstorm. While he was living there, Keyes committed his first homicide, according to the timeline. Keyes former partner and daughter still live on the Makah reservation, tribal members said. Peter Van Sant: When he was asked about whether he'd killed anyone in Canada, what he'd say? It was kind of a rant. Special Agent Jolene Goeden: Yes. Keyes didn't return until two weeks later. He left Koenigs body in a shed outside his Anchorage home for two weeks, according to the FBI. And when he asks the driver for identification. 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Special Agent Jolene Goeden: He's very quickly in the house. "The things I've done I don't feel bad about them," Keyes told the investigators. When it hit the papers, [about Keyes confessing in Anchorage to being serial killer], everybody was going like, Wow, I cant believe it, Lovik said. But that didn't happen. He told investigators about a cache of potential body disposal toolshe had secreted along a bank of Eagle River. But Keyes' road trips weren't limited to the U.S. Special Agent Katherine Nelson: In 2007, he drove along the Alcan Highway by himself for about a week of that year. It's been several years since Israel Keyes killed himself. They have spent eight years investigating his life and crimes in Washington, searching for more victims. He had developed a certain intimacy with his interrogators. They were under pressure to produce names and locations of the people Keyes claimed to have killed. - I was just convinced that I had screwed up that time in Oregon because you know, I I let her go. Mia Lovik (Parents: Lars and Megan Lovik) plans to attend Washington State University to pursue a Bachelor's degree in history and education. And they kind of lived apart from society. He wanted the death penalty and told investigators he had no "long-term interest in survival" in prison. Special Agent Jolene Goeden: The race is on because we still don't have Samantha. As the hours piled up in the interrogation room, Keyes grew more at ease discussinghow he fantasized and planned killings in the midst of an otherwise ordinary seeming life in Anchorage. Then, in December of 2012, Keyes killed himself at the Anchorage jail. It looks like an abduction. It took the FBI's dive team 10 hours to recover Samantha's body. But as meticulous as Keyes was in covering his tracks, he slipped up leaving behind a fingerprint on an ammunition case. Five years later, questions about the true scope of Keyes' killing remain. But give me a card . Special Agent Jolene Goeden: He has a covering over his face, dark clothing, he has gloves on his hands. Callahan's book about Keyes, "A Dark Night in Alaska: The Hunt for the Perfect Serial Killer," will be published in 2019. Investigators scrambled to learn everything they could about Israel Keyes, the man. Copyright 2002 - 23 Drennan & Ford Funeral Home and Crematory. He described pouring Drano on the bodies before packing them into garbage bags. 5060, or at pgottlieb@peninsuladailynews.com. And it was completely impassable throughout most of the winter. John Smith: So, one specific conversation about killing a deer, he said that the initial shot didn't kill it. Israel Keyes, then 18, lived in the area at the time. 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He let them put on slippers rather than walk across broken glass as he led them to their car, which he would use to take them to an abandoned farmhouse. Peter Van Sant: Do you think her assailant said, "Turn off the lights"? To the best of their knowledge, none of Keyes victims lived in Clallam or Jefferson counties, Clallam County Sheriff Bill Benedict and Jefferson County Sheriff Tony Hernandez said Tuesday. It's unclear if the investigators located the victim. Keyes wouldn't say. Investigators believe that Keyes killed and buried a victim in upstate New York in April 2009. During this time, Keyes resolved to act on his fantasies of killing strangers, he told the investigators. We wanted him to answer for what he did. The first step will be a demonstration planting Wednesday and Thursday on Colby Avenue. But Keyes' motivation wasn't regular. Broken glass from the interior garage door where Israel Keyes broke into the Currier's home in Vermont. The victims identity is not known, and neither is the location of the murder. He was 20. . The FBI documents said Keyes frequented prostitutes during his travels and killed an unidentified couple in Washington state sometime between July 2001 and 2005. They lived in a house with an attached garage that would be easy to enter. Special Agent Jolene Goeden: He drew a series of 11 skulls. Keyes also told investigators in Alaska that he killed four people in Washington, but names and details were lacking, according to an FBI news release. "I wasn't violent enough.". Feldman was last seen alive on April 8, 2009 at her residence in Hackensack, New Jersey. And he teased his interrogators with details of other murders: ISRAEL KEYES [audio interview]: I'll tell you about everything. When it hit the papers, [about Keyes confessing in Anchorage to being serial killer], everybody was going like, Wow, I cant believe it, Lovik said. Nothing stands out, really, about them. FBI, Peninsula Daily News and The Associated Press. "I don't like to litter.". Michelle Tasker: We just got up and just ran. And everybody took off to the park. . At the entryway, he cut the grass, put a sign up, and went through the village putting out plants and flowers and things.. He was never charged with the crime. Schooled at home and cut off from the outside world, Keyes was socially awkward. When he killed himself in jail, the 34-year-old Keyes was awaiting a federal trial in the rape and strangulation murder of 18-year-old Samantha Koenig, who was abducted February 2012 from the Anchorage coffee stand where she worked. The Everett Museum of History celebrated Dan Bates and Julie Muhlstein, whose work often highlighted local history. U.S. ATTORNEY KEVIN FELDIS: So, give me something to work with. Stalking through the woods. But without a guarantee of death, Keyes was reluctant to say anything more: ASST. "It won't be easy by any means. Didn't touch it. And the photo, which has not been made public, was of Samantha holding a newspaper. 111 $$ - $$$ American. ", Then, finally, after three agonizing weeks . Peter Van Sant: So, he would pre-position these caches and then when the urge came upon him, if he happened to be in that state, he had his tools of destruction ready to go. Later, heslipped intothe cabins of neighbors to steal guns, which he secreted in a cache in the family home. "I made up my mind I was never going to let that happen again," he said. Weve exhausted all our investigative leads, Gonzalez said. That's what this case is about. Frank Russo: Sure. After he became a father he "tried to avoid situations" that might end with him hurting a child. He wanted to shield his daughter from that, he said. Keyes former partner and daughter still live on the Makah reservation, tribal members said. Keyes often shopped at Washburn General Store in Neah Bay, owner Greg Lovik said. ISRAEL KEYES [video Interrogation]: Can you give me like, an hour on the internet, maybe? A security camera captured her abduction, and unusual activity on her ATM card led police to Keyes, then 4,000 miles away in Texas. On Dec. 2, 2012, Keyes asserted his final act of control, strangling and slashing himself to death in his cell at the Cook Inlet Pretrial Facility. Keyes told agents he weighed down at least one body with anchors and dumped it from a boat into 100 feet of water in Lake Crescent, 18 miles west of Port Angeles. Peter Van Sant: Is there a sense that there may be a body somewhere near that river? Several school districts delayed classes after 1 or 2 inches fell in most areas. Oxygen Insider is your all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more. All rights reserved. Peter Van Sant: And what happens down there? Keyes killed himself by slitting one of his wrists and strangling himself with bedding, police said. Peter Van Sant: Tell me about Wyoming. "But I'll never give up trying.". It was then that he posted the ransom note and texted Samantha's boyfriend, knowing she was already dead. Peter Van Sant: Have you ever seen something like that before? "He also told us about a couple in Washington state, another victim in that area, and possibly. Senior Staff Writer Paul Gottlieb can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. She tried to fight him. ASST. Even after his arrest, Keyes attempted to shield his daughter from the murders, telling investigators that he was worried about the effect his confession would have on her. And he said, "Well, I took them home and ate 'em." In some of the interviews, Keyes seemed relieved to be talking about his hidden life. They found it, based on Keyes' directions. He remembered,He would come in to work and brag about his daughter. Bill and Lorraine Currier were chosen at random by Israel Keyes and abducted from their Essex, Vermont, home on June 8, 2011. U.S. ATTORNEY KEVIN FELDIS [video interrogation]: And you had told us it wasn't long when you got out of the military that you killed somebody and it was that sort of feeling that you needed to do something. Yes. PORT ANGELES FBI agents have linked 11 killings to admitted serial killer Israel Keyes, including five murders from 2001 to 2006 while he lived in Neah Bay. The FBI said Keyes also traveled internationally, but its unknown if he killed anyone outside the U.S. He teased that he'd killed "less than a dozen" people around the country over more than a decade, in addition to robbing banks, burglarizing houses and arson. And right underneath is a plastic bag with a looked like a clipping and a photograph in it. Those conversations mostly dealt with wrangling over legal procedures with investigators and federal prosecutors over his cases. Special Agent Jolene Goeden: That's correct. Special Agent Katherine Nelson | FBI, Anchorage, Alaska: Cell phone records, financial records, anything we could find out about his background, his travels. 1. He liked the survival skills aspect of military training, he said. It was just trying to kind of do anything we could to get information. NEAH BAY Israel Keyes was described as a model citizen while he lived in Neah Bay between 2001-2007, fathering a girl, working for the Makah tribe and being a productive part of this tribal community. I don't remember the details of the story. When FBI agents searched the house, they found the couple's well-behaved pugs and the little ramp Keyes had built for them to get into the backyard. [laughs]. Or he'd plan a trip to a particular state, knowing he already had a cache there. Whenever Keyes got the urge to kill, he would dig up a cache he had buried years prior and retrieve the murder weapons to commit his crimes. This withdrawal occurs in Wilcox, Arizona. The area is also great for sport fishing. He was a loving dad, a doting father., Forensic psychologist Dr. Thomas Powelltold "Method of a Serial Killer" that Keyes was "well-respected as an employee" and was capable of maintaining normal relationships "from time to time.". There are 17 people who live on Cedar Dr in Neah Bay, Washington that are registered to vote. Special Agent Jolene Goeden: Right away that Bill and Lorraine are missing. But the Curriers were not going to go down without a fight. She was "really scared," he said. Michelle Theriault Boots is a reporter who covers news and features about life in Alaska, and has been focusing on corrections and psychiatric care issues in the state. In it, Keyes said he pointed a .22 caliber pistol at Samantha. The FBI said Keyes sought many of his victims while hiking and camping. Espresso. The award-winning chef came to the Everett Performing Arts Center for a spicy cooking demo while fielding audience questions. Keaton Wayne Hawkins, please click here to visit our Sympathy Store. In the interviews, Keyes confessed in detail to killing a middle-aged couple, Bill and Lorraine Currier, in Vermont in June 2011. As an adolescent, Keyes said he shot at houses with BB guns, broke into homes and started fires in the woods. Through the interview process, he hinted about other victims. He bludgeoned her husband in the basement. Two photos of Israel Keyes. Why Use Whitepages? MICHELLE TASKER (at vigil): Flyers. That's great. Keyes was arrested in Lufkin, Texas, about six weeks after Koenigs disappearance. I was looking for a fairly easy way to get into the garage. ISRAEL KEYES: [Chuckles] Wow. The Keyes family attended a church that preached Christian identity theology, a philosophy John and Dezarae were also raised on, but have since disavowed. The FBI said Keyes admitted frequenting prostitutes, but its unknown whether Keyes met any of his victims this way. Peter Van Sant: If anyone out there comes across one of these what should they do? Create your free profile and get access to exclusive content. He said he spent time in the woods and hunted "anything with a heartbeat.". He seemed to be a level-headed, good worker. We're devastated by their disappearance and in fear for their lives. Sitting in jail in Anchorage, charged in the kidnapping and murder of a teenage Anchorage barista, FBI agents and an Anchorage police detective interviewed Keyes for dozens of hours between April and October of 2012. When his parents found out, they made him apologize and return the guns, according to an anecdote in the evaluation. As friends and family fan out across Anchorage to try to find Samantha, the question is, "could she also be somewhere in the Alaskan wilderness? 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