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| Alaska police fear confessed serial killer may have murdered nearly a dozen | Alaska police fear confessed serial killer may have murdered nearly a dozen |
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| A self-confessed serial killer who killed himself in jail may have murdered almost a dozen people according to investigators who spent hours interviewing him before he died. | A self-confessed serial killer who killed himself in jail may have murdered almost a dozen people according to investigators who spent hours interviewing him before he died. |
| Israel Keyes, 34, took his own life in prison in Anchorage, Alaska, last weekend. Before he died, he confessed to killing eight people, including a couple in Vermont whose murder he meticulously detailed. | Israel Keyes, 34, took his own life in prison in Anchorage, Alaska, last weekend. Before he died, he confessed to killing eight people, including a couple in Vermont whose murder he meticulously detailed. |
| But the FBI and local police believe there may have been at least three more murders that he is responsible for. "We know, based on our talks with him, eight. But it could be as high as 11," FBI agent Eric Gonzalez told Reuters, adding that he would not be surprised if the toll went even higher. | But the FBI and local police believe there may have been at least three more murders that he is responsible for. "We know, based on our talks with him, eight. But it could be as high as 11," FBI agent Eric Gonzalez told Reuters, adding that he would not be surprised if the toll went even higher. |
| Keyes, who was arrested in Texas after his rental car was spotted by a camera inside an ATM, is known for sure to have killed three victims. They are 18-year-old Samantha Koenig, who was abducted from an Anchorage coffee stand in February, and Bill and Lorraine Currier in Vermont, who were murdered in 2011. He was caught after using Koenig's credit card. | Keyes, who was arrested in Texas after his rental car was spotted by a camera inside an ATM, is known for sure to have killed three victims. They are 18-year-old Samantha Koenig, who was abducted from an Anchorage coffee stand in February, and Bill and Lorraine Currier in Vermont, who were murdered in 2011. He was caught after using Koenig's credit card. |
| In some 40 hours of videotaped confessions Keyes detailed the attacks on the Curriers, revealing things never released to the public that could be known only to the investigators and the killer. In chilling terms he expressed no remorse and said he committed the crimes because he enjoyed them. He had chosen the Curriers simply because they fitted his desired profile of a couple with no children or pets who he could easily overcome. "There is no one who knows me or who has ever known me that knows anything about me, really," he said on one tape. | In some 40 hours of videotaped confessions Keyes detailed the attacks on the Curriers, revealing things never released to the public that could be known only to the investigators and the killer. In chilling terms he expressed no remorse and said he committed the crimes because he enjoyed them. He had chosen the Curriers simply because they fitted his desired profile of a couple with no children or pets who he could easily overcome. "There is no one who knows me or who has ever known me that knows anything about me, really," he said on one tape. |
| In the videos Keyes also said he committed five other murders with four in Washington state and one on the east coast, with the body being disposed of in New York. But Keyes did not reveal the identities of his alleged victims. As a result investigators are seeking to build up a timeline of his movements during his adult life and compare them to unsolved murders and missing persons cases. | In the videos Keyes also said he committed five other murders with four in Washington state and one on the east coast, with the body being disposed of in New York. But Keyes did not reveal the identities of his alleged victims. As a result investigators are seeking to build up a timeline of his movements during his adult life and compare them to unsolved murders and missing persons cases. |
| Keyes said his first crime was a sexual assault in Oregon, in which he let the victim go. The rape happened between 1996 and 1998 near the town of Maupin after he got the girl away from her friends. The girl was between the ages of 14 and 18, and would be in her late 20s or 30s now. But no crime was reported at the time and the FBI is now seeking more information about it. | Keyes said his first crime was a sexual assault in Oregon, in which he let the victim go. The rape happened between 1996 and 1998 near the town of Maupin after he got the girl away from her friends. The girl was between the ages of 14 and 18, and would be in her late 20s or 30s now. But no crime was reported at the time and the FBI is now seeking more information about it. |
| Keyes told investigators he began actually killing people in 2001, when he was living in Washington state and working as a carpenter. He said all those he killed were adults who were strangers to him and that Koenig was his youngest victim. He said he often selected people hiking or at camp sites. | Keyes told investigators he began actually killing people in 2001, when he was living in Washington state and working as a carpenter. He said all those he killed were adults who were strangers to him and that Koenig was his youngest victim. He said he often selected people hiking or at camp sites. |
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