The death toll has risen to nearly a dozen confirmed slayings now, but the investigation into the deceased serial murderer's trail of blood is hardly closed, FBI spokesmen announced today.
The Bureau has also provided a revised travel timeline for the highly mobile killer Keyes, and their new one not only ominously stretches overseas, it's interactive.
Many of the thus-far nameless victims being sought by authorities were gradually hinted at by Keyes himself while incarcerated for the rape, murder and dismemberment of Alaskan teen Samantha Koenig in 2012.
But he killed himself in his jail cell before agents could extract the precise details of his decade-long murder spree.
So once again they're asking for the public's aid in identifying and locating victims of the Alaska serial killer.
You can read all about this fiendish "murder addict" and his numerous misdeeds in my original coverage below (last updated 12/12/12). Use the search box for additional references, including the case of Colin Gillis, still listed as missing from Keyes' neck of the woods in upstate NY.
FBI requests public’s help with
dead serial killer, Israel
Keyes
He is proving to be one of the most criminally insane serial killers of all time, with an unprecedented crime spree that includes
rape, murder, dismemberment, arson, and bank robbery.
But, thankfully, Israel
Keyes’ decade-long, cross-country reign of terror, which even involved burying
caches of weapons, money and other materials for preplanned homicides, has officially
come to an end this winter:
He committed suicide in an Alaskan jail the first
week of December 2012, leaving behind a blood-soaked note currently being
analyzed by the FBI. >
In so doing, Keyes
executed his last sadistic act on humanity, slamming the door forever on a
tenuous and terrible dialog investigators had necessarily established with him while he was in custody awaiting trial for brutally
slaying a teenage girl in Alaska.
It was an arduous
process getting the 34-year-old psychopath to come clean about his crimes, and
throughout these interviews Keyes displayed a distinctly unfunny sense of humor
which agents had feigned to be entertained by, in hopes of extracting from Keyes
all the locations, names and details of his unknown victims.
But they didn’t
succeed at this gruesome task in time.
Felonies for fun
Israel Keyes was a
trained U.S. soldier in the 1990s stationed at some point in the Middle East,
and when he finally returned from his tour of duty he set himself up first as a
handyman and later as a construction contractor, cunningly inventing a cover
for cruelties he would keep well-hidden from his wife, child, friends and
neighbors.
In the construction industry he had an ideal profession, one that would give him the perfect excuse for traveling the
countryside at length in search of unlucky individuals and couples to torture and kill.
It was a double
life Keyes had led up until his capture in 2012; an elaborate ruse he "enjoyed"
immensely within which he was able to make every state in the Union his hunting
ground, and every kind of American citizen his game.
And in his
capacity as a self-styled, roving serial murderer, Keyes was to be indiscriminate;
he killed females, he killed males, he killed the old and the young.
Madness to his methods
Although Keyes was
classified as an 'organized' serial murderer for his coolheaded, coldblooded
criminology, at the time he was apprehended by authorities he was already
descending into killer chaos of the “disorganized” variety: Targeting pairs and couples for
prey, and breaking his own rules in obtaining these hard-to-get victims by
killing on his home turf, using his own vehicle, and stealing victims’ credit
cards to fund his adventures and travels.
This is how he
got himself snared, fortunately, and it’s not that uncommon either—crafty Ted Bundy’s
mental faculties also rapidly deteriorated toward the end, until he was killing
solely by maniacal compulsion and leaving at his crime scenes a long and bloody
trail.
Bundy too had started
spilling the beans while he was incarcerated and facing death in the electric
chair, and it’s believed that he did, by his last breath, tell investigators everything.
More or less without the kind of exaggerations that some of his ilk are wont to
do once they’re thrust into the spotlight.
Israel Keyes
studied up on the likes of Bundy, he told his interrogators, but he also made
it very clear to them that he was nobody’s copycat.
The chilling kills
he did admit to doing show such boasts might just be true.
However, Keyes did
not tell all before he expired, and, rest assured, those awful murders which he
did confess to committing were not the embellished accounts or fabrications
of a delusional madman perversely seeking adulation. Each and every one of
these have so far been corroborated in follow ups by police. Right down to the
minutest detail.
But there’s much more
that Keyes had alluded to in his final days, and he was ever so slowly
revealing the course of these hellish journeys and acts he undertook, before his
cowardly end left investigators hanging.
So the FBI is now urgently
requesting the public’s assistance in solving the half-told horrors Israel
Keyes committed as he drove and flew from state to state, deliberately
targeting remote areas such as campsites, boat launches, and parks to lurk in and
kill.
An urgent appeal from the FBI:
"Mary Rook,
Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for the
state of Alaska, requests the public’s assistance in developing information
concerning the travels of suspected serial killer Israel Keyes, deceased, in
order to identify additional victims. Anyone with information concerning Keyes
is encouraged to contact the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI.
"Based upon
investigation conducted following his arrest in March 2012, Israel Keyes is
believed to have committed multiple kidnappings and murders across the country
between 2001 and March 2012. Keyes lived in Washington from 2001 to March 2007,
at which time he moved to Alaska. While living in Alaska, Keyes worked as a
general contractor but traveled extensively. In a series of interviews with law
enforcement, Keyes described significant planning and preparation for his
murders, reflecting a meticulous and organized approach to his crimes. It was
not unusual for Keyes to fly into an airport, rent a car, and drive hundreds of
miles to his final destination. This was the case in the murder of Bill and
Loraine Currier, where Keyes flew into Chicago, rented a car, and drove across
several states before arriving in Essex, Vermont. After the murder of the
Curriers, Keyes continued his travels on the east coast before returning to
Chicago and then to Alaska.
"Keyes admitted
responsibility for robbing several banks during this timeframe, two of which
investigators have corroborated. Keyes used the proceeds from his bank
robberies to pay for his travel, along with money he made as a general
contractor. Keyes also admitted traveling to various locations to leave
supplies he planned to use in a future crime. Keyes buried caches throughout
the United States. The FBI has recovered two caches buried by Keyes—one in
Eagle River, Alaska, and one near Blakes Falls Reservoir in New York. The
caches contained weapons and other items used to dispose of bodies. Keyes
indicated the other caches he buried throughout the U.S. contain weapons,
money, and items used to dispose of victims.
“Investigators
believe that Keyes did not know any of his victims prior to their abductions.
He described several remote locations that he frequented to look for
victims—parks, campgrounds, trailheads, cemeteries, boating areas, etc. Keyes
also told investigators that prior to the Currier case, his victims’
disappearances received little if any media coverage. Based on his own
research, Keyes stated that one of his victims has been recovered but
authorities ruled the death accidental. Investigators have not identified this
victim or where this crime occurred.
"Keyes admitted to
murdering four people in Washington; he killed two people (independent of each
other) sometime during 2005 and 2006 and murdered a couple in Washington
between 2001 and 2005. It is unknown if these victims were residents of
Washington or if they were vacationing in Washington but resided in another
state. It is also possible Keyes abducted them from a nearby state and
transported them to Washington.
"Additionally,
Keyes admitted to investigators that in 2009 he murdered a victim on the east
coast and disposed of the body in New York State. Based on Keyes’ statements,
investigators believe Keyes abducted the victim from a surrounding state and
transported him/her to New York.
"The timeline
below is an outline of Keyes’ travels and whereabouts throughout the United
States from 2001 to present. Due to Keyes’ pattern of traveling significant
distances by car, the locations are grouped by region rather than specific
states."
·
October 5, 2004
to October 16, 2004: Eastern US
·
April 20, 2005 to
April 25, 2005: Washington, British Columbia
·
May 10, 2006 to
May 15, 2006: Western US
·
September 1, 2006
to September 7, 2006: Alaska
·
October 21, 2006
to October 23, 2006: Western US, Mexico
·
November 8, 2006
to November 16, 2006: Alaska
·
February 5, 2007
to February 8, 2007: Southwest US
·
March 1, 2007 to
March 9, 2007: Washington, Canada (drove to Alaska)
·
April 24, 2007 to
May 4, 2007: Western US, Mexico
·
August 26, 2007
to September 6, 2007: Western US
·
October 29, 2007
to November 2, 2007: Western US
·
November 12, 2007
to November 13, 2007: Western US
·
12/April 2007 to
12/17/2007: Midwest and Western US
·
01/May, 2008 to
01/08/2008: Western US
·
01/28/2008 to
02/15/2008: Southern U.S. and Western US
·
May, 11/2008 to
May, 17/2008: Western US
·
07/03/2008 to
07/07/2008: Western US
·
09/16/2008 to
09/24/2008: Western US
·
October 24/2008
to November 5, 2008: Southwest US, Midwest U.S. and Western US
·
December 5, 2008
to December 7, 2008: Hawaii
·
December 11, 2008
to December 25, 2008: Mexico
·
February 23, 2009
to February 27, 2009: Western US
·
April 1, 2009 to
April 14, 2009: Eastern US, Western US
·
09/11/2009 to
October 03/2009: Southern US
·
December 17, 2009
to December 29, 2009: Southern US
·
January 11, 2010
to February 25, 2010: Western US
·
March 1, 2010 to
March 10, 2010: Western US
·
April 24, 2010 to
April 30, 2010: Western US
·
May 19, 2010 to
July 18, 2010: Midwest U.S. and Western US
·
July 18, 2010 to
July 22, 2010: Southwest US
·
October 15, 2010
to October 25, 2010: Midwest US, Eastern US
·
June 2, 2011 to
June 16, 2011: Midwest US, Eastern US
·
September 15,
2011 to September 25, 2011: Western US
·
February 2, 2012
to February 18, 2012: Southern US
·
March 6, 2012 to
March 13, 2012: Southwestern and Southern US
If you have information contact 1-800-CALL-FBI.
Posted 12/3/12
by: FBI Anchorage,
Special Agent Eric Gonzalez (907) 276-4441
As a matter of fact, the FBI has begun urging the public to exercise extreme caution when traveling the nation's highways. Particularly at rest stops and scenic pullovers where, the Bureau warns, roaming serial killers like Israel Keyes are now routinely lurking.
