Now, he killed himself. Special Agent Jolene Goeden: He ultimately presents him with an identification card for Israel Keyes. Officials released this photo of Israel Keyes at the time the FBI and the Anchorage Police Department were investigating the disappearance of Samantha Koenig in Anchorage in February 2012. He could fix about anything, is what I am told. He had sought a ransom and used Koenigs debit card. Eric Johnson [driving): He lived there. He indicates that his plan is to hold her for ransom suggesting to Samantha that that if she cooperates he'll release her. It's not what we wanted. Regular things Alaskans do. It's been several years since Israel Keyes killed himself. Keyes said he robbed several banks to fund his travels along with money he made as a general contractor, and investigators have corroborated his role in two holdups, according to the FBI. "I only left that stuff there because I was planning on using it eventually," he said. MICHELLE TASKER (at vigil): Flyers. It was meant to determine whether Keyes was sane enough to make legal decisions for himself. Get an all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! A search of the car uncovers Samantha's ID, her debit card, her cellphone and a gun along with a disguise that matched the man in the ATM photos. Investigators believe he may have killed 11. Investigators said he had a meticulous and organized approach to his crimes, stashing weapons, cash and items used to dispose of bodies in several locations to prepare for future crimes. These skulls, drawn by serial killer Israel Keyes in his own blood, were found under his bed in his jail cell. Person Political Party Address ; Jill Lachester (58) Unknown: Neah Bay, WA 98357 View Details : Tammie Hawkins (53) Unknown: Neah Bay, WA 98357 View Details : Laney Keyes (21) Unknown: Neah Bay, WA 98357 View Details : Ruben . He was 20. He was 20. He was linked to 11 killings between 2001 and 2012, including five while living in Neah Bay. Both sheriffs had been contacted by the FBI. 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.". The FBI was searching in an attempt to find them. Vermont State Police investigators pause to allow a dog to inspect dirt and debris at a dig site off Vermont 15 near Lang Farm in Essex, Vt., Thursday, April 12, 2012, in what Essex Police Chief Brad LaRose described as part of the ongoing investigation into the disappearance of William and Lorraine Currier. Most people I talked to couldnt believe it because he was such a good worker and a personable guy.. Audio recordings of thoseconversations were unsealed recently after a legal fight initiated by a New York author who is writing a book about Keyes. Sit there and watch them for a while.". Lourdes Aguiar is the senior producer. What does this mean? It was weird. Special Agent Katherine Nelson knew every aspect of Keyes' life needed to be examined, so she started a deep dive into his paper trail. In addition, it is standard policy that the Makah tribe does not comment on any individuals employed or formerly employed by the tribal organization or its enterprises.. And theirs was the first house I found that had all those things. Peter Van Sant: When he was asked about whether he'd killed anyone in Canada, what he'd say? Their bosses believed they were being played by him, they told him. So learning that he was a self-confessed serial killer was a shock last year to residents of this sea-swept village of 865, tribal Judge Emma Dulik recalled. Frank Russo: He had drilled a hole and went ice-fishing in the lake. Oxygen Insider is your all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more. Senior Staff Writer Paul Gottlieb can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. For years, some of the kids slept in a tent. Koenig and the Curriers were the only victims named by Keyes because he knew authorities had tied him to their deaths. Peter Van Sant: No radio, no television, no electricity nothing. He seemed to be a level-headed, good worker. Israel Keyes, then 18-years-old, lived in the area at the time. He said he killed two people in separate incidents sometime in 2005 or 2006, and then murdered a couple in the state between 2001 and 2005. You could tell that she had a lot of friends that cared about her a lot. The investigation exposed one of the most diabolical and meticulous serial killers in American history. The Keyes family attended a church that preached Christian identity theology, a philosophy John and Dezarae were also raised on, but have since disavowed. Special Agent Jolene Goeden: We have the silencer for the 22. Special Agent Ted Halla |FBI, Poulsbo, Washington: We believe he killed four victims total in Washington State. The girl was a teenager, maybe between the ages of 14 and 18, he told investigators. The school board on Tuesday adopted a blueprint for potential layoffs and deep program cuts to make ends meet. ISRAEL KEYES [video Interrogation]: Can you give me like, an hour on the internet, maybe? The FBI said Keyes sought many of his victims while hiking and camping. FBI Special Agent Katherine Nelson tells correspondent Peter Van Sant she is optimistic they can find answers to the other cases, and they are asking for the public's help. In Oxygen's two-hour special "Method of a Serial Killer," Israel Keyes' former co-worker revealed what it was like working alongside the mysterious, calculating serial killer who murdered at least 11 people.While living on the Makah Reservation in Neah Bay, Washington, with his girlfriend and young daughter, Keyes worked for the tribal authority in the parks and recreation department. She seemed like she had a very good spirit. Then, in December of 2012, Keyes killed himself at the Anchorage jail. It was just random.". Meredith Parker, general manager of the Makah tribe, issued this statement Tuesday afternoon: Out of the respect for the family of Mr. Israel Keyes, the Makah tribe will not be making any formal comment to the media related to Mr. Keyes time spent in Neah Bay. They repeated the proposition: You give us information, we go out and look for bodies. And it may take a long time. ISRAEL KEYES [audio interview]: All right. And it was taken to the landfill. Keyes, however, did disclose that when he became a father, he altered which victims he targeted. Neah Bay, Washington Tammie Lane Hawkins (age 53) from Neah Bay, Wa and has no known political party affiliation. About 60 miles southeast of Neah Bay is another spectacular location, one of the deepest lakes in the U.S., which investigators suspect is also a watery grave. d. Supervised by Jonathan Scordino. He decided he was an atheist. And immediately tie them up. But investigators had suspicions, and one very pressing question. She tried to fight him. I absolutely do. [emotional], INVESTIGATOR TO ISRAEL KEYES: You have the right to talk to a lawyer . Peter Van Sant: Do your intel guys immediately try to find out if there's a missing couple? (Erik Hill / ADN). They lived in a house with an attached garage that would be easy to enter. 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. Michelle Tasker | Koenig family friend: [visibly upset] He should have been executed. 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. Special Agent Katherine Nelson: Yes, correct. Special Agent Jolene Goeden: Debra Feldman is a woman who went missing from New Jersey it was in 2009. Investigators scrambled to learn everything they could about Israel Keyes, the man. For Samantha Koenig's loved ones, the news hit like a gut punch. 2001 to 2007 Neah Bay, Washington Resided in Neah Bay, Washington. The FBI said Keyes also traveled internationally, but its unknown if he killed anyone outside the U.S. Inside Keyes' cell, jailers discovered a bizarre, blood-soaked suicide note with passages like "crushed like a bug you still die.". Have you heard this? What we said is the more murders you give us, the more likely it is that they're going to want to impose the death penalty on you. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. You could be in a room with him and it was like you were in the room with your neighbor. We called the police. I'm telling ya, I'm gonna eat it. Special Agent Katherine Nelson: He said Canadians don't count. Exactly. All rights reserved. Michelle Tasker: The text messages said something to the effect of "I'm going on vacation. ISRAELKEYES. Good for. We wrote them down. He told her to shut up but she kept talking, he told the investigators. Frank Russo: That he had been a serial killer for 14 years. 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And it was hard to resist. Keyes, 34, was found dead of an apparent suicide in his jail cell Sunday at the Anchorage Correctional Complex while awaiting trial for the kidnapping and slaying of an 18-year-old Anchorage. Frank Russo: Even one of my colleagues at the U.S. Attorney's Office used him as a handyman. He noted that when he was in Vermont on the trip to kill the Curriers, he had gone fishing. [Keyes laughs]. He told investigators about a cache of potential body disposal toolshe had secreted along a bank of Eagle River. ISRAEL KEYES: [laughs] Long time. Israel Keyes, 34, was arrested after search of the car he was driving uncovered Samantha Koenig's ID, her debit card, her cellphone and a gun along with a disguise that matched the man in the ATM photos. ISRAEL KEYES [audio interview, July 12, 2012]: For as far back as I can remember, you know, that's where I get a lot of the ideas. Copyright 2002 - 23 Drennan & Ford Funeral Home and Crematory. Five years later, questions about the true scope of Keyes' killing remain. The Warm House. "If you want to be involved in helping us it was 18 degrees outside yesterday. Keyes told investigators the birth of his daughter convinced him to never target children. John Smith: So, we're heading north out of Colville. And it was completely impassable throughout most of the winter. Keyes' family, the FBI later determined, knew nothing about the horrors that had just taken place. Frank Russo: We started off with "Where is Samantha?" And for me that that just turned my stomach. But Keyes' daughter was born after Julie Harris was murdered. In the interviews, Keyes confessed in detail to killing a middle-aged couple, Bill and Lorraine Currier, in Vermont in June 2011. The Anchorage Daily News reviewed 13 hours of newly-released audio files. Thompson also characterized Keyes as a kind and responsible father. Police say she was abducted from an Anchorage coffee stand in February and killed by Israel Keyes. ISRAEL KEYES [audio interview]: I'm two different people, basically. A short time after this happened, the house ended up being demolished. 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. The evaluation found that Keyes was sane and at the "high average" end of the intelligence spectrum. During the ATM withdrawal in Arizona, a white Ford Focus can be seen in the background. The video of that confession had never been made public. I walk up and there's a picture of a missing dog named Albert. Julie's prosthetic feet were discovered at the mouth of the Colville River. "I wasn't violent enough.". That wasn't her character. If you do that then I'll tell you about all the people I killed." Peter Van Sant [surprised]: One of your colleagues hired him to do some work? And Keyes has to go back downstairs in order to restrain him again. "The ground is freezing, Israel," said Steve Payne, an FBI agent. Peter Van Sant: And have been missing for some time. Keyes confessed to Koenig's murder and over the course of several months, pointed investigators to three other victims. We have a wood stock for a .22, a plastic stock for a .22, a portion of a .22 rifle. The FBI joined the Anchorage Police Department in looking at family and friends. The man called out "Where's my wife?" Instead, Keyes drove Samantha to his home, chained her up in his shed, and sexually assaulted her. After his deployment, stationed at Fort Lewis south of Seattle, he met a woman from the Makah Reservation in Neah Bay, on Washington's Olympic Peninsula. The Makah Tribe has been providing tribal youth with opportunities to work with real-world data, in hopes it will spark an interest in a career in environmental science and natural resources management with the tribe. Peter Van Sant: Do you think this silencer might have been used in the murder of Bill Currier? She's upstairs in the bedroom. Special Agent Jolene Goeden: Bill and Lorraine Currier are a couple that lived in Essex, Vermont. Calmly, he told investigators that he bound the woman. The FBI said Keyes was living in Maupin, Ore., at the time, and the abduction is believed to have occurred near that area. ISRAEL KEYES: [Chuckles] Wow. They lived at times without electricity and home-schooled the children. U.S. ATTORNEY KEVIN FELDIS: So, give me something to work with. Three weeks after the arrest, Koenigs dismembered body was found in a frozen lake north of Anchorage. But Keyes' motivation wasn't regular. There was nothing that stood out that he was a troublemaker or anything.. With a sticker price of $10,000 to $13,000, its a thrifty persons Tesla or a big spenders electric bike. He had developed a certain intimacy with his interrogators. 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