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FBI Ties Israel Keyes to 11 Killings, Releases a Timeline of His Travels and Asks the Public for Help

Keyes had admitted to eight killings before his death in jail. The FBI said it did not know whether he had killed anyone during trips abroad.

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An orange bucket of gear buried by Israel Keyes in New York, opened beside its lid on a plastic sheet

Israel Keyes admitted to eight killings before he died in jail. On August 12, 2013, the FBI said investigators believed he was responsible for 11 and asked the public for help.

Deirdre Fike, the special agent in charge of the FBI in Alaska, announced a timeline of events in the investigation, saying Keyes was believed to have committed kidnappings and murders across the country between 2001 and his arrest in March 2012. The FBI said the three added killings were based on his statements; CNN reported that they included one "in Texas or a surrounding state" that he had denied committing before his death. His victims were male and female and ranged in age from late teens to the elderly, and investigators believe he did not know any of them beforehand. Keyes said his murders occurred in fewer than 10 states but did not disclose all of the locations. The FBI also sought information about his travels in Canada, Mexico and Belize, saying "it is unknown if he committed any homicides while outside of the United States." The next day it released an interactive map of his travels dating back to 1997, along with videos of his interrogations and photos of evidence. "We have his DNA," Special Agent Jolene Goeden said.

According to the timeline, Keyes committed his first homicide in 2001 while living in Neah Bay, Washington, and moved to Alaska in March 2007. In June 2011 he drove to Essex, Vermont, and he admitted to the abduction and murder of Bill and Lorraine Currier there; he also admitted to abducting and killing Samantha Koenig in Anchorage on February 1, 2012. The FBI recovered two caches he had buried, one in Eagle River, Alaska, and one near Blake Falls Reservoir in New York, and linked him to bank robberies in Tupper Lake, New York, in April 2009 and Azle, Texas, in February 2012. Anyone with information was asked to call 1-800-CALL-FBI.

Keyes told investigators that his killings took place in fewer than 10 states, but the FBI said it could not rule out that he had killed during his travels abroad.

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