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Israel Keyes, 34, the man accused of killing Samantha Koenig, 18, an Anchorage barista, committed suicide on Dec. 2 and confessed to killing a Vermont couple. Keyes confessed to killing Koenig to Alaska law enforcement and also admitted to kidnapping and killing Bill and Lorraine Currier of Essex Junction, Vermont. Their bodies were never recovered. (July 20, 2012) |
Israel Keyes, 34, the man accused of killing Samantha Koenig, 18, an Anchorage barista, committed suicide Sunday morning and confessed to killing a Vermont couple, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Alaska.
Keyes confessed to killing Koenig to Alaska law enforcement and also admitted to kidnapping and killing Bill and Lorraine Currier of Essex Junction, Vermont.
Investigators in Vermont said they gathered enough details to confirm that Keyes killed the Curriers, however they were unable to find their remains after searching areas in Essex and Coventry, Vermont.
The link between Keyes and the Curriers’ murders were not publicly disclosed due to a request by Alaska authorities to gather more information on other murders, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont.
Law enforcement in Vermont agreed with the request since Keyes was awaiting trial in Alaska and said its investigation had not revealed any other murder by Keyes in Vermont.
Alaska and Vermont authorities were working together since April 2012 to solve the Curriers killings.
At a Sunday press conference in Anchorage, officials said they believed there were other victims in other states with up to eight victims.
The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont said it will hold a press conference at 1:30 p.m. (Eastern time) on Monday, December 3.
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