He told her to shut up but she kept talking, he told the investigators. Investigators rushed to the ATM but were too late, missing the suspect by minutes. Police say she was abducted from an Anchorage coffee stand in February and killed by Israel Keyes. But without a guarantee of death, Keyes was reluctant to say anything more: ASST. Special Agent Jolene Goeden: He enjoyed the rush. We have a wood stock for a .22, a plastic stock for a .22, a portion of a .22 rifle. Special Agent Jolene Goeden: No. And that was that was a bad day. Keyes reported the body was submerged in more than 100 feet of water.. Her body has never been recovered. Israel Keyes, then 18, lived in the area at the time. - I was just convinced that I had screwed up that time in Oregon because you know, I I let her go. Special Agent Jolene Goeden: And a short time later a man comes out. Summer tourism can make the trail very busy and the parking lot is small. Several hours later, a man makes an ATM withdrawal using Samantha's card. Keyes was arrested in Lufkin, Texas, about six weeks after Koenigs disappearance. He wanted to talk about what he did. And he said, "Well, I took them home and ate 'em." And she just left. Neah Bay, at the farthest northwestern tip of Washington, is best known as home to the Makah tribe legendary whale hunters. Julie Harris was 12 years old when she disappeared from Colville, Washington, on March 3, 1996. Special Agent Jolene Goeden: I believe he had a DUI but that was it. As friends and family fan out across Anchorage to try to find Samantha, the question is, "could she also be somewhere in the Alaskan wilderness? ASST. We're devastated by their disappearance and in fear for their lives. Ask around. Five years later, questions about the true scope of Keyes' killing remain. The next year, her skeletal remains were found. Peter Van Sant: Do you think this silencer might have been used in the murder of Bill Currier? Peter Van Sant: This is like a horror movie, isn't it? The timeline begins in summer of 1997 or 1998, when Keyes abducted a teenage girl while she and friends were tubing on the Deschutes River, he told investigators. Peter Van Sant: What was it like to look into the eyes of Israel Keyes? Copyright 2002 - 23 Drennan & Ford Funeral Home and Crematory. He was 20. Peter Van Sant: And have been missing for some time. So, if Samantha is alive then we really need to find her quickly. 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 . Part of the ransom text sent to Samantha Koenig's boyfriend. Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, breaking news, sweepstakes, and more! The occasional candy bar. 3. Israel Keyes would bury caches, like this one, with weapons and tools across the country. And it really wasn't. However, we do not have any forensic evidence to to make that connection. Israel Keyes grew up liviing off the grid and was described as socially awkward by some who knew him. The guards were "watching him like a hawk," he complained. 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.. There was nothing that stood out that he was a troublemaker or anything.. Special Agent Jolene Goeden: He ultimately presents him with an identification card for Israel Keyes. It was starting to look like Keyes could have victims across the United States. That account was connected to Samantha's debit card, which the kidnapper had. MICHELLE TASKER (at vigil): Flyers. But investigators had suspicions, and one very pressing question. He spent most of the next six years living on the reservation with her and their child, working in the parks and recreation department for the tribal authority. More than 1,300 students in the Mukilteo School District received screenings and referrals at school. Peter Van Sant: When he was asked about whether he'd killed anyone in Canada, what he'd say? "I did them for myself. FBI. "Things never got really violent like they could have if she had been fighting me. Good for. This is interrogation audio of Keyes describing himself: ISRAEL KEYES [audio interview, April 17, 2012]: I've known since I was 14 that there were things that that I thought were normal and that were OK that nobody else [laughs] seemed to think were normal and OK. Special Agent Jolene Goeden: Bill and Lorraine Currier are a couple that lived in Essex, Vermont. "They don't see you. That trooper's instincts were spot-on. Through the interview process, he hinted about other victims. He suggested to investigators that this was when he began killing people. I absolutely do. After seven months of interrogations seven months of teasing investigators with bits and pieces of his violent past Israel Keyes decided to take one more life: his own. Special Agent Jolene Goeden: Right away that Bill and Lorraine are missing. I don't understand. ISRAEL KEYES [audio interview, April 12, 2012]: I can't be satisfied sitting in prison for all my life. Keyes planned to strangle the girl and dump her body in the toilet pit, where he thought it wouldn't be discovered for a long time. The bodies of the Curriers were never found. He would come in to work and brag about his daughter,"Jim Thompson remembered. FBI Special Agents Ted Halla and Colleen Sanders first questioned Keyes in 2012. Surveillance video captured a man in disguise making the withdrawal. But we knew she hadn't left. When he was 3 or 4, the family settled in the woods outside Colville, Washington a remote hamlet in the northeastern part of the state. Special Agent Katherine Nelson: We know that Israel Keyes traveled to places such as Washington, California, Wyoming, Texas, Vermont. (Bill Roth / ADN). More than five years later, "some aspects of the case are still considered open," according to Anchorage FBI spokeswoman Staci Feger-Pellessier. After talking to Keyes, investigators realized they had a depraved killer on their hands, and that Samantha was likely not Keyes' only victim. He and his daughter's mother broke up and he began dating a new woman. "The ground is freezing, Israel," said Steve Payne, an FBI agent. Services: Funeral 1 p.m. Monday, July 8, 2013 in the Neah Bay High School gymnasium. Keyes didn't return until two weeks later. Peter Van Sant: The blue part, that was his shop, that's where he worked? ISRAEL KEYES [video interview] How long does a body last in a freshwater lake? He had developed a certain intimacy with his interrogators. And there are clues that point to at least two other states. Keyes told investigators that one day he stood on a beach along the river, waded out and grabbed a woman who was last in her group of tubers, a teenage girl with sandy-blond hair. In the late 2000s, Israel Keyes also spent time in California's wine country, including visiting the posh Sonoma town of Healdsburg in May of 2007. While living on theMakah Reservation in Neah Bay, Washington, with his girlfriend and young daughter,Keyes workedfor the tribal authority in the parks and recreation department. Special Agent Ted Halla: Here's a picture of Israel Keyes' boat. Anyone who might have information about Keyes or possible victims is asked to call the FBI at 800-CALL-FBI (800-225-5324). Keyes, however, did disclose that when he became a father, he altered which victims he targeted. It looks like an abduction. Lauren Turner Dunn is the Associate Producer. When he killed himself in jail, the 34-year-old Keyes was awaiting a federal trial in the rape and strangulation murder of 18-year-old Samantha Koenig, who was abducted February 2012 from the Anchorage coffee stand where she worked. She was 12 years old and disappeared on March 3rd, 1996. [pushes a notepad away from himself in disgust]. Sitting in jail in Anchorage, charged in the kidnapping and murder of a teenage Anchorage barista, FBI agents and an Anchorage police detective interviewed Keyes for dozens of hours between April and October of 2012. Peter Van Sant: You ever see anything like this in your career? Before his suicide in Anchorage, Alaska, last year, Keyes led investigators to believe he had killed at least 11 people including five in Washington state during the time he was in Neah Bay. He described pouring Drano on the bodies before packing them into garbage bags. "She kept saying she wasn't going to tell anybody.". This withdrawal occurs in Wilcox, Arizona. Keyes wouldn't say. "He did comment to us that he never targeted children after his daughter was born,"explained FBI Special Agent Ted R. Halla. Peter Van Sant: That had a number of .22 caliber bullets. Investigators say no other homicides have been definitively linked to Keyes aside from Koenig and the Curriers. Keyes moved here after marrying a tribe member he met online. Michelle Tasker: The text messages said something to the effect of "I'm going on vacation. Neah Bay Class of 2020 Post High School Plans, Scholarships, and Parents Tyrone Chambers (Mom: Jacinda Cheeka, and Wendi Corpuz) plans to attend South Puget Sound Community College to pursue a. Or was he someone who was just using a credit card that he found? "I don't like to litter.". Several hours later, her boyfriend's cell phone lit up with a message from Samantha's phone. Were really just opening it up and putting it all out there at this point.. It was a I believe a 10 or 12-week search at the landfill. We know that he rented a single-person kayak in Healdsburg near a campground during that time in 2007. After killing Koenig, Keyes flew to New Orleans, where he went on a cruise. 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. In his teenage years, he renounced the Christian faith, which led to a schism between him and his father. Check out never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! Keyes reportedly lived and worked in Neah Bay from 2001 to 2007, employed by the Makah tribe there for repair work and construction, before moving to Alaska. Special Agent Jolene Goeden: The race is on because we still don't have Samantha. And he started to say something, and it just pissed me off and I just started pulling the trigger. ISRAEL KEYES [audio interview, May 16, 2012]: There's one in New York. 2001 - 2007 9/28/1999 Lakewood, Washington Vehicle rental (Enterprise) - Lakewood, Washington. Special Agent Jolene Goeden: Something. Peter Van Sant: And what was the couple's name? In the last months of 2012, Special Agents Halla and Sanders were hopeful that Keyes would give them more information on who is at the bottom of this lake but the killer had another plan. She is a female registered to vote in Clallam County, Washington. We're relatively confident about Debra Feldman. Peter Van Sant: And that Julie ended up giving him her address and phone number. If you do that then I'll tell you about all the people I killed." Peter Van Sant: Did he have a criminal record? Frank Russo: He was talking about the murder of this girl like someone else would discuss what they had for lunch. Israel Keyes, 34, was arrested after search of the car he was driving . Special Agent Colleen Sanders: He indicated he never let another go after that. U.S. ATTORNEY KEVIN FELDIS [video interrogation]: And you had told us it wasn't long when you got out of the military that you killed somebody and it was that sort of feeling that you needed to do something. Peter Van Sant: Right through the window? Peter Van Sant: An upstanding member of the community? ASST. Special Agent Katherine Nelson | FBI, Anchorage, Alaska: Cell phone records, financial records, anything we could find out about his background, his travels. 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. Makah Reservation is an Indian reservation of the Makah Native Americans located on the northwestern tip of the Olympic Peninsula in Clallam County, Washington, United States.The northern boundary of the reservation is the Strait of Juan de Fuca.The western boundary is the Pacific Ocean.It has a land area of 121.451 square kilometres (46.892 sq mi) and a 2000 census resident population of . Skip to main content. A security camera captured her abduction, and unusual activity on her ATM card led police to Keyes, then 4,000 miles away in Texas. Peter Van Sant: Do you think her assailant said, "Turn off the lights"? Special Agent Jolene Goeden: I believe it was dated February 13th, so, well after Samantha's abduction. And so, when he arrived he started to gut the thing while it was alive. Frank Russo: We started off with "Where is Samantha?" Special Agent Jolene Goeden: He's heading east. 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