Serial killer Israel Keyes' blood smeared suicide letter, obtained by
ABCNews.com, is a creepy ode to murder in which he clearly enjoys
killing his victims and expresses his disgust with peoples' everyday
lives.
"You may have been free, you loved loving your lie, fate had its own scheme, crushed like a bug you still die," Keyes wrote.
At another point he writes about the "nervous laugh as it burst like a
pulse of blood from your throat. There will be no more laughter here."
The arrest of Keyes, 34, on March 12, 2012 for the murder of Alaskan
barista Samantha Koenig ended more than a decade of traveling around the
country to find victims to kill or to prepare for future crimes by
burying murder kits of weapons, cash and tools to dispose of bodies.
Since March he had been slowly telling police about his hidden life and
how he operated. But the tale abruptly ended when Keyes committed
suicide in his jail cell on Dec. 1.
Police are now left trying to fill in the details of his vicious life.
Police believe he killed between 8 and 12 people, including Koenig, but
only three victims have been definitively tied to Keyes so far.
The FBI released Keyes' four-page document today describing it as "a
combination of pencil and ink on yellow legal pad." The pages were
discovered under Keyes' body, "illegible and covered in blood," the FBI
said.
The papers were sent to an FBI laboratory in Virginia for processing and
the FBI was able to restore the notes to a mostly legible condition for
review and analysis.
"The FBI concluded there was no hidden code or message in the writings,"
the FBI said in a news release today. "Further, it was determined that
the writings do not offer any investigative clues or leads as to the
identity of other possible victims."
The FBI said it would not offer any commentary as the meaning of the
writings, but the chillingly morbid writings speak for themselves.
Keyes seems to refer to his victim as a "pretty captive butterfly." He describes what appears to be the victim's final moments:
"Now that I have you held tight I will tell you a story, speak soft in
your ear so you know that it's true. You're my love at first sight and
though you're scared to be near me, my words penetrate your thoughts now
in an intimate prelude.
"I looked in your eyes, they were so dark, warm and trusting, as though
you had not a worry or care. The more guiless the game the better
potential to fill up those pools with your fear.
"Your face framed in dark curls like a portrait, the sun shone through
highlights of red. What color I wonder, and how straight will it turn
plastered back with the sweat of your blood.
"Your wet lips were a promise of a secret unspoken, nervous laugh as it
burst like a pulse of blood from your throat. There will be no more
laughter here."
Keyes also criticized elements of daily life including waiting to die in
retirement homes, watching reality television shows, vanity and going
to a mindless job.
"Land of the free, land of the lie, land of scheme Americanize!" he
wrote twice as a refrain. "Consume what you don't need, stars you
idolize, pursue what you admit is a dream, then it's American die."
"It's certainly not an ordinary suicide note," Dr. Phil Resnick,
director of forensic psychiatry at University Hospitals Case Medical
Center in Cleveland, told ABCNews.com after looking at the writings.
"He doesn't talk much about his own dilemmas of being in prison or why
he's taking his own life," Resnick said. "It's more of a final statement
of contempt for the American style of life and I think the other thing
he emphasizes is his own superiority, that he has guile and can take
advantage of people who are naive and trusting of him."
Keyes ends the writings with the haunting lines, "Okay, talk is over,
words are placid and weak. Back it with action or it all comes off
cheap. Watch close while I work now, feel the electric shock of my
touch, open your trembling flower, or your petals I'll crush."
The FBI said they continue to work closely with state and local law
enforcement agencies across the country to identify other Keyes victims.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/serial-killer-israel-keyes-suicide-letter-creepy-ode/story?id=18421558
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Serial Killer Israel Keyes' Suicide Letter Is Creepy Ode to Murder
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