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ANCHORAGE - It's not a suicide note. It’s a murder note. The handwritten message left behind by deceased serial killer Israel Keyes was released by the FBI Wednesday morning. The note apparently does not refer to specific murders, but it is full of references to Keyes' predatory mindset. The suspected killer of up to a dozen people, including three known victims, did nothing to soften his image for posterity before he killed himself in an Anchorage jail cell on December 2. The blood-soaked note was found with Keyes' body, after he slit his wrists with a razor and strangled himself with the bedding in his cell. It was first sent to FBI headquarters in Quantico, Virginia, to be cleaned and made legible, and then a second time for analysis of the content. “The notes were analyzed by our cryptoanalysis unit," said Eric Gonzalez, the FBI spokesman in Anchorage. "Those guys are the code breakers. And they were looking for any kind of hidden codes, messages in the writings themselves. They may have some kind of investigative value. After looking at it, it was determined there was nothing in there that could lead to potential, other possible victims." The note, written on a legal pad with both pencil and ink, is actually a poem. In it, Keyes takes aim at Americans and what he sees as American values, and also expresses his atheism: "Family and friends will shed a few tears, pretend it's off to heaven you go. But the reality is you were just bones and meat, and with your brain died also your soul. "...Consume what you don't need, stars you idolize, pursue what you admit is a dream, then its [sic] american [sic] die.” And he shines a light on his dark impulses: "Okay, talk is over, words are flacid [sic] 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 my trembling flower, or your petals I’ll crush" Gonzalez said he’s not going to attempt an interpretation. "We're not offering any commentary as to possible -- what some of those phrases -- some possible meanings to some of the writings." And that appears to conclude the Anchorage FBI office's involvement with the Keyes case. However, outreach is going on in the rest of the country, with a press release in the Dallas area, because of Keyes' known connections to Texas. Now while the note apparently does not have any relevance to outstanding missing persons or homicide cases, it might still be valuable to the behavioral sciences unit of the FBI, as profilers continue work on understanding the minds of serial killers. Meanwhile, how Keyes was able to kill himself -- after earlier having been placed on suicide watch -- remains something of a mystery. State Representative Max Gruenberg of Anchorage is trying to arrange a briefing on the subject with the Department of Corrections, but both sides told KTVA Wednesday that it has not been scheduled yet. |
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TedtheBear said on Saturday, Feb 9 at 12:04 AM
Hard to feel sorry for a sinner burning in Hell, eh? But he deserves it without a singular doubt. As for the suicide, many inmates who get placed on suicide watch get taken off once mental health staff inside the facility saw fit that he was not suicidal. When he died, he was NOT on suicide watch whatsoever. If that was so, he would be place in a mental health ward wearing a rug gown for an outfit then regular clothing and be under constant supervision. Why doesn't Mr. Gruenberg just asked Joe Schmidt. He used to be the Superintendent of Anchorage Complex and Brian Brandenberg who is one of his underlings, used to run the mental health ward at ACC!! I think Mr. Gurenberg is trying to make political hay.
113158565Kathleen Tonn/Move the Mountain Ministries.. said on Wednesday, Feb 6 at 5:50 PM
It is very sad, sad for all the victims, the deceased and the living. It is a tragedy for Israel’s family and even for Israel Keyes. Evil walked with Israel at every turn. He was a weapon of evil and controlled by evil. Israel was at one time a very little baby, just like all the victims were. He didn’t know Jesus Christ.
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