A serial killing suspect was found dead in his cell in Alaska n Sunday night after an apparent suicide as he awaited trial in March next year.
Israel Keyes, the serial killing suspect, had admitted to abducting and killing 18-year-old Samantha Koenig, who disappeared in February from an espresso stand in Anchorage, according to the Associated Press. He was later arrested in Texas after using the victim's debit card.
Keyes is connected to eight murders and authorities say there could be more that haven't been linked to him and now may not be following his suicide.
"He did tell us that he had killed other people and that there were bodies of up to four other people in Washington state, as well as a body disposed of in New York state," Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Feldis said after the press conference.
"We're going to continue to run down leads and continue our efforts to identify his victims so we can bring some closure to the families," said Mary Rook, the FBI supervisor in Alaska.
Anchorage police chief Mark Mew said Keyes confessed to killing Koenig, as well as killing Bill and Lorraine Currier of Essex, Vt.
Keyes told police that he bound the Currier's with zip ties, forced them into their car and drove them to an abandoned house, where he tied Bill to a stool in the basement. Lorraine Currier tried to escape and Keyes ran out and tackled her. Her husband then tried to escape, prosecutors said.
Authorities wouldn't say how he killed himself, only that he was alone in his cell. They also did not say whether he left a note.
