FBI Releases Alaska Killer’s Handwritten Notes

ANCHORAGE (AP) – The FBI has released handwritten notes found beneath the body of confessed Alaska serial killer Israel Keyes. But it says the writings offer no investigative clues or names of victims. Keyes died December 2 in an Anchorage jail cell after he slit his wrist with the blade of a disposable razor embedded in a pencil. He also strangled himself with a bedsheet. He was awaiting trial in the 2012 slaying of 18-year-old Anchorage barista Samantha Koenig. Keyes confessed to killings in Alaska and Vermont and alluded to other possible victims in other states. The notes appear to include poetry and about violence and deception. Keyes was arrested in March in Lufkin, Texas. He had sought a ransom and used Koenig’s debit card.