Israel Keyes: Evidentiary Record

In total, there are known to be over twenty interrogations conducted by law enforcement with serial killer Israel Keyes. We have over a dozen of them, which Crime Culture Media obtained from local law enforcement in Texas and Alaska, as well as the FBI, via records requests. Of these, five are widely available, having also been released on the FBI’s website.

Besides what we have secured thus far, there are multiple interrogations that the FBI does not want to release, along with a journal and a script that Keyes wrote, because they are allegedly too graphic.

It is unclear what this means or what information these might contain that could help identify or locate victims, or would otherwise be of interest to researchers. There is also an unreleased psychological evaluation.

We have made numerous requests regarding these files; these have either been refused or we have yet to hear from the FBI, depending on the request in question.

Our goal is to obtain every audio interview, along with all the other bits of evidence possible, and release it all to the public. We want to share them all with you.

You can help by subscribing or by sharing our articles with people who might subscribe. If we are able to grow enough to afford it, we will attempt to force the government to release more of this evidence. This is likely to be an expensive undertaking.

While there's no single "average cost" for a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit, it's a time-consuming and expensive process, with attorney fees potentially reaching tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The government has deep pockets to fight these kinds of lawsuits. In 2016, the Federal government reported it spent $36.2 million defending against FOIA related lawsuits. This rose above $40 million in 2017 and was almost $50 million in 2023. We are happy to take on the fight, but we can not do it alone.

In a 2014 court proceeding regarding Keyes interview evidence, it was noted that nineteen interviews with Keyes exist on three CDs, all of which were, “never a part of the court record.”

It is also noted when these interviews were conducted. Fifteen interviews with Keyes took place between April 2, 2012 and July 12, 2012, two took place between July 18 and July 20, and two took place between October 22 and October 30. The FBI website also contains one from November 29.

Some of these interviews are tied to specific dates. Note that they include more than the nineteen referenced by the court clerk and in the unclassified documents we’ve included in this article:

• March 13, 17, 30

• April 2, 5, 6, 12, 17, 30

• May 8, 16, 24, 25, 29

• June 7

• July 10, 18, 20, 26

• Two additional audio files are undated even though investigators are supposed to start these records with a statement of the date (pulling our hair out)

Some of these have been released to the families of victims already, and the document below says that these details are public already. How can they be too graphic for release to the public if the details from them have already been released to the public? With your help, we can answer this question together.