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Serial-murder suspect, a suicide in Alaska, called ‘a force of pure evil acting at random’

(MCT) — ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Israel Keyes was a serial killer who traveled from Alaska to Vermont for the “specific purpose of kidnapping and murdering,” and who chose his victims there for no reason other than the layout of their home, Vermont authorities said Monday.

Speaking to Vermont media, federal and local authorities gave the first detailed account of the killings of Bill and Lorraine Currier, who disappeared from their Essex, Vt., home in June 2011.

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