Published April 09, 2013
Associated Press
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Before he was charged in the slaying of a young barista, Israel Keyes bluntly told authorities in Alaska he would talk about other victims, but only on his terms.
Among his demands: He wanted an execution date, not to languish in a maximum security prison.
Keyes says in recorded interviews with authorities last year there wasn't a jury in the nation that would "not vote for the death penalty."
Keyes committed suicide in his jail cell in December as he awaited trial in the death of Samantha Koenig, who was abducted February 2012 from the Anchorage coffee stand where she worked. Keyes confessed to killing at least seven others, including Bill and Lorraine Currier of Essex, Vt.
Audio tapes were released after the Alaska Dispatch asked the court to unseal them.
