Twenty-four numbered resources in recommended order, from the FBI’s own releases and the federal court record to the unsealed interviews, the custody reporting, and the books and documentaries worth your time.
The introduction to this library: the unlinked decade, the interrogation, and the custody death, with a scorecard.
The single most important document. The Bureau’s full timeline of his admitted crimes, travel, caches, and the trips it still wants information about.
The best single piece of reporting. Built on 13 hours of audio and the psychological evaluation released after Maureen Callahan’s court fight.
The public appeal package: interview excerpts, cache photos, and the interactive travel map.
The Bureau’s released case file, Part 01 through Part 10.
Three of the five sessions the FBI published, including the July 26 session after the Vermont leak and the final session three days before his death. The FBI also published May 29 and June 7 sessions.
The only suspected victim the FBI has named publicly.
The Deschutes River survivor appeal.
The restored writings found in his cell. The FBI found no hidden code and no investigative leads in them.
Filed March 22, 2012; terminated November 1, 2013. Most filings require PACER.
Confirms the capital-eligible count and the March 11, 2013 trial date.
The three federal counts.
The first unsealed recordings, including his reaction to the Vermont leak.
Corrections officials on segregation, suicide watch, and the razor. Contains method detail.
The department’s own admission and its refusal to explain.
The arbitration that reversed the firing of the officer on duty and described broader lax practices.
The definitive wire account after his death.
The Curriers are still listed as missing. Includes NamUs links and a tip contact.
Vermont’s U.S. Attorney releases the case details the day after the death.
The only book-length account, by the author whose lawsuit unsealed the remaining interviews.
Where the FBI first showed the 11 skulls and said at least seven victims remain unidentified.
Four parts with FBI investigators, Anchorage police, and victims’ families.
The longest-running independent effort to identify his unnamed victims, with a public research library.
No full public investigative report on the December 2012 death has been located. The Department of Corrections refused records on how the razor was issued.
Most court filings are behind PACER. The free RECAP mirror is incomplete.
Ages and dates differ across secondary sources. Bill Currier’s age appears as 49 in some reports; the Vermont State Police record lists 50. Keyes’s birthplace appears as Richmond, Utah in most accounts and as Cove, Utah in his own account to the court psychologist.
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