Israel Keyes
Israel Keyes, 34, was found dead in his cell in Alaska on Sunday, December 2, 2012, while awaiting a federal trial in Anchorage. Authorities said he appeared to have died by suicide and that he was alone in the cell, but they did not say how he killed himself, and an autopsy was to be conducted. A 2023 KTOO report places his death at the Anchorage Correctional Complex, a maximum-security prison, where he was being held while the FBI interrogated him over a month, and cites it as a high-profile example of the state's history of failing to prevent suicides.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Authorities said he appeared to have died by suicide while alone in his cell, and an autopsy was to be conducted; the method was not disclosed.
Reported by: authorities. The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.