The RCMP and Victoria police said Friday there are no unsolved missing persons cases that coincided with an American serial killer’s visit to Victoria seven years ago.
“We do not have any outstanding missing persons cases from 2006,” said Bowen Osoko, Victoria police spokesman.
Similarly, the RCMP have found no correlations with any cases anywhere in B.C., including the Island, said RCMP spokesman Darren Lagan.
The FBI reported Thursday that 34-year-old Israel Keyes made a trip in April 2006 to Victoria from his home in Neah Bay, Wash.
During that visit, Keyes rented a boat from Island Boat Rentals on April 22 and stayed at a Travellers Inn on Douglas Street on April 23.
Keyes was arrested last year in connection with the murder of a teenage girl in Alaska, and he admitted to killing at least 11 people between 2001 and 2012.
Keyes hinted there were more victims, then committed suicide in his jail cell. The FBI is asking the public and police to report any relevant missing-person cases or unsolved homicides.
In July 2001, Keyes was discharged from the U.S. Army and he moved to Neah Bay, Wash., at the entrance to the Juan de Fuca Strait.
Between July 2001 and 2005, Keyes said, he murdered an unidentified couple in Washington and buried them in a valley.
In 2005 and 2006, Keyes said, he committed two separate murders and used his boat to dispose of the bodies in lakes. The identities of these people are unknown.
From March 1 to 9, 2007, Keyes drove from Neah Bay to Alaska. In the fall of 2008, Keyes flew to Seattle and travelled through several states, including North Dakota and Arizona.
Over the next few years, Keyes flew to various points in the continental U.S., and made intricate plans to kill people he did not know and dispose of their bodies.
Sometimes his plans were interrupted. Keyes reported being in a parking lot in Alaska, intending to shoot a couple in a nearby car. A police officer drove in and he decided to shoot the officer instead, but changed his mind when another police car arrived.
