Bill and Lorraine Currier's house

This is the house where serial killer Israel Keyes abducted Bill and Lorraine Currier.

It is located at 8 Colbert Street in Essex Junction, Vermont.

In June 2011, Keyes was driving to his brother's house in Maine when he stopped in Burlington.

Keyes stored secret "murder kits" at various locations throughout the United States. These kits typically included weapons, cash, ammunition, a propane stove, and restraints.

They also contained a drain cleaner called Drano, which he poured over his victims' bodies to accelerate their decomposition.

Two years prior, he had buried one of the caches in a large bucket near Burlington. Consequently, he decided to retrieve it.

After retrieving the kit, he checked into the Handy Suites hotel in Essex Junction.

Keyes randomly selected the Currier home

Shortly after midnight, Keyes dressed in black, switched off his phone, grabbed his backpack, and left the hotel to search for his next victim.

While he was prowling the streets of Essex Junction, he came across 8 Colbert Street, which belonged to a middle-aged couple named William "Bill" Currier (49) and Lorraine Currier (55).

Due to his experience in construction, he could tell by looking at the exterior that it had a simple, open "farm ranch" layout. He also reasoned that the attached garage would be easy to enter.

Keyes had one rule: Never target children. This was a rule he reportedly established following the birth of his daughter.

After creeping around the back of the Currier residence, he saw that there were no toys, bikes, or anything else indicating the presence of children.

With a headlamp attached to his head, he cut the phone line and entered the garage via a side window.

Once inside, he searched the couple's vehicle, readied himself, and burst into their bedroom.

Keyes later described it as a "blitz attack."

The Curriers woke up, confused and groggy. However, they complied with his demands to roll over onto their stomachs.

While Keyes was putting zip ties on their wrists, he repeatedly questioned them about money, jewelry, credit cards, and whether they had a safe.

This was a tactic to pacify his victims and make them believe it was a robbery. By that stage in his killing spree, he had learned that people put up a fight when they know their lives are in danger.

Abduction

Roughly 10-15 minutes later, Keyes forced the Curriers to walk into the garage and get into their green Saturn sedan.

When the couple begged him to take what they had and let them go, he assured them that everything was going to be fine.

"This is just a kidnapping for ransom."

He then drove east to Route 15, where he spotted an empty farmhouse with a "For Sale" sign out front.

After taking Bill to the basement and tying him to a wooden stool, he went back outside to get Lorraine.

However, when he exited the house, he saw that Lorraine had escaped the vehicle and was sprinting towards the main road.

Lorraine did not get very far, as Keyes caught her and tackled her to the ground.

He forced her back to the house and strapped her to a bed in an upstairs bedroom. Meanwhile, Bill repeatedly yelled from the basement, demanding to know where his wife was.

Once Lorraine was secured, Keyes grabbed his gun and went down to Bill, who had nearly freed himself by breaking the stool into pieces.

Angered and surprised that he was losing control, Keyes picked up a shovel and struck Bill on the head.

However, the 49-year-old refused to go down. Consequently, he struck him again.

When Bill fell to the ground, Keyes had little time to relax, as he soon heard his small propane stove falling over in the upstairs bedroom.

Panicked that it might set the house on fire, he sprinted upstairs.

Murders

After fixing the stove, Keyes was surprised to hear Bill yelling again.

By then, he had grown so irate that he grabbed his gun, ran down to the basement, and opened fire.

Although he kept shooting Bill, he was shocked by his resilience. He later described how it felt like a lifetime passed before he finally stopped moving.

Following the shooting, he was irritated that he had left so much blood at the scene, as he prided himself on leaving behind very little evidence.

Once Bill was dead, Keyes raped Lorraine twice. He then took her to the basement so she could see her husband's body.

Realizing he needed to finish before sunrise, he picked up a piece of rope and strangled her to death.

After removing the couple's restraints and pouring Drano over their bodies, he wrapped them in garbage bags, dragged them into the corner, and covered them with debris.

Aftermath

Initially, Keyes had planned to set the house on fire. However, he was now out of time and eager to leave, so much so that he forgot to pick up the shell casings from his gun.

He was also worried that morning commuters would notice the flames.

Following the murders, Keyes contemplated using the couple's green Saturn for a bank robbery. However, he abandoned the plan because the vehicle was in poor condition.

Shortly afterward, he dumped it at an apartment complex at 203 Pearl Street.

The sedan was found parked next to the dumpsters at the back of the parking lot.

Following his arrest, Keyes told investigators that the Curriers owned a .38 caliber snub-nosed Ruger and explained how he had cut their phone line prior to entry.

He also described the layout of the house.

These details corroborated his confession, as they had not been disclosed to the public.

After visiting his brother in Maine, he returned via Vermont, stopped in Parishville, New York, and then buried his guns near a reservoir.

The police later discovered both weapons.

The Curriers have never been found. By the time Keyes was finally arrested, the farmhouse had been demolished and the debris sent to local landfills.

Searches of the site and local landfills failed to uncover the couple's remains.

Keyes was never brought to justice for the crime, as he committed suicide in prison on December 2, 2012.