Why Did Peter Keller Kill His Family?
On April 22, 2012, a North Bend resident spotted a house on fire in their Washington neighborhood. A call to 911 prompted authorities to respond to the blaze, a clear arson considering the barricaded front door and variety of gas cans at the scene.
The Disturbing Discovery
Inside the home, authorities discovered the bodies of 41-year-old Lynettee Keller and her 19-year-old daughter, Kaylene. They’d both been shot in their bedrooms before the perpetrator set the house on the fire.
Kaylene was a young woman with a bright future. She wanted to study video game design. Lynettee was a homemaker, and she had also borrowed money from family members to make ends meet, in spite of the fact that her husband worked. Her brother, Gene, is reported as saying that no signs pointed to the fact that something like this could ever happen.
Nobody saw this coming.
Inside the burned home, authorities found an unlocked safe containing photos of a bunker in the woods. Investigators had found their suspect: Peter Keller, the patriarch of the family.
The Search for Peter Keller
Police spent about a week searching for Peter Keller, a 41-year-old survivalist who worked in computer refurbishing. While awaiting the end of…
