Images show heavily fortified bunker of Washington state murder suspect

King County Sheriff's Office via AP

King County Sheriff's Office via AFP - Getty Images

Peter Keller

Images released by the King County Sheriff's Office in Washington show the mountain bunker of murder suspect Peter Keller. US law enforcement blew the roof off the hideout in Washington state on April 28, and inside reportedly found Keller's body. Keller is suspected of killing his wife and teenage daughter, officials said.

Keller, who had been missing since April 22, when the bodies of Lynnettee Rocha Keller and her daughter Kaylene Keller were discovered at the family home, apparently died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Keller, 41, was named a suspect on April 25 in the murder of his wife and daughter, whose bodies were found after neighbors called the authorities when they noticed the home had been set on fire. 

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King County Sheriff's Office via AP

King County Sheriff's Office via AP

A tense standoff in Washington state ends after a man who was a suspect in the deaths of his wife and daughter is found dead in a bunker he had designed for the 'end of the world.' NBC's Gabe Gutierrez reports.

 

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The Secret to a Long Life is to not to listen to People who claim that the world is coming to an early end.

Hint, hint, Glen Beck...

Chicken Little's have been around forever and the World still turns.

Oh yeah, Glen Beck Sucks and he is a Disgrace to the Mormon Church!

  • 5 votes
Reply#26 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:22 PM EDT

Beck has no honor and no humanity. Fits right in with the Straussian/Rand neoconservatives and Wall Street.

  • 1 vote
#26.1 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:21 PM EDT

but....but.....but.....the Mayans said..........

Personally, I'm not buying anyone any Christmas gifts this year since the world's gonna end a couple days before the gift exchange.

Of course, if the Mayans are wrong, I still expect to receive some.

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#26.2 - Sun Apr 29, 2012 9:03 AM EDT

It is so sad that liberals are such a hateful people. A woman,daughter and husband and father are dead and liberals are acting like little 10 year old girls on a bullying spree. Liberals are the worst kind of human beings on the planet.

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#26.3 - Sun Apr 29, 2012 12:50 PM EDT

Ted, your a chicken @!$%#. Face the truth. The truth will set you free. If obama gets elected again like you want him to be becks prediction is rational and sound. And if conservatives win our country will not fall. If we do win and the country does not fall that will give you extreme left wingers more reason to doubt how close we were to falling off a cliff like ben bernanke warned congress about a few days ago. You cant win against retarded college grads.

    #26.4 - Sun Apr 29, 2012 1:12 PM EDT
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    And so it begins ...

    We haven't seen anything yet.

      Reply#27 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:37 PM EDT

      WTF are you driving at? Got tinfoil?

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      #27.1 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:25 PM EDT

      mymomdidnotraiseafool, he does not have tin foil but you've got a gallon of poisoned Kool Aid in your parents basement where you live because you are a lemming looser who buys into liberal bull sh*t.

      • 1 vote
      #27.2 - Sun Apr 29, 2012 1:14 PM EDT

      Mark, thank you for showing everyone on here that you are crazy! There are institutions where you can get help for your mental trauma.

        #27.3 - Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:55 AM EDT
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        One less legal gun owner.......

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        Reply#28 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:47 PM EDT

        And you, may be one more innocent victim.

        Make your bed, and sleep in it.

        Guns are not the problem.

        They are inert objects.

        But when in the right hands, they can protect or (in the wrong hands) do worse.

        They only thing YOU have to decide is WHICH side you are on.

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        #28.1 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:03 PM EDT

        I'm starting to become a believer in less gun rights, simply because looking at the statistics in gun related crimes in England compared to those in the United States, the United States has way more gun related crimes. It kind of shows that done correctly, guns can stay out of the hands of criminals.

          #28.2 - Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:58 AM EDT
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          i agree the more survivalistic people like him are the shorter their life expectancy becomes because they lose rational thinking, but lets not be judgement of this man yet still has to be proven that he pulled the trigger

            Reply#29 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:04 PM EDT

            We don't have to be in judgement of this man. He's dead. Point is moot. Next!

              #29.1 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:26 PM EDT
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              One less teabagger wingnut to clutter up the landscape.

              • 3 votes
              Reply#30 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:09 PM EDT

              I believe the National Rifle Association has lost another member in good standing...

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              #30.1 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:17 PM EDT

              Well, we can bury him under a few thousand welfare cases, and call it even.

              • 1 vote
              #30.2 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:16 PM EDT

              I'm from the McCoy clan. Are you ready to feud? I got my Brown Bess all loaded with powder and shot. I'll be waiting for ya:<

                #30.3 - Sun Apr 29, 2012 2:33 AM EDT

                Tread carefully. I just sold an M-19 to the Hatfields.

                  #30.4 - Sun Apr 29, 2012 1:46 PM EDT

                  Damn! I wanted a Mk 19 as a retirement gift. The batt. commander wouldn't let me have it. Some b.s. about grenade launchers and goverment property. DAMN GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS!

                    #30.5 - Sun Apr 29, 2012 4:16 PM EDT

                    Isn't there somebody out there who sells a 'sporter' version?

                      #30.6 - Sun Apr 29, 2012 5:14 PM EDT
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                      If I ever kill my wife, I'm going to build a much nicer bunker than that one.

                        Reply#31 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:17 PM EDT

                        I hope your wife reads that.

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                        #31.1 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:27 PM EDT

                        If his wife read that, he's gonna be sleeping in that bunker, so he better install a cot.......cause his dog ain't sharing it's digs.

                          #31.2 - Sun Apr 29, 2012 9:09 AM EDT

                          I'm going to tell his wife what he said. I'll be seeing her tonight.

                            #31.3 - Sun Apr 29, 2012 5:48 PM EDT
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                            another one bites the dust....lol...

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                            Reply#32 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:27 PM EDT

                            I guess they pried his gun from his cold dead fingers.

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                            Reply#33 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:29 PM EDT
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                            Just like him and every other NRA member predicts...........

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                            #33.1 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:31 PM EDT

                            Yeah, you guys keep your pepper spray and umbrellas.

                            Knock yourselves out.

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                            #33.2 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:21 PM EDT
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                            Next time on Hoarders........

                            • 3 votes
                            Reply#34 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:35 PM EDT

                            This is the best one I've read yet. You definitely get an up vote from me.

                              #34.1 - Sun Apr 29, 2012 2:36 AM EDT
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                              Ummm, NOT my idea of an optimal man-cave! Where's the big screen?

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                              Reply#35 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:36 PM EDT

                              Is that Ted Nugents house?

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                              Reply#36 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:37 PM EDT

                              No, Ted's house has dead animal heads hanging on the walls.....

                              • 3 votes
                              #36.1 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:43 PM EDT

                              And what is in your wallet?

                              • 1 vote
                              #36.2 - Sun Apr 29, 2012 12:08 AM EDT
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                              Obviously an amateur, and a coward.....good riddens.

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                              Reply#37 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:45 PM EDT

                              Whats a "riddens"? Is that like a horse that you rode hard and put away wet? Or could it be that you meant, riddance? These computers have spell check for a reason. Figure it out.

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                              #37.1 - Sun Apr 29, 2012 6:43 PM EDT
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                              I'm always amazed by how far people can drift out of reality as we know it and still "pass" in normal society.

                              • 4 votes
                              Reply#38 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:14 PM EDT

                              Evil comes in all shapes, sizes, and political affiliation. So scary !

                              • 2 votes
                              Reply#39 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:22 PM EDT

                              He could have used a dirt devil or a good feather duster ....

                              And you can stop calling him a survivalist ....

                              • 2 votes
                              Reply#40 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:37 PM EDT

                              I love what he did to the place.

                              • 2 votes
                              Reply#41 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:43 PM EDT

                              So do I. By dying in it, he really improved the decor enormously.

                                #41.1 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:28 PM EDT
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                                I guess this proves you don't have to be a Liberal to be an idiot (but I'm pretty sure it helps)

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                                Reply#42 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:43 PM EDT

                                People kill people, guns are merely tools. Totaly understand that concept, but we keep giving the "tool' to the people who shouldn't have them.Still believe less guns, less gun deaths. Only mass knife murderer I know was Jack the Ripper

                                • 3 votes
                                Reply#43 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:45 PM EDT

                                There were lots of murderers who used knives and other edged weapons, but most of them lived before guns were invented.

                                  #43.1 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:03 PM EDT

                                  Partialy correct.

                                  Weapons, be it guns or any other "tool", jaw of an ass etc. will always be used by man.

                                  There is NO way around it.

                                  Guns are actually a minor problem. In good hands they are simply a target gun or a detererent at best.

                                  So many people harp on guns, it is quite amazing.

                                  Think bigger for a minute.

                                  Think TANK, RPG, C-4, Ground attack aircraft, Jet fighters, Atomic bombs etc.

                                  Your gun worrys will fade fast.

                                  • 1 vote
                                  #43.2 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:26 PM EDT

                                  YEAH! Lets make guns illegal. Take them from all the true law abiding citizens of these great states. Then only the criminals, whom couldn't give a rat's ass if they are illegal or not, will be the only ones with guns beside the police and government. That makes a lot of sense. You go ahead and bring a knife to gun fight. More power to you. I hope your a Samurai.

                                    #43.3 - Sun Apr 29, 2012 6:50 PM EDT
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                                    One less Republican!

                                    • 4 votes
                                    Reply#44 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:49 PM EDT

                                    Since he obviously supported murdering children, there is strong evidence he was a Democrat. He probably considered it just a late(er)-term abortion.

                                    • 5 votes
                                    #44.1 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:55 PM EDT

                                    You mean like Republican George Zimmerman?

                                    • 3 votes
                                    #44.2 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:21 PM EDT

                                    Actually, George Zimmerman, the one who shot Trayvon Martin, is a registered Democrat. Do your homework knucklehead.

                                    • 1 vote
                                    #44.3 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:07 PM EDT

                                    In that case, WAR, he was more of an idiot than first believed.

                                    • 2 votes
                                    #44.4 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:34 PM EDT

                                    SO cute.

                                    And after this election process, one less liberal.

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                                    #44.5 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:41 PM EDT
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                                    Why would you construct a doomsday bunker almost within sight of a major highway, not to mention less than a mile away from a popular hiking trailhead? These Tea Party members are not the brightest bulbs.

                                    • 4 votes
                                    Reply#45 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:01 PM EDT

                                    Where is your bunker? Serious though, there is evidence (murdering his family for one thing) that he wasn't living in the rational world.

                                    • 2 votes
                                    #45.1 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:03 PM EDT

                                    Physical location is immaterial. True shelter and sustenance can exist only within your mind.

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                                    #45.2 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:30 PM EDT
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                                    Poor guy ....

                                    He probably realized how disastrous Obama's debt and deficit is going to be on him and his families future generations ....

                                    Poor guy ....

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                                    Reply#46 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:15 PM EDT

                                    It just makes you wonder what's this survivalist thing all about. You really want to live in this kind of bunkers for any period of time, especially when the outside world is burning like hell? Well, I suppose they expect to be led to heaven once apocalypse is over, so it might be OK to just survive in the mean time.

                                    • 2 votes
                                    Reply#47 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:18 PM EDT

                                    Well, when the apocalypse finally happened, he wanted to be able to tell his grandkids how he was the last one to die.......

                                      #47.1 - Sun Apr 29, 2012 9:13 AM EDT
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                                      You guys caught him in the middle of some "renovations"! He has 5 gallons of Ace paint! The place WOULD have looked MARVELOUS!

                                      • 2 votes
                                      Reply#48 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:21 PM EDT

                                      His maid may only come once a week ....

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                                      #48.1 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:23 PM EDT
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                                      looks like the hole they pulled saddam out of in iraq.

                                        Reply#49 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:46 PM EDT

                                        The spider hole we pulled Saddam out of was much smaller and did not have all the luxury living accomodations this bonehead had in his. Saddam survived in his for 3 years, ( off and on ), with three Ranger Battalions, SF, and Delta all looking for him, not including other branches and countries. He had a fairly good network watching his back though.

                                          #49.1 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:15 PM EDT
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                                          It's so sad that this guy had to kill his wife and eighteen year old daughter, who had her whole life ahead of her. My heart goes out to the family members left to pick up the pieces this selfish man left behind. These survivalist who freak out, always think of just themselves and never about the emotional carnage they always leave for others to deal with. What a coward. I don't understand why people, who go all doomsday, have to kill their family? If he wanted to check out then that's his choice but he should have allowed his family to make their own decision about living or dying. What a POS. And I have to agree with so many of the posts that stated at least he spared the taxpayers a trial. I also thought of all of the survivalist who think they can't or won't be found, well, I guess this swat team locating this guys incredibly, well hidden and fortified bunker and then blowing the roof off of it, kind of proves that theory wrong. if police want to find you, they can and will, no matter what!

                                            Reply#50 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:07 PM EDT

                                            Yeah, I have to laugh at the doomsday preppers who think they can live in extended isolation and defend themselves if the need arises. Sure, you and your boy Jimmy Joe Bob, your wife and the family dog are gonna hold off roving bands of starving people with nothing to lose, who will doubtless also be armed, for all eternity. RIght? MUAHAHAHAHAHAH! Like this idiot found out, and pretty quickly, they will find you, and they will deal with you and then take what you had, including your lives. I don't care if you have an automatic 20 mm cannon on the roof of your bunker, because sooner or later, you'll run out of ammo. You'll run out of food. You'll run out of water. And you'll run out of time. But go ahead. The business of goobers selling bomb shelters and weapons to other goobers makes a tidy profit for the selling goobers, and allows the buying goobers to reinforce their delusions. It's a win-win for all.

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                                            #50.1 - Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:37 PM EDT

                                            Yeah! Just as idiotic as those many 1000s of people in the early 1950s-60s whom built fallout bunkers for the atomic war that so far has not happened. I am not one of the " Survivalist ", but I can in some ways, see the logic behind having a place to fall back on in case of emergency. It's call " being prepared ". How many people on here have a " hurricane kit "? I live in the Texas Gulf Coast area. Of course I have one. There is nothing wrong with being prepared as long as you as within the laws of the nation. DON"T KILL YOUR FAMILY AND GO TO YOUR CRAPPY BUNKER! It's a bad thing to do, it's against the law, and this is your FAMILY your wasting.

                                            Remember people, a lot of you on here calling this guy a survivalist wacko for building a bunker probably had parents or grandparents that had atomic bomb shelters in their back yards. This nutjub that killed his family may have been wacko, insane, or whatever you want to call it, not because he had a " survivalist bunker " but for the atrocious act he committed before going there.

                                            • 2 votes
                                            #50.2 - Sun Apr 29, 2012 1:48 AM EDT

                                            DAMN!!! I misspelled " nutjob " and didn't correct it. Crap.

                                            • 1 vote
                                            #50.3 - Sun Apr 29, 2012 1:56 AM EDT

                                            Don't you just hate when that happens, and you can't correct your post?

                                            Yup, back in the good old days, the 1950s, all those bomb shelters built. Luckily, by 1962 they realized all you needed to do to survive a nuclear war was "duck and cover" under your school desk.

                                            • 1 vote
                                            #50.4 - Sun Apr 29, 2012 9:17 AM EDT

                                            YEAH! Thats it! Hide under wood kindling while a nuclear firestorm is coming your way at 500 mph.

                                              #50.5 - Sun Apr 29, 2012 4:22 PM EDT
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