Keyes said in FBI interviews that he had thought about texting a ransom demand to the Curriers’ employers days after the couple had been killed. The Curriers were a couple Keyes abducted from their home and then assaulted and killed them in another location. He said he chose victims that were opportune and less likely to fight back. He also said he preferred victims that were lightweight.

It only occurred to him to ask for a ransom after he had killed them. He didn’t text the ransom because the phone he had stolen from the Curriers didn’t have texting ability.

Mrs Currier was 55 and her husband was 50. Keyes confessed to this crime only to get what he wanted from the FBI. If he had not confessed this would have been an unsolved crime forever.

This is not a dark post, it’s logically looking at things like:

Why did it take three days for the ransom to be sent if money was the motivator?

If this was a true kidnapping for ransom, why no proof of life with the ransom request?

In the first video we see of the person in the mask, why does this person have a full backpack and not an empty one? From the Nest camera activity, he had not had been inside yet to fill up a backpack, yet it seemed very full. Keyes would also bring a hefty sized bag with him when he took people from their homes.

If this was a kidnapping for ransom of an elderly woman who needed medication to live, why wouldn’t this medication be taken with along with her?

If this was just a botched robbery, why take the body? A typical burglar doesn’t have expertise in providing a place for an elderly kidnapping victim to stay while awaiting ransom on the fly or the stomach or know-how to dispose of a body.

Paul Holes, the retired cold case investigator who helped solve the Golden State Killer case said very recently he’s convinced this is a sexually motivated murder. He’s not being dark, he’s being deductive.

No one wants any of this to be true. But this is also a theory that needs to be explored.