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"This isn't a hole in the ground. It's an elaborate structure," Strachan said. Court documents described Keller as a loner who has a survivalist mentality and has been stockpiling supplies in the woods. An arrest warrant issued Wednesday accuses him of two counts of first-degree murder and one count of first-degree arson. The fire at Keller's home was stopped before the house burned down, and authorities said they found seven gasoline cans placed in different areas of the home. The King County medical examiner has determined Kaylene Keller, 18, and her mother, Lynnettee Keller, 41, both died from gunshots to the head. Their bodies were found in their bedrooms. Kaylene's boyfriend told detectives that Peter Keller had shown him his gun collection and several large-caliber rifles and handguns, court documents said. The boyfriend, who was not identified, said Kaylene had told him her father took long hikes on the weekends and was stockpiling supplies at a fort in the woods. Peter Keller withdrew $6,200 from a bank last week and told one of his co-workers at a computer refurbishing store in Preston that he might not return, according to court documents. Officers with the SWAT team had spent Friday morning searching a popular hiking area known as Rattlesnake Ridge just outside North Bend. Deputies closed trails and roads leading into the area of dense trees and networks of hiking and biking trails. Sheriff's vehicles dotted housing developments that abutted the ridge. Sally Betts of Vashon Island had been hoping to hike Rattlesnake Ridge with her friends from the Renton Women's Hiking Club, but drove off for another trail after learning of the search. "We thought that Rattlesnake is so popular, he wouldn't be there. He's an outdoorsman
-- he'll be off on the wilderness somewhere," Betts said.
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