Little is known about the DeKalb man charged with the murder of Antinette “Toni” Keller.

William P. Curl, 34, lived in Golden Years Plaza, 507 E. Taylor St. The high-rise apartment building provides low-income public housing, according to the Housing Authority of the County of DeKalb website.

A 10-year resident of Golden Years Plaza who didn’t want her name printed for privacy reasons said she had met Curl a few times and said he was “really quiet.”

Robert Cox, a two-year resident of Golden Years Plaza, said he met Curl when Curl helped him fix his car’s brakes on a cold, rainy day in September 2009.

Cox said he asked the first person he saw in the parking lot to help him. It happened to be Curl.

“He didn’t want to help me, he was in a hurry,” Cox said. “I told him it’ll take less than a minute, you just gotta pump the brakes. I offered to pay him, but he didn’t take the money.”

Phil Montgomery, DeKalb Assistant State’s Attorney, was asked after Curl’s first court appearance on Oct. 30 why Curl is living in Golden Years Plaza.

“He is not disabled to my knowledge,” Montgomery said.

Curl was believed to be unemployed and was never enrolled at or worked for NIU, according to a DeKalb County Major Case Squad Oct. 29 press release.