To start, what makes Israel Keyes an interesting case is that unlike the majority of serial killers, he didn't have a pattern. He didn't have an MO. Keyes would target people at random, and not in one specific place. He DID, however, plan for months in advance before executing that particular crime
His specialty was frequently using campgrounds or isolated locations. He would claim that he only used guns, but later we learn that he preferred to strangle his victims, as he had a sick pleasure of watching them lose consciousness. He also, falsely claimed that he didn't kill children or parents of children, out of respect and love for his daughter; whom he worried would learn about his sinister acts.
(Police debunked this when they suspected Israel Keyes killed several teenagers and children).
Oddly. Israel Keyes, while serving in the military claimed he did NOT murder anyone BUT he DID confess to attempting to rape a sex worker, while he was in Egypy (on leave). He admitted it happened a second time, while he was in Israel.
I find this a bit off with Keyes, when he told investigators that he burglarized a Texas home and set it on fire. It again was confirmed by the FBI that he actually burglarized 20 to 30 homes across the United States. He also robbed several banks between 2001 and 2012.
It is believed, although it can't be confirmed, nor denied that Israel Keyes began killing in 2001, right after his discharge from the Army. He has been held responsible for as many as eleven deaths in the United States.
On his murder trips, he kept his mobile phone turned off and paid for items with cash. For the Currier murders, Keyes flew to Chicago, where he rented a car to drive 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) to Vermont. He then used a "murder kit" he had hidden two years earlier to execute the murders.
(I am now going to list his victims, at least the ones that are known. The last part will be the aftermath)
Israel Keyes confessed to the murder of 49-year-old William "Bill" Scott Currier and his wife, 55-year-old Lorraine Simonne Currier. They lived in Essex, Vermont.
According to Keyes, he broke into their home on June 8, 2011, tied them up and drived them to an abandoned farmhouse. He shot Bill then proceeded to sexually assault, and strangling Lorraine. Their bodies were never found. What is totally insane is that 2 years prior, Israel Keyes had stored a "murder kit" by the Currier home.
(After the murders, he moved most of the kit's contents to a new hiding place in Parishville, New York, where they remained until after his arrest).
Keyes took her possessions, including her debit card. He sexually assaulted, but didn't kill her until the following day. Sick and sadistic Israel Keyes left her body in a shed in his backyard and went to New Orleans, where he departed on a pre-booked two-week cruise with his family in the Gulf of Mexico.
Unfortunately, this photo gave her loved ones some hope, and at least some of the monies were deposited into Samantha's bank account.
Menawhile, Israel Ketes dismembered her body and disposed of it in in Matanuska Lake, which is just north of Anchorage, Alaska. Her remains were recovered by the FBI's Underwater Search and Evidence Response Team (USERT).
The authorities believe he had other victims as well.
Cassandra "Cassie" Emerson, 12, also from Colville, Washington area, was reported missing after the remains of her mother, Marlene Kay Emerson, 29, were discovered in their burned-out trailer home on June 27, 1997; Cassie's remains were found in 1998 about thirteen miles from her home. (Keyes did admit his first act of arson was with a trailer in Colville).
Keyes admitted he killed five people in Washington State. Israel Keyes claimed to have either buried or submerged a victim in a lake in Neah Bay, Washington in mid-2001. A body was found, but this death was ruled accidental.
He also confessed to the double homicide of a young couple which occurred between 2001 and 2005. According to Keyes, he beat the man to death and strangled the woman; he buried both of them.
Between 2005 and 2006, Keyes said he had killed two further victims separately; one was apparently dumped in Lake Crescent, Washington. This all seemed a bit odd to investigators as they found that Israel Keyes had no felony criminal record in Washington, only minor driving related offenses. They believed him enough to go through their unsolved murders and missing persons cases.
In 2012, authorities identified a possible victim known only as Lewis County Jane Doe, who was a woman found in the Peterman Hill area in Morton, Washington on April 7, 2011, by a passing motorist. (Her identity was discovered in 2022, but her name was never released to the public).
Keyes also confessed to at least one murder in New York State. He claimed it happened in late 2012. This has never been proven as Keyesnever revealed identity, age, nor sex of the victim. They have no idea when nor where it happened neither.
The next part is simply speculation...
Israel Keyes is a suspect in a series of crimes in 2007 that were committed by the the killer dubbed "Boca Killer". (They happened in Town Center at Boca Raton, Florida). Three crimes were committed...
Randi Ann Malitz Gorenberg, 52, who on March 23, 2007, was abducted from the Boca Town Center Mall parking lot. Within an hour, her body, which had two fatal bullet wounds, had been dumped at a different location.
Second crime, the victims survived. It was a woman and her toddler who were kidnapped on August 7, 2007. The woman was able to give a fairly detailed description, that was pretty close to Keyes'. Yje perp released her, after she withdrew money from her ATM.
The third and final crime here was heartbreaking, as it was the murder of Nancy Bochicchio, 47, and her 7-year-old daughter, Joey Bochicchio-Hauser, who were found fatally shot in their vehicle at the Boca Town Center Mall parking lot on December 12, 2007.
Authorities believe Keyes may have murdered 48-year-old woman Debra Feldman, after discovering that he had frequently searched for her missing persons case on his computer shortly before his arrest.Debra Feldman was last seen in Hackensack, New Jersey on April 8, 2009. When agents showned her photo to Ketes, his only response was, “I don’t want to talk about her yet.” (It is suspected that Keyes buried her near Tupper Lake, New York).
58-year-old James "Jimmy" Lamar Tidwell Jr., an electrician who disappeared in Mount Enterprise, Texas on February 15, 2012. He was last seen at 5:30 a.m. that day, after he had finished working the night shift. The reason investigators believe Keyes killed him is because during a robbery in Azle, Texas on February 16, 2012, the robber wore a white hard hat similar to Tidwell's. Tidwell's hair also resembled a dark-haired wig worn by Keyes during the robbery.
When interrogated, Keyes stated that his "wig" was, in fact, human hair. When asked where he had obtained the hair, Keyes said, "You don't have to buy real hair to get real hair."
Needless to say, Israel Keyes is one unhinged serial killer, who had no motive. No victim profile. No rhyme nor reason... making him a very dangerous and difficult perpetrator to hunt down... but they did.
To be continued...