Israel Keyes, dubbed as a chillingly methodical serial killer, is now the object of the Wild Crime series on Hulu for his clinical approach to murder. He was arrested in March 2012- for the first time after a decade-long killing spree.
It was during the capture that detectives found very disturbing signs of many crimes committed across the length and breadth of the United States, where at least 11 victims have been identified but many more might remain unknown.
The capture of Israel Keyes: Following the Money Trail
The abduction and murder of Samantha Koenig, an 18-year-old barista from Anchorage, Alaska, on February 1, 2012, led to the eventual arrest of Keyes. Koenig was taken from a coffee stand, sexually assaulted, and killed the following day, and stored in a shed while Keyes embarked on a cruise with his family.
After returning, Keyes staged a ransom by using makeup on Koenig's corpse, sewing her eyes open, and taking a picture of her with a newspaper as if she were alive. He sent ransom demands to the family, which led them to deposit $30,000 into her bank account.
Keyes' ultimate undoing was using Koenig's debit card to withdraw cash. With security camera footage and cellphone data, he had been tracked across several states, as his card had been used in New Mexico and Texas.
On March 13, 2012, he ended up behind bars in Lufkin, Texas, after attempting another withdrawal. Inside the car were pieces of evidence, including Samantha Koenig's ATM card, her cell phone, and a disguise used in his transactions, closing the case on him.
The horrifying aftermath: A decade of crimes uncovered
After being arrested, Keyes confessed to killing Koenig and gave more information about his crimes. Detectives then came to know that Keyes killed people often using a random victim profile and targeted them at isolated locations like parks, cemeteries, and campgrounds.
Keyes did not commit murders limited to the USA, but he always had very careful planning systems to avoid detection by burying "kill kits" - caches of weapons, tools, and money buried in several states to be used while committing crimes.
Among other unexpected murders linked to Keyes is that of Bill and Lorraine Currier whose murder in Vermont took place in 2011. They were kidnapped from their home and killed in an abandoned farmhouse.
He even confessed to many other murder cases but did not divulge details, thus leaving many of his cases still unsolved. He claimed it was because he wanted his daughter to grow up without the knowledge of what he did, complicating the identification of even more victims.
Legacy of Israel Keyes' Crimes
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The riddle of one of the most elusive criminal streaks in modern America was broken by the arrest of Keyes. This is a case in which conformity to profile standards is seen as the least important factor because the killings have been careful, random, and devoid of emotion.
The Wild Crime series illustrates Keyes' existence, his methodical murders, and the inquiry that trapped him in his dark legacy, casting an awful eye into the treacherous mind of a serial killer.
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