Special Agent Jolene Goeden: That information was pushed out to law enforcement across that entire corridor. The skulls were drawn in Israel Keyes' own blood. Samantha nodded. Peter Van Sant: Right through the window? What he wanted to do, it was all there. Special Agent Katherine Nelson: This is a silencer that Keyes actually constructed himself. Special Agent Katherine Nelson: He said Canadians don't count. Have you heard this? Anchorage Assistant U.S. Attorney Frank Russo and his colleagues knew time was of the essence. Keyes confessed to Koenig's murder and over the course of several months, pointed investigators to three other victims. Dezarae Smith: Christian Identity theology is very white supremacist. In one case, the arbitrator wrote, an officer who failed to perform any checks for five hours and then falsified a logbook was not fired. That's how it felt to Jacobsen, who has since left his career as a correctional officer to take a job in maintenance. Frank Russo: We started off with "Where is Samantha?" Since 1982, Smoky Mountain Home Health and Hospice has been providing medical care to thousands of East Tennessee residents in their home, the place where everyone wants to be. The Alaska Police Standards Board moved to revoke his police certificate but later dropped the case, according to the union. And then he pulled the battery out of the phone. Peter Van Sant: So, he would pre-position these caches and then when the urge came upon him, if he happened to be in that state, he had his tools of destruction ready to go. Eric Johnson worked with Keyes at the Parks and Recreation Department. While in prison, he confessed to traveling to many locations to seek out his victims based on opportunity rather than type of victim. "It won't be easy by any means. RUSSELL GUNDERSON | NEIGHBOR [KTVA interview]: Nothing suspicious at all except for that he worked hard. It is believed Keyes killed 11 people, as represented by the 11 skulls. ISRAEL KEYES [audio interview, April 17, 2012]: Something kind of changed in the way I thought, and I didn't want to do anything that would mess with kids or whatever. Peter Van Sant: And have been missing for some time. ISRAEL KEYES Yeah, Neah Bay's a boring town. Special Agent Jolene Goeden: We have the silencer for the 22. Solving the murders of Israel Keyes. Possibly August to November 2007. Israel Keyes Daughter and Girlfriend. U.S. ATTORNEY KEVIN FELDIS: So, give me something to work with. ISRAEL KEYES [audio interview, April 17, 2012]: I would do something and then I would go back like business as usual and go out with friends, go out to bars. And then something strange: Samanthas ATM card, which by now had a tracker on it, began pinging. Investigators said Keyes told them he enjoyed killing people and seeing coverage of his crimes in the media. You could shoot someone on a busy street and no one would hear a thing. And he just simply said, "Well, it was open late.". Peter Van Sant: Is there a sense that there may be a body somewhere near that river? Keyes had confessed months before his death to kidnapping, raping and strangling Samantha Koenig. . ISRAEL KEYES [audio interview]: So, I knew I was going to have to knock him out or just kill him. In jailhouse interviews with the FBI, he admitted to killing a Vermont couple, Bill and Lorraine Currier, as well as at least five other people over a span of 11 years. Dezarae Smith: it is hard to explain how he made me feel. An inside look into the funeral of serial killer Israel Keyes, Lufkin crews respond to house fire after tree falls on power lines, Man who stuffed 10-month-old into backpack gets life without parole. "But I'll never give up trying.". ", Gardner says every time someone from the church would try to plead with Keyes to denounce his atheism, he did not hear the words and he would not repent. Frank Russo: That he had been a serial killer for 14 years. Investigators began focusing on his time in Washington State, where Keyes was raised; a place where he would admit to killing at least four more people. Special Agent Jolene Goeden: He wanted an Americano coffee from Starbucks. Frank Russo: He was talking about the murder of this girl like someone else would discuss what they had for lunch. On Sunday, there was no indication of any other attendees besides family, who mostly live in Texas. But give me a card . Part of the ransom text sent to Samantha Koenig's boyfriend. Family of confessed serial killer Israel Keyes holds funeral in U.S. ATTORNEY KEVIN FELDIS [video interrogation]: Were any of those victims shot? And you did that to somebody else's daughter? Special Agent Katherine Nelson [driving with Van Sant]: There was no obvious lead in this case, and it posed so many barriers for us in the beginning as to where to start looking for her. Israel keyes was an american serial killer who typically traveled to different locations and selected victims of opportunity, rather than having a preferred victim type. But Keyes' daughter was born after Julie Harris was murdered. John Smith: So, we're heading north out of Colville. I dont want to hear about you questioning her again, Keyes told the agents. First published on May 9, 2020 / 11:09 PM. . Keyes also was known as a good father, Dulik added. Special Agent Katherine Nelson | FBI, Anchorage, Alaska: Cell phone records, financial records, anything we could find out about his background, his travels. Jacobsen, the union wrote, was simply a convenient person to blame for an embarrassing lapse. He had made the same drive, at . Propulsive and un-put-downable." USA Today "If you've never heard of Israel Keyes, his name will fill you with dread after reading Callahan's superb investigation of how . I'm sure that God wanted to save this man.". He put down his empty thermos and asked the barista for an Americano. New Information Released in Serial Killer Case FBI It was just random.". Scan this QR code to download the app now. Special Agent Jolene Goeden: We had hoped that that note was going to be clues and tips for us on and that he was finally going to give us all of the information on the homicides.