One of the most recently apprehended serial killers, Israel Keyes, committed a long series of rapes and murders until his capture in 2012. While awaiting trial for the killing of one of his victims, Keyes committed suicide in prison.
Israel Keyes loved the thrill that accompanied a kill. He planned his murders long time ahead and took extraordinary precaution to avoid detection. Unlike the majority of serial killers, he didn’t have a victim profile. Keyes’s killings were far from home, and never in the same area twice. While traveling to his murder site, he kept his phone turned off and paid for everything in cash. Keyes once flew to Chicago, rented a car to drive the 1000 additional miles to Vermont and performed his killings.
While most serial killers tend to build their persona, achieve a pop star status, the most exciting thing about Keyes is that he studied the other famous serial killers, but devised his techniques so that nobody would be able to blame him for copying others. Israel Keyes admired Ted Bundy and bears some similarities – both were heavy drinkers, methodical, intelligent, felt some “possession” over the victims, and operated in multiple U.S. states.
