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A Serial Killer\u2019s Childhood<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nIsrael Keyes was raised in a Mormon household. His parents were white supremacists who didn\u2019t believe in the official education system. They kept Israel at home so that he wouldn\u2019t be influenced by any outsiders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
With little contact with other perspectives other than white supremacist and racist ideology, it is perhaps no surprise that Israel Keyes ended up becoming a white supremacist himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the age of 20, he enlisted in the army and served at Fort Lewis, Fort Capote, and in Egypt. His fellow soldiers, reflecting back on him during that time, described him as quiet and reserved but with a dark side that would often surprise them on the weekends. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As soon as Friday night rolled around, he would go wild, blasting fascist metal music and downing bottle after bottle of bourbon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although he had no trouble absorbing the hate of white supremacist and fascist ideology, the one thing that didn\u2019t rub off on Israel was the Mormon religion. While serving in the military, he renounced Mormonism, and became an atheist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And while Israel might have learned discipline in the army, it certainly didn\u2019t shape him into an upstanding citizen as his father might have hoped. Instead, it was not long after leaving that he embarked on his life of crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Israel Keyes Seemed Normal on the Surface<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nIsrael left the army with an honorable discharge. But the following six years were marked by a spree of crimes that the police never managed to pin on him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He robbed banks, stole from stores, and executed a series of scams. He later admitted that during this period he even raped a girl for the first time. But like the rest of his crimes, he was never caught.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While all of these crimes were taking place, Israel\u2019s life on the surface<\/a> must have seemed quite normal. He moved to Alaska in 2007 and became a carpenter. He lived in a house with his girlfriend and daughter. <\/p>\n\n\n\nBut even so, he began to travel around the country, committing murders and leaving no trace of evidence for the authorities to find.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From Criminal to Serial Killer <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nHis murders<\/a> were all carefully planned and executed, starting with the Currier family in 2011. On June 2 of that year, Israel Keyes flew from Anchorage to Chicago. He then rented a car and drove another 800 miles to Vermont, where he found a remote house. <\/p>\n\n\n\nThere at home, he found the newlywed Curriers. After cutting the telephone lines, Israel entered the house and tied up the couple. He then proceeded to rape and strangle Mrs. Currier before shooting her husband. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then, he got rid of the bodies through a careful process that he would employ over and over again all over the country. By the time police were alerted to their disappearance, there was no sign of what had happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Israel was able to elude police for years because his crimes were seemingly random. Each time he boarded a plane to a new city, he would rent a car, drive to a carefully selected location, and carry out his crimes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the way, he would map out his escape routes and his ideal sites for discarding the bodies. Then he would put together a so-called \u201cmurder kit,\u201d which held everything from guns to rope to tape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was a meticulous planner, and the seeming randomness of the acts meant the police had no idea they were dealing with a serial killer<\/a>. It was not until the killing of Samantha Koenig that Israel Keyes would make his only mistakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHow Israel Keyes Slipped Up with Samantha Koenig<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Israel left the army with an honorable discharge. But the following six years were marked by a spree of crimes that the police never managed to pin on him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He robbed banks, stole from stores, and executed a series of scams. He later admitted that during this period he even raped a girl for the first time. But like the rest of his crimes, he was never caught.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While all of these crimes were taking place, Israel\u2019s life on the surface<\/a> must have seemed quite normal. He moved to Alaska in 2007 and became a carpenter. He lived in a house with his girlfriend and daughter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n But even so, he began to travel around the country, committing murders and leaving no trace of evidence for the authorities to find.<\/p>\n\n\n\n His murders<\/a> were all carefully planned and executed, starting with the Currier family in 2011. On June 2 of that year, Israel Keyes flew from Anchorage to Chicago. He then rented a car and drove another 800 miles to Vermont, where he found a remote house. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There at home, he found the newlywed Curriers. After cutting the telephone lines, Israel entered the house and tied up the couple. He then proceeded to rape and strangle Mrs. Currier before shooting her husband. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Then, he got rid of the bodies through a careful process that he would employ over and over again all over the country. By the time police were alerted to their disappearance, there was no sign of what had happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Israel was able to elude police for years because his crimes were seemingly random. Each time he boarded a plane to a new city, he would rent a car, drive to a carefully selected location, and carry out his crimes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n On the way, he would map out his escape routes and his ideal sites for discarding the bodies. Then he would put together a so-called \u201cmurder kit,\u201d which held everything from guns to rope to tape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He was a meticulous planner, and the seeming randomness of the acts meant the police had no idea they were dealing with a serial killer<\/a>. It was not until the killing of Samantha Koenig that Israel Keyes would make his only mistakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFrom Criminal to Serial Killer <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How Israel Keyes Slipped Up with Samantha Koenig<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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