Extreme beliefs create extreme problems. Case in point: Israel Keyes
I can’t say enough about Samantha Koenig. She was 18 years old, and was loved by family, friends, and the man she was dating.
On February 1, 2012, 18 years old Samantha Koenig was working at the small fish house size coffee shop pictured above, called Common Grounds in Anchorage, Alaska. Israel Keyes jumped in through the window of the small coffee hut and led her out at gunpoint. He kidnapped her at gunpoint and told her he was going to hold her for ransom. At one point Samantha ran, but he caught her. Keyes said he pressed the gun against her and told her to walk like she was drunk. He claims there were people in the parking lot when he forced her into his car.
(None of us knows exactly how we would respond if held at gunpoint. My advice is don’t get into the car, even if you have to risk being shot. Most predators aren’t going to shoot if others are around and risk the arrest.)
Keyes took her to a shed and raped her. He cranked up a radio, to cover her screams for help and strangled her to death. The green picture is the last picture taken from the coffee shop camera.
After killing her, Keyes then went on vacation to New Orleans with his family and left Samantha’s body frozen in a shed. He returned two weeks later, on February 17, 2012 and began developing a plan to collect ransom in exchange for Samantha. He thawed her body, put make-up on her face and sewed her eyes open to give her the appearance of being alive. Keyes photographed Samantha’s body with a current newspaper to give the illusion she was alive. When FBI agents viewed the photo, they determined Samantha was either unconscious or dead. Keyes left a ransom note in a park and texted Samantha’s boyfriend with her phone requesting $30,000. Keyes then dismembered her body, cut a hole in the ice in Matanuska Lake near Anchorage, and dumped her remains. Keyes stated he fished through the hole as he waited for the body to sink to the bottom. He claimed he caught fish, took them home and ate them. (Keep in mind Keyes was a liar and a killer. Maybe he did, or maybe he was trying to make himself look tough.)
FBI agents working with a search crew to locate Samantha’s body. Keyes told them where he left her, and her body was found at that location.
This is how Samantha Koenig should be remembered.
Keyes request for ransom money, ultimately led to his capture. Samantha’s parents deposited money in her account and FBI agents tracked the withdrawals. The 1st withdrawal occurred in Anchorage, Alaska. Police closed in on the ATM machine but missed Keyes by only minutes. The 2nd withdrawal occurs in Wilcox, Arizona. Keep in mind police have no idea who their suspect is at this point. The 3rd withdrawal is in Lordsburg, New Mexico. The 4th was in Humble, Texas. The 5th in Shepard, Texas. At that point they knew their suspect was on I-69 headed east (taking what’s called the I-10 corridor). What Israel Keyes didn’t realize is that cameras are mounted at different locations by ATMs and one camera caught his white Ford Focus.
On March 14, 2012 a trooper spots a white Ford Focus on the I-10 corridor in a hotel parking lot. The trooper follows the vehicle, and once Keyes exceeds the speed limit, he has a reason to pull him over. Lufkin, Texas, state trooper Brian Henry pulled over and arrested one of the worst serial killers in U.S. history. (The arrest is pictured below.) His vehicle was searched after officers spotted cash stained with bright ink, indicating a dye pack from a bank robbery. Samantha Koenig's ATM card and cell phone were also discovered in Keyes's car.
Where did a creep like Keyes come from?
Keyes was 1 of 10 children raised in poverty. His family lived on a mountainside cut off from the outside world--off the grid. (No radio and no electricity.) The goal was to protect the children from the evils of public life. Instead, they created one of the worst serial killers in American history. Their religion, titled Christian Identity Theology was a white supremacist ideology. A couple, who I’m not going to identify, gave this information about Keyes church in Colville. It was called the Christian Israel Covenant Church and they taught British Israelism as doctrine. British Israelism is also known as the Anglo-Israelite theory. In recent years, it’s been connected to the persecution of Jews in World War II.
The religion taught that miscegenation (interbreeding of people from different races) was abominable and deviant, and that Anglo-Saxons were to rule over the perceived inferior races. Keyes later alleged the religion to have been militia-like. The couple who attended Keyes church shared that the talk in their church was that people who didn’t have their beliefs were “sub-human.” (What a terrible message.)
The Keyes' children had been forced to sleep in a tent due to their cabin's small size. To survive, the Keyes' children were made to hunt their food, chop firewood, and work on local farms to support the family. Israel Keyes hunted "anything with a heartbeat" and freely admitted to skinning a deer alive to his peers at the church. As a result, Keyes was actively avoided by various youths who attended the Christian Israel Covenant Church, with one girl recounting that Keyes's presence "made my skin crawl."
Israel Keyes stated:
“I've known since I was 14 that there were things that I thought were normal and [okay] that no one else seemed to think were normal and okay. So that's when I just started being a loner. [...] People found out about some of the stuff I did. Like my parents, and parents of other kids who would hang out with me. They would find out about some of the stuff I did. And that's when I just started doing stuff by myself exclusively.”
As a youth, Keyes admitted to shooting at neighbors' houses with his BB gun, starting fires in the woods, torturing animals and breaking into houses for fun. On occasion, Keyes–who stood 6 ft 2 inches tall by age 14, sold stolen guns to local adults.
Keyes became a skilled carpenter, building his first cabin for his family at age sixteen. The family moved to Smyrna, Maine. Due to their mother's religious zealousness, the Keyes children were forbidden to watch movies with friends and were forbidden to learn musical instruments. Keyes renounced his former Christian faith. After declaring his atheism to his parents, they evicted him and instructed his siblings (who looked up to him) to never have contact with him. Keyes then took an interest in Satanism and began planning ritualistic murders.
I have to share one of my favorite quotes about a religion (Puritanism) that didn’t believe in the use of musical instruments and viewed dancing as an act of vanity. “Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.”
― H.L. Mencken, A Mencken Chrestomathy
Julie Harris
Julie Harris disappeared in 1996 while waiting for a ride to church. Julie participated in special Olympics and prosthetic legs. Julie’s prosthetic feet and later her body, were discovered in the river in Colville. Friends of Julie’s in Colville said Julie was seen at one time talking to Israel Keyes. Keyes claimed his first assault didn’t occur until 1997 in Oregon. I think Keyes had victims he didn’t want associated with him, as he was a narcissist who want to make a name for himself. (Keyes admired Ted Bundy.) A child as vulnerable as Julie, would be someone Keyes wouldn’t want associated with his name. It would make his cowardice too obvious.
In the summer of 1997, Keyes committed a sexual assault on a teenage girl who had been tubing with her friends down the Deschutes River in Maupin, Oregon. Although this was not his first sexual assault, Keyes admitted that he stalked the girl from a tree line before "very violently sexually assaulting" her by knifepoint. He estimated the girl to be between 14 and 18 years of age. Keyes had originally planned to murder the girl as part of a Satanic ritual. She talked him into letting her go. Keyes let her tube away in the river. He would later state that not killing her was a mistake he always regretted.
On June 27, 1997, Cassie Emerson, age 12 (another young girl from the Colville area), was reported missing after her mother's (Marlene Emerson’s) remains were discovered in their burned-out trailer home. Cassie's remains were found in 1998 about thirteen miles from her home on an old logging trail. There were no arrests in either case. Keyes did not admit to killing her but did admit that his first act of arson was with a trailer. In addition, Keyes' female partner at the time, reported he had made a trip to Colville during this time period. 
FBI agents believe based on his interviews; Keyes killed 4 people in the state of Washington. However, they were not able to identify all of them.
On July 9, 1998, Keyes enlisted in the United States Army in the state of New Jersey. He was stationed at Fort Lewis, Fort Hood, and spent much time abroad while stationed in Sinai, Egypt. While in Egypt he became angry at a fellow soldier and told him, he would "like to kill" him. On weekends, he would drink heavily, consuming entire bottles of Wild Turkey bourbon. Keyes was also a fan of the hip hop duo Insane Clown Posse and displayed posters of the musical act in the barracks. He stated he didn’t assault again until his military stint ended in 2001. Keyes was ticked in 2001 for Driving While Intoxicated. Keyes did not admit to any murders during his three years in the United States Army but did admit to twice attempting rapes of women. Once with a prostitute while on leave in Egypt, and another time with a college student he met in Israel. He is believed to have resumed his killing spree in 2001 following his discharge. 
Israel Keyes Insane Clown Posse In 2005 Keys stated he had a body in his boat and dropped it in a lake in Washington. The body was never found, and he never revealed the victim’s name.
Israel Keyes met a native woman online, had a child with her and lived in the Makah Reservation community of Neah Bay, on the Olympic Peninsula. In 2007, Keyes started a construction business in Alaska, called Keyes Construction while working as a handyman, contractor, and construction worker. 
Keyes is a suspect in a series of crimes in 2007 by the "Boca Killer", near Boca Raton, Florida. The first case tentatively linked to Keyes was the murder of Randi Gorenberg, who in March 2007 was abducted from a shopping mall parking lot. Randi’s body was found within an hour, with two fatal bullet wounds, at a different location. The second crime was the kidnapping of an unidentified woman who claimed she and her toddler son were abducted from a shopping mall parking lot on August 7, 2007. Though the kidnapper wore a mask and sunglasses, the victim caught glimpses of his face and described him as a tall, athletically built man with long hair and matching Keyes' description. This woman was released unharmed after the assailant forced her to withdraw cash from an automated teller machine. 
Nancy and her daughter Joey Bochicchio
The third Boca case was the murder of Nancy Bochicchio, 47 years old, and her 7-year-old daughter, Joey, who were found fatally shot in their black SUV in the Town Center mall parking lot on December 12, 2007. Their hands, feet and neck had been bound with zip ties and duct tape.
Debra Feldman
Keyes stated he abducted a woman on the east coast and drove her across state lines in 2009. Authorities believe in April of 2009 Keyes murdered a 49-year-old Debra Feldman in New Jersey, and buried her near Tupper Lake, New York. When shown her picture he stated he wasn’t ready to talk about that yet. It is known that Keyes robbed a bank in Tupper Lake at that time. Debra was last seen at her Hackensack, New Jersey home on April 8, 2009.
Bill and Lorraine Currier Israel Keyes planned his murders ahead of time and took extraordinary actions to avoid detection. He chose victims randomly and didn’t have a profile. He usually killed far from home, and never in the same area again. On his murder trips, he kept his mobile phone turned off and paid for items with cash. He had no connection to any of his known victims.
Keyes also admitted to murdering Bill and Lorraine Currier of Essex, Vermont. Keyes flew from Anchorage to Chicago, rented a car and drove it to Vermont to commit this crime. Keyes broke into the Currier home on the night of June 8, 2011, and tied them up before driving them to an abandoned farmhouse, where he shot Bill before sexually assaulting and strangling Lorraine. Their disappearance remained a mystery until Keyes confession. Their bodies have never been found.
Keyes created what he called a “kill cache.” It was basically a murder kit that he buried in 5-gallon buckets throughout the U.S. In the bucket, would be a gun, a silencer, a camera, duct tape and zip ties to use for murders. Two years prior, Keyes hid a "kill cache", which he later used, near the Currier home. After killing the Colliers, he moved the contents to a new hiding place in Parishville, New York, where it remained until after his arrest. One such kit was found in Parishville, New York, after he was arrested.
Keyes confessed to at least one murder in New York State. In late 2012, authorities had not determined the identity, age, or sex of the victim, or when and where the murder may have occurred, but regarded the confession as credible. Keyes owned 10 acres and a dilapidated cabin in the town of Constable, New York. He also confessed to committing bank robberies in New York and Texas. He told authorities that he burglarized a Texas home and set it on fire.
Jimmy Tidwell Keyes is a suspect in the murder of Jimmy Tidwell, an electrician who disappeared near Longview, Texas on February 15, 2012. Jimmy worked the overnight shift at his job and left to go home at 5:30 a.m. He reportedly told his employer he would come back later that afternoon. However, his abandoned truck was found on the side of the road and he was never seen again. Keyes was in the area. During a bank robbery in Azle, Texas on February 16, 2012, about 170 miles from Longview, the culprit--believed to be Keyes--wore a white hard hat similar to Tidwell's.
Israel Keyes was arrested on March 14, 2012. On Wednesday, May 23, 2012, Keyes attempted to escape during a routine hearing. He used wood shavings from a pencil to pick his cuffs. Police used a taser to subdue him.
An FBI report stated that Keyes burglarized 20 to 30 homes across the U.S. and robbed several banks between 2001 and 2012. Keyes had spoken to investigators several times after his arrest and enjoyed talking about his crimes. He expressed a desire to be executed in 1 year. Keyes had an agreement that he’d keep talking if they’d keep his identity private (to protect his daughter). When his identity was leaked to the media, he stopped talking.
Israel Keyes committed suicide while awaiting trial by slashing his wrists on December 2, 2012 in his cell. He is categorized as a serial killer, bank robber, arsonist, rapist, kidnapper and a necrophile. It was reported that he was accidentally given a razor. Keyes also hung himself in case he didn’t bleed out. Under his bed, they found Keyes had drawn pictures of 11 skulls in his own blood and then a pentagram, so it is estimated he had 11 victims.
It's important that we don’t dehumanize other people and we can’t afford to give this message to children. Be kind and pass this message on. We all can’t hide from the world. That would leave no one left to make the world better.
Thanks for listening,
Frank
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On February 1, 2012, 18 years old Samantha Koenig was working at the small fish house size coffee shop pictured above, called Common Grounds in Anchorage, Alaska. Israel Keyes jumped in through the window of the small coffee hut and led her out at gunpoint. He kidnapped her at gunpoint and told her he was going to hold her for ransom. At one point Samantha ran, but he caught her. Keyes said he pressed the gun against her and told her to walk like she was drunk. He claims there were people in the parking lot when he forced her into his car. (None of us knows exactly how we would respond if held at gunpoint. My advice is don’t get into the car, even if you have to risk being shot. Most predators aren’t going to shoot if others are around and risk the arrest.)
Keyes took her to a shed and raped her. He cranked up a radio, to cover her screams for help and strangled her to death. The green picture is the last picture taken from the coffee shop camera.
After killing her, Keyes then went on vacation to New Orleans with his family and left Samantha’s body frozen in a shed. He returned two weeks later, on February 17, 2012 and began developing a plan to collect ransom in exchange for Samantha. He thawed her body, put make-up on her face and sewed her eyes open to give her the appearance of being alive. Keyes photographed Samantha’s body with a current newspaper to give the illusion she was alive. When FBI agents viewed the photo, they determined Samantha was either unconscious or dead. Keyes left a ransom note in a park and texted Samantha’s boyfriend with her phone requesting $30,000. Keyes then dismembered her body, cut a hole in the ice in Matanuska Lake near Anchorage, and dumped her remains. Keyes stated he fished through the hole as he waited for the body to sink to the bottom. He claimed he caught fish, took them home and ate them. (Keep in mind Keyes was a liar and a killer. Maybe he did, or maybe he was trying to make himself look tough.) FBI agents working with a search crew to locate Samantha’s body. Keyes told them where he left her, and her body was found at that location. This is how Samantha Koenig should be remembered. Keyes request for ransom money, ultimately led to his capture. Samantha’s parents deposited money in her account and FBI agents tracked the withdrawals. The 1st withdrawal occurred in Anchorage, Alaska. Police closed in on the ATM machine but missed Keyes by only minutes. The 2nd withdrawal occurs in Wilcox, Arizona. Keep in mind police have no idea who their suspect is at this point. The 3rd withdrawal is in Lordsburg, New Mexico. The 4th was in Humble, Texas. The 5th in Shepard, Texas. At that point they knew their suspect was on I-69 headed east (taking what’s called the I-10 corridor). What Israel Keyes didn’t realize is that cameras are mounted at different locations by ATMs and one camera caught his white Ford Focus.
On March 14, 2012 a trooper spots a white Ford Focus on the I-10 corridor in a hotel parking lot. The trooper follows the vehicle, and once Keyes exceeds the speed limit, he has a reason to pull him over. Lufkin, Texas, state trooper Brian Henry pulled over and arrested one of the worst serial killers in U.S. history. (The arrest is pictured below.) His vehicle was searched after officers spotted cash stained with bright ink, indicating a dye pack from a bank robbery. Samantha Koenig's ATM card and cell phone were also discovered in Keyes's car.
Where did a creep like Keyes come from?
Keyes was 1 of 10 children raised in poverty. His family lived on a mountainside cut off from the outside world--off the grid. (No radio and no electricity.) The goal was to protect the children from the evils of public life. Instead, they created one of the worst serial killers in American history. Their religion, titled Christian Identity Theology was a white supremacist ideology. A couple, who I’m not going to identify, gave this information about Keyes church in Colville. It was called the Christian Israel Covenant Church and they taught British Israelism as doctrine. British Israelism is also known as the Anglo-Israelite theory. In recent years, it’s been connected to the persecution of Jews in World War II.
The religion taught that miscegenation (interbreeding of people from different races) was abominable and deviant, and that Anglo-Saxons were to rule over the perceived inferior races. Keyes later alleged the religion to have been militia-like. The couple who attended Keyes church shared that the talk in their church was that people who didn’t have their beliefs were “sub-human.” (What a terrible message.)
The Keyes' children had been forced to sleep in a tent due to their cabin's small size. To survive, the Keyes' children were made to hunt their food, chop firewood, and work on local farms to support the family. Israel Keyes hunted "anything with a heartbeat" and freely admitted to skinning a deer alive to his peers at the church. As a result, Keyes was actively avoided by various youths who attended the Christian Israel Covenant Church, with one girl recounting that Keyes's presence "made my skin crawl."
Israel Keyes stated:
“I've known since I was 14 that there were things that I thought were normal and [okay] that no one else seemed to think were normal and okay. So that's when I just started being a loner. [...] People found out about some of the stuff I did. Like my parents, and parents of other kids who would hang out with me. They would find out about some of the stuff I did. And that's when I just started doing stuff by myself exclusively.”
As a youth, Keyes admitted to shooting at neighbors' houses with his BB gun, starting fires in the woods, torturing animals and breaking into houses for fun. On occasion, Keyes–who stood 6 ft 2 inches tall by age 14, sold stolen guns to local adults.
Keyes became a skilled carpenter, building his first cabin for his family at age sixteen. The family moved to Smyrna, Maine. Due to their mother's religious zealousness, the Keyes children were forbidden to watch movies with friends and were forbidden to learn musical instruments. Keyes renounced his former Christian faith. After declaring his atheism to his parents, they evicted him and instructed his siblings (who looked up to him) to never have contact with him. Keyes then took an interest in Satanism and began planning ritualistic murders. I have to share one of my favorite quotes about a religion (Puritanism) that didn’t believe in the use of musical instruments and viewed dancing as an act of vanity. “Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.”
― H.L. Mencken, A Mencken Chrestomathy
Julie HarrisJulie Harris disappeared in 1996 while waiting for a ride to church. Julie participated in special Olympics and prosthetic legs. Julie’s prosthetic feet and later her body, were discovered in the river in Colville. Friends of Julie’s in Colville said Julie was seen at one time talking to Israel Keyes. Keyes claimed his first assault didn’t occur until 1997 in Oregon. I think Keyes had victims he didn’t want associated with him, as he was a narcissist who want to make a name for himself. (Keyes admired Ted Bundy.) A child as vulnerable as Julie, would be someone Keyes wouldn’t want associated with his name. It would make his cowardice too obvious.
In the summer of 1997, Keyes committed a sexual assault on a teenage girl who had been tubing with her friends down the Deschutes River in Maupin, Oregon. Although this was not his first sexual assault, Keyes admitted that he stalked the girl from a tree line before "very violently sexually assaulting" her by knifepoint. He estimated the girl to be between 14 and 18 years of age. Keyes had originally planned to murder the girl as part of a Satanic ritual. She talked him into letting her go. Keyes let her tube away in the river. He would later state that not killing her was a mistake he always regretted.
On June 27, 1997, Cassie Emerson, age 12 (another young girl from the Colville area), was reported missing after her mother's (Marlene Emerson’s) remains were discovered in their burned-out trailer home. Cassie's remains were found in 1998 about thirteen miles from her home on an old logging trail. There were no arrests in either case. Keyes did not admit to killing her but did admit that his first act of arson was with a trailer. In addition, Keyes' female partner at the time, reported he had made a trip to Colville during this time period. FBI agents believe based on his interviews; Keyes killed 4 people in the state of Washington. However, they were not able to identify all of them. On July 9, 1998, Keyes enlisted in the United States Army in the state of New Jersey. He was stationed at Fort Lewis, Fort Hood, and spent much time abroad while stationed in Sinai, Egypt. While in Egypt he became angry at a fellow soldier and told him, he would "like to kill" him. On weekends, he would drink heavily, consuming entire bottles of Wild Turkey bourbon. Keyes was also a fan of the hip hop duo Insane Clown Posse and displayed posters of the musical act in the barracks. He stated he didn’t assault again until his military stint ended in 2001. Keyes was ticked in 2001 for Driving While Intoxicated. Keyes did not admit to any murders during his three years in the United States Army but did admit to twice attempting rapes of women. Once with a prostitute while on leave in Egypt, and another time with a college student he met in Israel. He is believed to have resumed his killing spree in 2001 following his discharge. Israel Keyes Insane Clown Posse In 2005 Keys stated he had a body in his boat and dropped it in a lake in Washington. The body was never found, and he never revealed the victim’s name.Israel Keyes met a native woman online, had a child with her and lived in the Makah Reservation community of Neah Bay, on the Olympic Peninsula. In 2007, Keyes started a construction business in Alaska, called Keyes Construction while working as a handyman, contractor, and construction worker.
Keyes is a suspect in a series of crimes in 2007 by the "Boca Killer", near Boca Raton, Florida. The first case tentatively linked to Keyes was the murder of Randi Gorenberg, who in March 2007 was abducted from a shopping mall parking lot. Randi’s body was found within an hour, with two fatal bullet wounds, at a different location. The second crime was the kidnapping of an unidentified woman who claimed she and her toddler son were abducted from a shopping mall parking lot on August 7, 2007. Though the kidnapper wore a mask and sunglasses, the victim caught glimpses of his face and described him as a tall, athletically built man with long hair and matching Keyes' description. This woman was released unharmed after the assailant forced her to withdraw cash from an automated teller machine. Nancy and her daughter Joey BochicchioThe third Boca case was the murder of Nancy Bochicchio, 47 years old, and her 7-year-old daughter, Joey, who were found fatally shot in their black SUV in the Town Center mall parking lot on December 12, 2007. Their hands, feet and neck had been bound with zip ties and duct tape.
Debra FeldmanKeyes stated he abducted a woman on the east coast and drove her across state lines in 2009. Authorities believe in April of 2009 Keyes murdered a 49-year-old Debra Feldman in New Jersey, and buried her near Tupper Lake, New York. When shown her picture he stated he wasn’t ready to talk about that yet. It is known that Keyes robbed a bank in Tupper Lake at that time. Debra was last seen at her Hackensack, New Jersey home on April 8, 2009.
Bill and Lorraine Currier Israel Keyes planned his murders ahead of time and took extraordinary actions to avoid detection. He chose victims randomly and didn’t have a profile. He usually killed far from home, and never in the same area again. On his murder trips, he kept his mobile phone turned off and paid for items with cash. He had no connection to any of his known victims. Keyes also admitted to murdering Bill and Lorraine Currier of Essex, Vermont. Keyes flew from Anchorage to Chicago, rented a car and drove it to Vermont to commit this crime. Keyes broke into the Currier home on the night of June 8, 2011, and tied them up before driving them to an abandoned farmhouse, where he shot Bill before sexually assaulting and strangling Lorraine. Their disappearance remained a mystery until Keyes confession. Their bodies have never been found.
Keyes created what he called a “kill cache.” It was basically a murder kit that he buried in 5-gallon buckets throughout the U.S. In the bucket, would be a gun, a silencer, a camera, duct tape and zip ties to use for murders. Two years prior, Keyes hid a "kill cache", which he later used, near the Currier home. After killing the Colliers, he moved the contents to a new hiding place in Parishville, New York, where it remained until after his arrest. One such kit was found in Parishville, New York, after he was arrested. Keyes confessed to at least one murder in New York State. In late 2012, authorities had not determined the identity, age, or sex of the victim, or when and where the murder may have occurred, but regarded the confession as credible. Keyes owned 10 acres and a dilapidated cabin in the town of Constable, New York. He also confessed to committing bank robberies in New York and Texas. He told authorities that he burglarized a Texas home and set it on fire.
Jimmy Tidwell Keyes is a suspect in the murder of Jimmy Tidwell, an electrician who disappeared near Longview, Texas on February 15, 2012. Jimmy worked the overnight shift at his job and left to go home at 5:30 a.m. He reportedly told his employer he would come back later that afternoon. However, his abandoned truck was found on the side of the road and he was never seen again. Keyes was in the area. During a bank robbery in Azle, Texas on February 16, 2012, about 170 miles from Longview, the culprit--believed to be Keyes--wore a white hard hat similar to Tidwell's. Israel Keyes was arrested on March 14, 2012. On Wednesday, May 23, 2012, Keyes attempted to escape during a routine hearing. He used wood shavings from a pencil to pick his cuffs. Police used a taser to subdue him.
An FBI report stated that Keyes burglarized 20 to 30 homes across the U.S. and robbed several banks between 2001 and 2012. Keyes had spoken to investigators several times after his arrest and enjoyed talking about his crimes. He expressed a desire to be executed in 1 year. Keyes had an agreement that he’d keep talking if they’d keep his identity private (to protect his daughter). When his identity was leaked to the media, he stopped talking.
Israel Keyes committed suicide while awaiting trial by slashing his wrists on December 2, 2012 in his cell. He is categorized as a serial killer, bank robber, arsonist, rapist, kidnapper and a necrophile. It was reported that he was accidentally given a razor. Keyes also hung himself in case he didn’t bleed out. Under his bed, they found Keyes had drawn pictures of 11 skulls in his own blood and then a pentagram, so it is estimated he had 11 victims.It's important that we don’t dehumanize other people and we can’t afford to give this message to children. Be kind and pass this message on. We all can’t hide from the world. That would leave no one left to make the world better.
Thanks for listening,
Frank
Friday, August 5, 2022, , Frank will be a guest on a live in-studio interview with Kayta Gordon of KTWH radio 99.5 FM in Two Harbors, Minnesota, at 9:30 a.m. Kayta is also a journalist for Lake County Press. Frank will discuss forensic work, along with his newest novel, Black and Blue, and the intriguing circumstances that led to this mystery. Frank will be signing and selling books after the interview on both Friday, August 5, and Saturday, August 6, 2022 from 10:00 to 6:00 p.m. Frank will be at Festival of Lake Superior selling and signing all of his books. The Festival of Lake Superior is at 1st Avenue, Two Harbors, Minnesota, 55616.
Saturday, August 6, 2022 from 10:00 to 6:00 p.m. Frank will be at Festival of Sail at Lake Superior selling and signing all of his books. The Festival of Lake Superior is at 1st Avenue, Two Harbors, Minnesota, 55616. Thursday, August 11, 2022, Forensic Psychologist and True Crime Mystery Author, Frank F. Weber will be at Bad Habit Brewing in St. Joseph signing his newest book Black and Blue from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Black and Blue is a thrilling mystery based on the murder of a police officer’s 19-year-old fiancé in Minneapolis. Frank will share the intriguing circumstances that led to this true crime thriller. “I feel Black and Blue is my best book to date. I took a chance and offered this book for a highly respected Kirkus review before I had finalized the book.” The Kirkus review of Black and Blue stated: “Weber largely succeeds at demonstrating how issues of race and policing are intricately related.” Frank will present from 6:00-6:45 on forensic work and the writing of True Crime mysteries You will receive a demonstration on the polygraph examination so you can see how lie detection works (volunteer a friend). There will be a guest appearance by cover model, Kloe Kapsner. Stop in and have a cold beverage and ask the questions you’d love to ask about forensic work or forensic shows. Bad Habit is located at 25 College Ave North, St Joseph, Minnesota. Saturday, August 13, 2022 from 9:00 to 4:00 p.m. Frank will be at Art of the Lakes in Battle Lake selling and signing all of his books. The event is at 108 Lake Avenue South in Battle Lake, Minnesota. Sunday, August 14, 2022, Forensic Psychologist Frank Weber will be at Alloy Brewing Company in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. signing his newest book, Black and Blue. He’ll speak from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. about forensic psychology and his newest True Crime mystery. Black and Blue is a thrilling mystery based on the murder of a police officer's 19-year-old fiancé in Minneapolis. Learn about forensic techniques and discover the intriguing circumstances that contributed to this thriller. It’s a great time to get questions about forensics answered while enjoying a cold beverage. This is going to be a blast and there is no cost. Alloy Brewing Company is located at 2700 Coon Rapids, Boulevard Northwest, Coon Rapids, Minnesota, 55433. Wednesday, August 17, 2022, Forensic Psychologist and True Crime Mystery Author, Frank F. Weber will be at Rapids Brewing Company in Grand Rapids signing his newest book Black and Blue from 5:00 to 8:30 p.m. Black and Blue is a thrilling mystery based on the murder of a police officer’s 19-year-old fiancé in Minneapolis. Frank will share the intriguing circumstances that led to this true crime thriller. Frank will present from 6:00-6:45 on forensic work and the writing of True Crime mysteries You will receive a live demonstration on the polygraph examination so you can see how lie detection works (volunteer a friend). There will be a guest appearance by Burning Bridges cover model, Kloe Kapsner. Burning Bridges starts with a Bemidji State college student looking for her biological father. Stop into Rapids Brewing and have a cold beverage and ask the questions you’d love to ask about forensic work or forensic shows. Rapids Brewing is located at 214 North Pokegama Avenue, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, 55744. 
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