On February 1, 2012, Israel Keyes kidnapped and killed 18-year-old Samantha Koenig before sewing her eyelids open for a “ransom” photo two weeks later. Evidence collected in the investigation into serial killer Israell Keyes , including skulls painted in his own blood, has been shared by the FBI for the first time in an interview with “ 48. Here are some documents from the ‘vault.fbi.gov’ website related to serial killer, Israel Keyes (who apparently had no middle name). Recently, a large number of formerly sealed records were made available and were added to the public electronic library (thanks to the FOIA). Israel Keyes was one of the most infamous serial killers of the 2000s. But he managed to evade detection for a long time—that is, until the murder of Samantha Koenig, which precipitated Keyes’ downfall. Learn how and when Israel Keyes was finally caught. Law enforcement in Alaska came face-to-face with Israel Keyes for the first time in 2012, after he was arrested in connection with the disappearance of a young woman kidnapped from a coffee. On February 2, 2012, at 12:30 p.m., a patrol officer phoned to say an 18-year-old barista, Samantha Koenig , was missing. James Koenig had called in to say his daughter never came home the night before from her job at Common Grounds Espresso, one of the many ramshackle coffee kiosks around town.
The Lost Polaroids: The Israel Keyes Case's Missing Pieces
On February 1, 2012, Israel Keyes kidnapped and killed 18-year-old Samantha Koenig before sewing her eyelids open for a “ransom” photo two weeks later. Evidence...