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February 2012. A young barista vanishes from an Anchorage coffee stand. Her family gets a ransom demand. Then a debit card starts popping up at ATMs, miles apart, as if someone is driving across the country with a secret.
That card led police to Israel Keyes. He was a quiet contractor with a family, no flashy history, and no obvious reason for anyone to suspect him. Once he was in custody, investigators say he began talking about crimes stretching across multiple states. He had been planning, traveling, and hiding in plain sight for years.
In this Crime Junkie episode, Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat walk through how an ordinary-looking life concealed one of the most unsettling cases the FBI has handled. The episode follows the abduction of Samantha Koenig and the Vermont disappearance of Bill and Lorraine Currier, and shows how Keyes's methods left authorities scrambling to connect the dots. Keyes died in jail in December 2012, long before the full picture could be confirmed.
That is the haunting part. Investigators have said they believe there may be victims who were never identified, and the full scope of his crimes remains unknown. What did he take to the grave?
Press play tonight and listen on Apple Podcasts, or find it wherever you get your podcasts.
