American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the twenty first Century

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“Maureen Callahan’s deft reporting and classy writing have created one of many all-time-great serial-killer books: delicate, chilling, and utterly unattainable to place down.” (Ada Calhoun, creator of St. Marks Is Useless)

Ted Bundy. John Wayne Gacy. Jeffrey Dahmer. The names of infamous serial killers are often well-known; they echo within the information and in public consciousness. However most individuals have by no means heard of Israel Keyes, some of the formidable and terrifying serial killers in trendy historical past. The FBI thought of his habits unprecedented. Described by a prosecutor as “a power of pure evil”, Keyes was a predator who struck everywhere in the United States. He buried “kill kits” – money, weapons, and body-disposal instruments – in distant areas throughout the nation. Over the course of 14 years, Keyes would fly to a metropolis, lease a automobile, and drive 1000’s of miles so as to use his kits. He would break right into a stranger’s home, abduct his victims in broad daylight, and kill and get rid of them in mere hours. After which he would return dwelling to Alaska, resuming life as a quiet, dependable development employee dedicated to his solely daughter.

When journalist Maureen Callahan first heard about Israel Keyes in 2012, she was captivated by how a killer of this magnitude may go undetected by regulation enforcement for over a decade. And so started a mission that consumed her for the subsequent a number of years – uncovering the true story behind how the FBI in the end caught Israel Keyes, and attempting to grasp what it means for a killer like Keyes to exist. A killer who left a path of monstrous, randomly dedicated crimes in his wake – lots of which stay unsolved to today.

American Predator is the formidable fruits of years of interviews with key figures in regulation enforcement and in Keyes’s life, and analysis uncovered from labeled FBI information. Callahan takes us on a journey into the chilling, nightmarish thoughts of a relentless killer, and to the constraints of conventional regulation enforcement.