His upbringing could not have been more conducive to raising a budding psychopath. In one of her interviews, she said: “I also spoke to his mother, who calls her son evil. In Maureen Callahan’s book, ‘American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century,’ she talks about Keyes’ childhood after she interviewed his parents. The family is also believed to have been close to their neighbor, Chevie Kehoe, who was convicted of three murders. They have had to live in a house with no proper electricity or water. The entire family shifted to Washington from Utah and lived in considerable poverty for a long time. He was the oldest son in their family that had ten children. Israel Keyes was born to John Jeffrey Keyes and Heidi Keyes. They have mostly remained anonymous, especially due to the seriousness of the crimes, which may even posit a risk to them. As CBS 48 Hours opens up the discovery of new evidence, that might just be helpful to track down his victims one cannot help but wonder about his family, who too were taken aback due to the intensity of the crimes he was involved in.
