Former Army Colleague

The time I spent with Israel Keys, he was very nice to be around, but he had different, I won't say personalities, but he came across as different ways to me. I was a specialist in Alpha Company 1-5 Infantry, and I spent four years in Fort Lewis, Washington with Israel Keys. I would give Israel Keys like 20 bucks. We would go cut wood. He liked talking about banks and bank robberies.

I entertained that thought with him and talked about that. It went to some darker stuff later.

He switched over to talking about kill kits and running around and doing things that I was uncomfortable with talking about. He talked about hiding a kit in a place that he wanted to hurt someone.

He wanted to backtrack and go to places of the country and make a trail that would be difficult to trace where he's been.

I don't think I know a tenth of what Israel Keyes was or who he was. He was very guarded, and he told stories and lies. Even to this day, the stories I heard don't match up to what the FBI has mentioned.