Keyes funeral will be held this Sunday in Deer Park, WA.
A few new statements about him from the family, relayed through their Pastor.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/12/07/3131168/israel-keyes-rejected-religion.html
The pastor sounds very strange. Reporting on a wedding Keyes attended just prior to his arrest
It was at the wedding the next day or the day after, northeast of Wells in the city of Nacogdoches, that Keyes caused a bigger stir among the congregation, Gardner said. The wedding was outdoors, with 50 to 100 people in attendance, he said. Keyes' outburst came after 45 minutes of sermon, the marriage ceremony and more preaching, at least some of which was directed at Keyes, the pastor said.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/12/07/3131168_p2/israel-keyes-rejected-religion.html#storylink=cpy
A wedding ceremony with 45 minutes of preaching beforehand, then the ceremony, then more preaching? No sympathy for Keyes, but that sounds like a cray cray kind of "wedding".
Gardner said Keyes' mother heard "bits and pieces" of her son's alleged crimes in the weeks and months that followed. She was now willing to let Gardner (the preacher) share his stories about the earlier encounters with Keyes, because she thought people were too fearful and focused on her son as a serial killer, not fearful of the "eternal" consequences of living a life without seeking Christian salvation.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/12/07/3131168_p2/israel-keyes-rejected-religion.html#storylink=cpy
If this preacher knew something of what Keyes was up to, why didn't he turn him in, instead of just sermonizing?
Now the preacher is traveling to WA to preach at Keyes' funeral.
Keyes had a whole lot of things wrong, in his head, his soul, and in the environment he lived in.