It's no surprise that ever since reading Maureen Callahan's book about IK, i've felt pretty strongly and been vocal about the possibility of Brandon being a Keyes' victim. I know a lot of people (most, i think) don't agree and that's fine. I could be wrong. I do feel like there's a decent amount that adds up, but I'm still open to the possibility of being wrong about it.
So... just throwing it out there: not sure if anyone listens to the True Crime Bullsh** podcast, Josh Hallmark's investigation into Israel Keyes, but recent episodes have mentioned 2 small but still somewhat interesting points that can fit in with Brandon's case. Both of which i was completely unaware of when i started formulating my theory that Brandon was an IK victim:
1. Josh discovered that IK was VERY into gambling and it appears committed crimes near, or in the radius of, casinos. There are about a dozen casinos near Lynd and/or Marshall.
2. IK was familiar with and frequently used County Route 3. Brandon's call had been routed through a tower at the intersection of County Routes 3 and 10.
Obviously not smoking gun evidence, but i'll tell you i felt a bit sick when i heard Josh talking about these points and realized they could be added to the circumstantial points that lined up with Brandon. You can poke holes in the theory of IK being responsible, sure, i won't deny that. But as of yet, until/if anything is ever discovered, it can't be ruled out either and i think there are fair points in favor of it.
(Also just a reminder that Brandon is listed on ViCAP. From what i've been able to find and read about ViCAP, it's a tool for law enforcement to share information about serial offenders and crimes. It's also my understanding that this system is only available to LE, so it's not possible for some random armchair detective civilian (AKA me
) to be like "oh yeah he could've been a serial killer victim so let's put him in this database just in case." It's operated by LE with their access to information, and not just a database for possible theories. )