It's complicated. Best quick and easy version is extensive news reports.
Jake Gardner was in Washington state to "officiate" some kind of end-of-life service for Israel Keyes. He presented himself as "family pastor" in the media. Church of Wells/YMBBA have been working hard to leverage the media attention surrounding this suspected serial murderer, putting Jake in front of the camera as much as they can.
Great marketing tool! Free advertising! Church of Wells should be super stoked that Jake got a mention in Time Magazine! Yay!
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Israel Keyes was in prison in Alaska. FBI and Federal Marshals have been questioning him in connection with a whole list of possible murders. He claims to have killed four others in the Pacific Northwest, but didn't give names. Everything is based on his claims in interviews.
He volunteered that he killed a Vermont couple in 2009. He told them he has "kill kits" cached in various places. Law enforcement confirmed the killing of the couple and retrieved a bucket filled with gun clips, silencers, etc., and divers retrieved the murder weapon from a reservoir in New York from Keyes confession. The gun belonged to the murdered couple, so clearly Keyes didn't make that up.
Alaska authorities, FBI, Federal Marshals and Canadian authorities are reviewing cold cases and matching up Keyes' travels out of Alaska.
In early December, he was found dead in his prison cell. Alaska authorities say he committed suicide by cutting one wrist while strangling himself with bedding.
The FBI have released a timeline of his travels, asking the pubic for information.
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Here's dates that might have included Texas -May 10, 2006 to May 15, 2006: Western US
October 21, 2006 to October 23, 2006: Western US, Mexico
February 5, 2007 to February 8, 2007: Southwest US
April 24, 2007 to May 4, 2007: Western US, Mexico
August 26, 2007 to September 6, 2007: Western US
October 29, 2007 to November 2, 2007: Western US
November 12, 2007 to November 13, 2007: Western US
12/April 2007 to 12/17/2007: Midwest and Western US
01/May, 2008 to 01/08/2008: Western US
01/28/2008 to 02/15/2008: Southern U.S. and Western US
May, 11/2008 to May, 17/2008: Western US
07/03/2008 to 07/07/2008: Western US
09/16/2008 to 09/24/2008: Western US
October 24/2008 to November 5, 2008: Southwest US, Midwest U.S. and Western US
December 11, 2008 to December 25, 2008: Mexico
February 23, 2009 to February 27, 2009: Western US
April 1, 2009 to April 14, 2009: Eastern US, Western US
09/11/2009 to October 03/2009: Southern US
December 17, 2009 to December 29, 2009: Southern US
January 11, 2010 to February 25, 2010: Western US
March 1, 2010 to March 10, 2010: Western US
April 24, 2010 to April 30, 2010: Western US
May 19, 2010 to July 18, 2010: Midwest U.S. and Western US
July 18, 2010 to July 22, 2010: Southwest US
June 2, 2011 to June 16, 2011: Midwest US, Eastern US
September 15, 2011 to September 25, 2011: Western US
February 2, 2012 to February 18, 2012: Southern US
March 6, 2012 to March 13, 2012: Southwestern and Southern US