Israel Keyes
Alaska Serial Killer: Israel Keyes Interviews Released
Before he was charged in the slaying of a young barista, Israel Keyes bluntly told authorities in Alaska he would talk about other victims, but only on his terms. Among his demands: He wanted an execution date, not to languish in a maximum security prison. Keyes says in recorded interviews with authorities last year there wasn't a jury in the nation that would "not vote for the death penalty." Keyes committed suicide in his jail cell in December as he awaited trial in the death of Samantha Koenig, who was abducted February 2012 from the Anchorage coffee stand where she worked. Keyes confessed to killing at least seven others, including Bill and Lorraine Currier of Essex, Vt. Audio recordings were released after the Alaska Dispatch filed a motion in federal court to unseal them and the interviews were conducted from April 2012 to July 2012. more...
FBI Releases Last Known Writings of Israel Keyes
The FBI released a long-awaited note Wednesday which was found in admitted serial killer Israel Keyes’ Anchorage jail cell after his Dec. 2 suicide, although it apparently didn’t contain any immediate clues to further crimes he may have committed. In a statement accompanying the note, FBI spokesperson Eric Gonzalez says the notes were discovered beneath Keyes’ body, soaked in blood. There is no indication as to when the notes were written, but Gonzales says the writings are believed to be Keyes’ last. more...
Alaska Officials Mum on Israel Keyes' Suicide
Alaska prisons officials refuse to say how confessed serial killer Israel Keyes obtained a razor before his jail-cell suicide. The state Department of Corrections denied a public records request from The Associated Press that seeks to determine whether the 34-year-old Keyes was allowed to have a razor, which he used to slit a wrist. The state cites prisoner confidentiality and "anticipation of litigation." Keyes, who also strangled himself, was found dead Dec. 2. Keyes was awaiting a March trial in federal court in the 2012 slaying of 18-year-old Anchorage barista. He was in state custody in Anchorage because there are no federal prisons in Alaska. more...
FBI Releases, Seeks More Details on Israel Keyes' Texas Travels
FBI authorities in Texas are asking for more information on the travels of confessed serial killer Israel Keyes before his Dec. 2 suicide at the Anchorage Jail, saying his rental car may have been stuck in mud during a February visit to the state where he was later arrested. more...
Israel Keyes' Suicide Prompts Action to Dismiss Charges
A serial killer's recent suicide has prompted federal prosecutors to seek dismissal of charges in the slaying of an Alaska barista. Prosecutors in Anchorage said in a motion filed this week that the indictment against Israel Keyes "is abated by his death" by law. A federal magistrate recommends granting the motion and has forwarded it to the judge assigned to the case against Keyes, who confessed to the February murder of 18-year-old barista Samantha Koenig in Anchorage, as well as others across the country. Keyes confessed to the 2011 murders of Bill and Lorraine Currier of Essex, Vt., and as many as five unnamed victims, four in Washington state and one on the East Coast, the body dumped in New York. Investigators believe there could be more victims as well. more...
Israel Keyes Was Ready to 'Snipe' Couple, APD Officer at Anchorage Park
Admitted serial killer Israel Keyes told investigators he planned to test a new silencer in 2011 by shooting two people and possibly an Anchorage police officer at a park near the local airport, but decided against doing so when a second officer arrived, police said Monday. more...
Photos: Serial Killer Israel Keyes confessed to killing in Alaska, Washington, New York, and Vermont
The FBI called Israel Keyes, 34, a serial killer who confessed to murders in Alaska and the lower 48. He killed himself in an Anchorage Jail cell on Dec. 2 awaiting trial for kidnapping and resulting death of Samantha Koenig, 18, whose body was found in Matanuska Lake. more...
Israel Keyes: Family of Confessed Serial Killer Holds WA Funeral
The family of confessed serial killer Israel Keyes is remembering him at a private funeral service in a small Washington state town. The funeral for the 34-year-old Keyes was held Sunday in Deer Park, Wash., which is about 15 miles north of Spokane. Keyes grew up in the nearby town of Colville. Keyes confessed to killing eight people across the country before he committed suicide recently in a jail cell in Anchorage, Alaska. The Keyes family pastor, Jake Gardner, told reporters that Israel Keyes is now in a place of eternal torment. Keyes slit his wrist and strangled himself with bedding and was found dead last Sunday. He was facing federal murder charges in the kidnapping and death of 18-year-old Samantha Koenig, who was abducted from an Anchorage coffee stand on Feb. 1. more...
Serial Killer Israel Keyes' Funeral to Take Place in Washington
There will be a funeral Sunday in Washington state for accused serial killer Israel Keyes exactly one week after he killed himself in his Anchorage Jail cell. His family and their pastor will travel from Texas to Deer Park, Washington for a small service. Pastor Jacob Gardner spoke with KTUU Channel 2 news Saturday morning. He says he had never met Keyes personally but is very close to Keyes' family in Texas who are members of the "Church of Wells" in east Texas. Gardner says the family and church members prayed for Keyes and tried to get him to repent for his crimes. “He's been a heavy burden on our hearts that we have been bearing before the lord in prayer over these last sixteen to nineteen months,” Pastor Gardner said. “We have been praying for this man, so I am in no way ignorant of our dealings with him but very much intimately acquainted with his family and with those that have dealt with him in our church.” He admitted to killing at least eight people across the country, including Samantha Koenig and Bill and Lorraine Currier of Vermont. FBI investigators believe he could have as many as twelve victims. more...
Keyes Investigation: Questions Remain
Just days before serial killer Israel Keyes is laid to rest in Deer Park Washington, many questions still remain unanswered. more...
FBI: Alaska Serial Killer Likely Had More Victims
An Alaska serial killer admitted to murdering eight people, but authorities suspect there are more victims across the country. FBI Special Agent Jolene Goeden on Friday put the number of victims at fewer than 12, but acknowledges she doesn't know for sure because Israel Keyes took that information with him when he committed suicide Sunday at an Anchorage jail. Goeden and Anchorage Police Officer Jeff Bell tell The Associated Press they deduced the number of victims from hours of conversations they had with Keyes. Three of the eight people Keyes confessed to killing have been identified, but he provided few details about the other five. The FBI has released a timeline of Keyes' travels over the past decade and is seeking the public's help in finding other potential victims. more...
Israel Keyes Denied Religion, According to Family's Pastor
A Texas pastor says an Alaska murder suspect who confessed to targeting people across the country ranted at his sister's March wedding about how he didn't believe in God. more...
APD, FBI Poured Massive Resources Into Koenig Case and Keyes Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has received a number of leads about other potential victims of serial killer Israel Keyes, said Special Agent in Charge Mary Rook on Thursday. The leads are coming in across the country, to cities including Seattle, Portland, Chicago and New York, after the FBI requested the public's help in tracking down information about Keyes' travels and possible victims. On Thursday, FBI officials released new details about the weapons Keyes had stashed in New York. A bucket was found in mid-April 2012 containing a silencer, a .22 caliber pistol, ammunition and a flashlight. FBI officials will prioritize and look into each tip they receive. It is part of the ongoing work load that law enforcement in Alaska and across the country are pouring into the investigation. Rook said the investigation will continue through 2013 and will involve every FBI officer in the country. The FBI was part of the Samantha Koenig investigation since day two of the teenager's disappearance. Along with Anchorage police, authorities worked quickly, hoping to bring Koenig home safely. APD Detective Monique Doll says the department spent about 10,000-15,000 hours working the Koenig case. The entire detective division, which includes 60-85 people, were on the investigation, sometimes working 20-hour days, seven days a week. The department racked up more than $400,000 in overtime. Doll says it is money well-spent since their efforts led to Keyes' arrest and resulting murder confessions. "I truly believe that without any one individual's effort, we would not have gotten a confession from Israel Keyes," said Doll. Both APD and the FBI says they were dealing with the largest case they had in years. Once Keyes sent a ransom note, the FBI's involvement grew. "We brought in even more resources at that point because then we had more evidence, we had ATM card usage at that point so that's when the investigation really ramped up," said Rook. More agents and analysts were added to the case. A forensic dive team was brought to Alaska to recover Koenig's body from Matanuska Lake. It was a massive amount of resources used that helped put a killer behind bars. "I'm very pleased we were able to take Israel Keyes off the streets. Because I'm confident he would have continued to kill," said Rook. "He was very sophisticated and methodical and the fact we were able to catch him and tie him to these other crimes is really a testament to our people up here." more...
DOC Conducts Internal Investigations After Israel Keyes' Suicide
The State Medical Examiner has not yet determined the exact cause of Israel Keyes' death, and the Department of Corrections is conducting internal investigations to find out how he was able to kill himself while supervised. more...
Photo Gallery: Israel Keyes' New York Weapons Cache
The FBI's Albany Division in New York released these images Thursday of weapons cached behind rocks at a reservoir in Parishville, N.Y. by confessed serial killer Israel Keyes and seized during an April 18 search. Keyes told authorities he planned to use the cache, including a .22-caliber Ruger weapon without a stock, empty magazines, ammunition and a silencer, as well as others across the U.S. to commit future murders. more...
Troopers Release Details about Israel Keyes' Suicide
The Alaska State Troopers released an update on the death investigation of Israel Keyes' suicide. more...
FBI, APD Release Detailed Account of Samantha Koenig's Death
Editor’s note: This story contains graphic details of a sexual assault and murder; reader discretion is advised. more...
Editorial Note on Coverage of Samantha Koenig's Death
Editor’s note: Channel 2 News anchor Mike Ross wrote this Facebook post Tuesday night explaining recent news coverage after a flood of details on Samantha Koenig’s death was released by Anchorage police, the FBI and the Justice Department. More than 150 people have written comments in response to Ross’s post, which you can read on our Facebook page. more...
Israel Keyes Surveillance Video
On Dec. 4, federal authorities released a series of grim details on the kidnapping and killing of Samantha Koenig, the latest revelations in a flood of information released following Israel Keyes' apparent suicide Dec. 2 in his Anchorage Jail cell. more...
Israel Keyes Robbed Northern New York Bank, FBI Says
Authorities say a man who committed suicide in an Alaska jail after confessing to a string of killings also robbed a bank in New York's Adirondacks, where he owned land and investigators have found one of his murder weapons. An FBI spokesman in Albany says 34-year-old Israel Keyes told authorities the Community Bank branch in Tupper Lake was one of several he held up to pay for his travel. State Police Capt. Robert LaFountain says Tuesday the robber threatened people with a handgun. Nobody was hurt during the April 2009 holdup. Keyes was being held for killing an 18-year-old Anchorage barista when he told authorities about the other crimes, including killing a Vermont couple in 2011. The FBI says a gun used in that crime was found in a reservoir about 30 miles from his property in Constable. more...
FBI Says Israel Keyes Planned Murders, Stashed Supplies
The FBI says Israel Keyes, who has already admitted to three killings, said he had killed at least five additional people as the FBI seeks more information from the public on his activities following his Sunday death in an Anchorage Jail cell. According to an FBI statement released Monday, Keyes, who confessed to killing barista Samantha Koenig and Essex, Vt. couple Bill and Lorraine Currier, is believed to have committed numerous kidnappings and murders across the nation over the course of 11 years, from 2001 until his March arrest in Lufkin, Texas. Keyes told officials he had killed four people in Washington state: a couple he had murdered between 2001 and 2005, as well as two other people in separate incidents during 2005 and 2006. Keyes also said he murdered a fifth person on the East Coast, disposing of the body in New York. “It is unknown if these victims were residents of Washington or if they were vacationing in Washington but resided in another state,” officials wrote. “It is also possible Keyes abducted them from a nearby state and transported them to Washington.” Keyes had lived in Alaska since 2007, but often traveled in his line of work as a general contractor. “In a series of interviews with law enforcement, Keyes described significant planning and preparation for his murders, reflecting a meticulous and organized approach to his crimes,” FBI officials wrote. “It was not unusual for Keyes to fly into an airport, rent a car, and drive hundreds of miles to his final destination.” According to the bureau, Keyes said he visited isolated locations such as “parks, campgrounds, trailheads, cemeteries, (and) boating areas” to look for victims. He said authorities had recovered one of his victims, in a case whose specifics have not been identified by investigators, but had ruled the death accidental. The FBI says the Curriers, who were reported missing in June 2011, were victims of such premeditation, with Keyes flying into Chicago and driving a rental car to their farmhouse. After killing Bill Currier, then sexually assaulting and killing Lorraine Currier, authorities say Keyes continued to tour the East Coast before driving back to Chicago and flying back to Alaska. Keyes told investigators he had hidden caches of supplies, including “weapons and other items used to dispose of bodies,” across the U.S. Two such caches -- one in Eagle River, and one near the Blake Falls Reservoir in New York -- have been found by law enforcement officials. more...
Authorities: Israel Keyes Confessed to Vt. Killings, Texas Bank Robbery
Accused serial killer Israel Keyes, who was found dead in his Anchorage Jail cell Sunday morning, traveled across the country with the specific purpose of “kidnapping and murdering,” law enforcement told reporters in Vermont on Monday. more...
Koenig Case: Israel Keyes Kills Himself in Jail, More Victims in WA, VT, and NY
Israel Keyes, the man accused with the kidnapping and resulting death of 18 year-old Samantha Koenig, was found dead Sunday morning, according to the Department of Corrections and Alaska State Troopers. Keyes, 34, was awaiting a trial in March for the killing of Koenig, whose body was found in Matanuska Lake under the ice. Karen Loeffler, the U.S. Attorney for Alaska, at a news conference Sunday afternoon said Keyes was found dead in his cell at the Anchorage Jail Sunday morning of an apparent suicide. Troopers said "no foul play is suspected," and his body will be sent to the State Medical Examiner's office. more...
Israel Keyes Confessed to Killing Vermont Couple
Israel Keyes, 34, the man accused of killing Samantha Koenig, 18, an Anchorage barista, committed suicide Sunday morning and confessed to killing a Vermont couple, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Alaska. Keyes confessed to killing Koenig to Alaska law enforcement and also admitted to kidnapping and killing Bill and Lorraine Currier of Essex Junction, Vermont. Investigators in Vermont said they gathered enough details to confirm that Keyes killed the Curriers, however they were unable to find their remains after searching areas in Essex and Coventry, Vermont. The link between Keyes and the Curriers’ murders were not publicly disclosed due to a request by Alaska authorities to gather more information on other murders, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont. Law enforcement in Vermont agreed with the request since Keyes was awaiting trial in Alaska and said its investigation had not revealed any other murder by Keyes in Vermont. Alaska and Vermont authorities were working together since April 2012 to solve the Curriers killings. At a Sunday press conference in Anchorage, officials said they believed there were other victims in other states with up to eight victims. The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont said it will hold a press conference at 1:30 p.m. (Eastern time) on Monday, December 3. Contact Neil Torquiano more...
Israel Keyes' New York Property Also Searched Tuesday
Days after a fresh search at the Anchorage home of slain barista Samantha Koenig’s accused killer, Israel Keyes, a simultaneous search of his land in New York is raising interest in both the Koenig case and that of a Vermont couple abducted and killed last year. more...
FBI and APD Investigates Keyes' Turnagain Home
The FBI and the Anchorage Police Department returned Tuesday morning to a Turnagain home where Israel Keyes, the suspect arrested and charged with the kidnapping and killing of 18-year-old Samantha Koenig, stayed in Anchorage. FBI Special Agent Eric Gonzalez confirmed that FBI was on location and that APD were assisting with the investigation. The APD crime scene van and investigators with metal detectors were at the home located at the 2400 block of Spurr Ln. The home was raided in March and the FBI seized a storage unit. Keyes remains in federal custody awaiting trial for his alleged connection with the missing barista’s death in February earlier this year. This is a developing story. Please check KTUU.com and the Channel 2 newscasts for updates. more...
APD Says Costs in Samantha Koenig Case Top $400,000
Anchorage Police Chief Mark Mew says the department's investigation into the kidnapping and killing of barista Samantha Koenig cost more than $400,000, dozens of times more than a typical homicide case. more...
Koenig Case: Defense Says Keyes Subject of Other Investigations
Israel Keyes is currently in federal custody awaiting trial on charges that he kidnapped and killed 18-year-old Samantha Koenig earlier this year. In court documents filed Wednesday, Keyes' attorneys said they have been unable to consult with Keyes adequately for the current timeline of the case, and said that the government's "repeated contact with Mr. Keyes over the objection of undersigned counsel" is interfering with moving forward. On Monday, the Defense filed a motion to extend a deadline for them to suppress statements made by Keyes. Both the defense and government agreed that October 31st was a suitable date, but the court set October 16th as the due date. Keyes' lawyers said that because "Mr. Keyes is being investigated on other matters," they must be fully informed about other criminal investigations and allegations in order to know which statements may need to be suppressed, and to adequately advise their client. WCAX, a Vermont TV station, said a source tells the station that Keyes is the prime suspect in the murders of Bill and Lorraine Currier, who disappeared from their Vermont home in June of 2011. Their remains have not been found and Keyes has not been charged in the case. Contact Kortnie Horazdovsky more...
Israel Keyes Possibly Connected to Vermont Missing Couple Case
Israel Keyes, the man charged with the disappearance and death of Anchorage barista, 18-year-old Samantha Koenig, may now be suspected the 2011 murder of a couple in Burlington, VT. more...
Israel Keyes' Federal Trial Date Set in Samantha Koenig Case
Israel Keyes’ federal trial in the kidnapping and killing of barista Samantha Koenig will begin early next year, a judge announced Friday. more...
Hundreds Attend Celebration of Life for Samantha Koenig
A celebration of life for Samantha Koenig was held Sunday afternoon at West High School in Anchorage. Hundreds of people, many of them wearing the teenager's favorite color green, filed into the auditorium to pay their respects. more...
Israel Keyes Charged with Kidnapping Resulting in Death of Samantha Koenig
Israel Keyes, previously described as “the main player” in Samantha Koenig’s abduction, is now facing federal charges of kidnapping resulting in the 18-year-old barista's death. more...
Samantha Koenig Memorial Planned Sunday at West High School
A memorial will be held Sunday for an 18-year-old barista whose body was pulled from Matanuska Lake earlier this month. more...
Anchorage Police Say Found Body is Samantha Koenig
Anchorage police have confirmed that the body recovered from Matanuska Lake Monday is that of missing 18-year-old barista Samantha Koenig. APD spokesperson Lt. Dave Parker said late Wednesday afternoon that autopsy results from the state medical examiner’s office confirmed the identity of Koenig’s body. No cause of death has yet been released. more...
'Color Everywhere Green For Samantha' Remembers Abducted Barista
A "Color Everywhere Green for Samantha" movement began Wednesday, according to the Facebook page for the event in honor of the abducted barista Samantha Koenig. On Wednesday afternoon, Anchorage police confirmed that the body recovered from Matanuska Lake on Monday was identified as 18-year-old Samantha Koenig. more...
Photo Gallery: Koenig Memorial
Photos from the Samantha Koenig Memorial at Common Grounds Espresso. more...
Photo Gallery: Samantha Koenig Memorials
Memorials for Samantha Koenig at Matanuska Lake and Common Grounds on Tudor in Anchorage on April, 3, 2012, a day after the APD/FBI announced her body was found at Matanuska Lake. more...
Community Mourns Loss of Samantha Koenig
When the public learned that Anchorage police investigators found what they believe is the body of 18 year-old Samantha Koenig on Monday, many in the community -- as well as across the state and the country -- were shocked by the news. more...
Samantha Koenig's Body Found in Matanuska Lake, APD Says
Anchorage police announced Monday evening that a body believed to be that of missing barista Samantha Koenig was found during a crime-scene investigation in Matanuska Lake, apparently ending a months-long mystery that has gripped the city and attracted national coverage. more...
FBI Takes Shed from Keyes' Turnagain Home
A FBI senior official tells Channel 2 News they continue investigating a storage unit seized late Friday night in connection with Samantha Koenig's disappearance investigation. more...
Israel Keyes Tasered While Trying to Flee Federal Courtroom
Israel Keyes, the sole suspect in the kidnapping and killing of barista Samantha Koenig, made a sudden attempt to flee a federal courtroom Wednesday afternoon, forcing U.S. Marshals to subdue him with a Taser stun gun. more...
APD Says Israel Keyes Was Involved in Koenig Abduction
The Anchorage Police Department officially confirmed Tuesday afternoon that investigators believe Israel Keyes, the man previously described as a “person of interest” in the Feb. 1 abduction of Samantha Koenig, was involved in the 18-year-old barista's disappearance. more...
Koenig Abduction: U.S. Marshals say Israel Keyes Arrived in Alaska
U.S. Marshals announced on Monday afternoon, Israel Keyes, the person of interest in the abduction of 18-year-old Samantha Koenig, arrived in Anchorage. Rochelle Liedike, a spokesperson for the Alaska office of the USMS, said Keyes was transported from a federal facilty in Beaumount, Texas on Friday and was booked at the Anchorage Correctional Complex on Monday afternoon. Keyes, 34, is facing a fraud charge that Anchorage police say is connected to the Koenig case. more...
Koenig Investigators Release Photos, Request Public's Help
The FBI and the Anchorage Police Department Homicide Detectives are asking the public for any information related to the Samantha Koenig abduction case. more...
Israel Keyes Being Taken to Alaska by U.S. Marshals
The process of transferring Israel Keyes, the “person of interest” in the abduction of 18-year-old barista Samantha Koenig arrested earlier this month in Texas, from Texas to Alaska has begun according to the U.S. Marshals Service. Rochelle Liedike, a spokesperson for the Alaska office of the USMS, said Friday afternoon that specifics of Keyes’ transportation -- including when he might leave a federal facility in Beaumont, Texas, how he’s traveling and when he’s expected to arrive -- are not being released for security reasons. more...
Grand Jury Indicts 'Person of Interest' in Koenig Case on Fraud Charge
A federal court document dated Thursday says a grand jury indicted Israel Keyes -- the man police say is the "main player" in the Samantha Koenig abduction case -- on one count of fraud with an access device. more...
Koenig Family Hopes New Flyers Will Gather Fresh Information on Keyes
Samantha Koenig’s family and friends hope a new poster will help stir up information about the main person of interest in the abduction case, Israel Keyes. more...
Koenig Boyfriend Responds To Keyes Arrest
A Texas U.S. Attorney's office said Israel Keyes, the "person of interest" arrested in the Samantha Koenig abduction case, will be transported back to Alaska for court hearings. more...
APD Wants to Speak With Keyes Construction Clients in Samantha Koenig Case
Anchorage police want to speak with people who have had work on their homes done by Keyes Construction, a contracting firm owned by a person of interest arrested earlier this week in connection with the Feb. 1 abduction of barista Samantha Koenig. more...
Texas Arrest Made in Samantha Koenig Case
Anchorage police say a "person of interest" has been arrested in Texas in the case of a local barista who has been missing since February. more...
Samantha Koenig Case: Who is Israel Keyes? - Man Arrested in Texas
Who is Israel Keyes? On March 13, law enforcement in Texas arrested the 34-year-old as person of interest, according to Anchorage police. more...
Father of Missing Barista Speaks to Media
It's been more than 5 weeks since James Koenig said he last saw daughter. more...
YWCA Course Teaches Self Defense
In response to the Samantha Koenig abduction, The YWCA is holding special self-defense classes. more...
APD: Odds of Solving Samantha Koenig Case are Good
It's now a month since police say an 18 year old barista was abducted from her workplace at Common Grounds Espresso. more...
Four Weeks Pass Since the Disappearance of Anchorage Barista
On Wednesday, Feb. 29, it’ll be four weeks since an 18-year-old barista was abducted from a coffee stand in Midtown Anchorage. Although police say they are actively working leads in the Samantha Koenig case, they believe there’s more information out there that can help them in their investigation. more...
"Samstock" Raises Money For Koenig's Reward Fund
Family and friends of Samantha Koenig held a fundraiser Saturday in an effort to increase the reward fund for any information that leads to her safe return. more...
Community Plans Fundraiser to Help in Search for Missing Barista
It's now week 3 in the search for Samantha Koenig, the 18-year-old barista who went missing at her workplace at a Midtown coffee stand. more...
Safety Class Draws Large Crowd of Anchorage Baristas
It’s easy to see how you could get a false sense of security working in an Anchorage coffee stand like the Perkup Espresso at C Street and Potter. more...
Reward Fund to find Samantha Koenig Grows
The reward fund for abducted barista Samantha Koenig continues to grow. more...
Samantha Koenig's Abduction Prompts Women to Fight Back
Following the abduction of Anchorage teen Samantha Koenig, some women are determined to educate themselves about what they can do to avoid a similar situation. more...
'Help Find Samantha Koenig' Website Launches
A new webpagehas launched as the search for missing barista Samantha Koenig continues. more...
Two Weeks Since Samantha Koenig's Disappearance, APD Says It's Making Progress
Two weeks after Samantha Koenig's disappearance, her father James says he's trying hard to stay hopeful. more...
Anchorage Police Following Leads on Abducted Barista
Anchorage police are following leads on the abduction of barista Samantha Koenig, as her father says he's set up a post-office box for members of the public hoping to send letters of support or tips. more...
Hundreds Gather at Town Square for Samantha
Tonight in downtown Anchorage hundreds of people gathered for a candlelight vigil for Samantha Koenig. It's been 10 days since the teenage girl disappeared from her workplace -- a coffee stand in midtown. more...
Photo Gallery: Candlelight Vigil for Samantha Koenig
Hundreds gathered in Town Square for a candlelight vigil for 18-year-old Samantha Koenig on Feb. 11 evening. Anchorage police say she was abducted on Feb. 1 at a Midtown coffee stand where she worked. more...
Missing Barista's Family Wants Fliers in Schools, ASD Points to School Policy
You've probably seen them all over town, the fliers asking for information about 18-year-old Samantha Koenig's disappearance. And while police continue to search for the missing barista, the community is stepping up in helping distribute those fliers and to spread the word. more...
Samantha Koenig Search Hampered by Weather
As the search for abducted Anchorage barista Samantha Koenig passes one week in duration, police say harsh winter conditions in town have hampered their investigation. APD spokesperson Lt. Dave Parker says surveillance video from Common Grounds Espresso’s Midtown location shows Koenig being abducted by an armed man on Feb. 1 at closing time, roughly 8 p.m. Parker says heavy snow and winter driving conditions that evening made it difficult for drivers in the area who could have been potential witnesses to recall seeing anything. more...
Community Bands Together to Organize Candlelight Vigil for Missing Barista
Anchorage Police said they are making progress in the investigation of missing 18-year-old Samantha Koenig. Police said she was abducted from her job at Common Grounds Espresso last Wednesday night. more...
Search for Samantha Koenig Continues 1 Week After Abduction
The search for Samantha Koenig, the 18-year-old Anchorage barista abducted from her Midtown coffee stand one week ago, remains in progress -- but Anchorage police have not named any suspects or persons of interest in her disappearance. According to APD spokesperson Lt. Dave Parker, surveillance footage taken from Common Grounds Espresso on Tudor Road and Fairbanks Street shows Koenig reacting in fear to an armed man at about 8 p.m. on the night of Feb. 1. The two then reportedly left on foot headed west. more...
Abducted Barista Has Been Father's 'Whole Life,' Family Says
Abducted barista Samantha Koenig, the 18-year-old woman last seen a week ago at her Midtown coffee stand, means a great deal to her father according to family members. more...
Missing Anchorage Barista Case in National Spotlight
The search for 18-year-old Samantha Koenig is attracting national and international attention. more...
Volunteers Search Site of Barista's Abduction for Fresh Clues
Volunteers searched the vicinity of a Midtown coffee shack Monday night in hopes of finding clues that could lead them to Samantha Koenig, the missing 18-year-old Anchorage barista who was abducted there Wednesday evening. more...
Samantha Koenig's Mother and Grandmother Ask For Her Return
As the search for Samantha Koenig continues, the family is focusing on getting the word out, any way they can. Samantha's mother, Darlene Christiansen, said on Monday, that the past five days have been a nightmare for her family. She says all she wants is to have Samantha safe and back home. more...
Search Efforts for Samantha Koenig Grow, Reward Triples
A local restaurant is helping in the search for Samantha Koenig by distributing fliers through pizza delivery boxes and to dine-in customers, as Anchorage police urge anyone who was at the Midtown location of the Alaska Club's parking lot Wednesday night to call investigators. more...
Father of Missing Barista Pleads For Her Return
Surrounded by friends, family and supporters, James Koenig on Saturday pleaded for the safe return of his 18-year-old daughter Samantha, who Anchorage police say was abducted from her workplace at Common Grounds Espresso Wednesday evening. more...
APD Says Video Shows Missing Barista Being Abducted
The Anchorage Police Department said on Friday afternoon the disappearance of Samantha Koenig is now being called an abduction. more...
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Missing Barista [Photos]
Samantha Koenig, 18, was last seen on Feb. 1 working at the Common Grounds Espresso coffee stand at East Tudor Road and Fairbanks Street. more...
Anchorage Police Looking for Missing Barista
Anchorage police are looking for an 18-year-old woman who was last seen working as a barista at a Midtown drive-through coffee stand Wednesday night. APD spokesperson Lt. Dave Parker says Samantha Koenig was working at Common Grounds Espresso, at Tudor Road and Gambell Street, when she was last seen at 8 p.m. Police say she got off work at that time, but was not there when her boyfriend arrived to pick her up. more...
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