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Jersey*Girl · Mar 8, 2012

imamaze · Mar 8, 2012

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Anchorage Police Dept. 907-786-8900 or Samantha's Father, James at 907-441-8370

imamaze · Mar 9, 2012

Police say they believe Samantha Koenig is alive
Anchorage police have reason to believe that missing Samantha Koenig is alive, according to detectives investigating her apparent abduction about five weeks ago.
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Internet rumors and speculation cast pall on Koenig acquaintance
Updated with response from James Koenig, Samantha's father.
After 18-year-old Samantha Koenig was kidnapped from her work at Common Grounds Espresso coffee stand on the night of February 1, the internet came alive with speculation about her disappearance. Police said an armed man took her, and anonymous comments left on published news reports and rumors passed along via Facebook and Twitter began pointing at Bird.

Police said they had investigated Bird as part of initial investigations but he had never been named as a suspect in the case.

All you have to do is identify the wrong person and all of a sudden theyre public enemy number one, said APD spokesman Lieutenant Dave Parker.

UPDATE: Samantha Koenig's father, James Koenig, sent in the following response to this story. The words are his and not reporting or commentary by KTVA.

March 7, 2012
To whom it may concern:

My name is James Koenig, I am the father of Samantha Tessla Koenig, the young lady that was abducted from the coffee stand in Anchorage, Alaska, at which she was working at, at approximately 8 p.m., on February 1, 2012.
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imamaze · Mar 9, 2012

Police believe missing barista is alive
- Anchorage police have reason to believe that missing 18-year-old Samantha Koenig is alive, according to a detective investigating her apparent abduction about five weeks ago.
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imamaze · Mar 16, 2012

Texas arrest made in missing Anchorage barista case
Anchorage police announced Thursday that a suspect in the case of missing barista Samantha Koenig had been arrested in Lufkin, Texas.

Israel Keyes, a 34-year-old construction contractor who worked under the company moniker Keyes Construction, was arrested in Lufkin on Tuesday. A joint effort between the Anchorage Police Department, the FBI and Texas law enforcement led to Keyes' arrest, the full details of which were not immediately available as police said the federal arrest warrant is sealed.
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Texas arrest linked to disappearance of Samantha Koenig
An Anchorage man connected to the disappearance of 18-year-old Samantha Koenig is in jail after his arrest this week in Texas, but Koenig remains missing, police said Thursday.
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Arrest made in case of missing Alaska barista Samantha Koenig, police say
Authorities said a man who owns a construction company in Anchorage has been arrested in Texas on charges related to the disappearance of an 18-year-old barista.
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imamaze · Mar 17, 2012

Koenig case arrestee's former neighbor thinks "Anyone is capable of anything"
"They would have friends over, but it never got noisy."
On a quiet dead end street in Anchorage's South Addition neighborhood a woman methodically shovels and sweeps the few inches from her walk that came down in Wednesday's snow. She doesn't want to be identified because it's just too soon and she's reserving judgement, but she's stunned about this week's development in the Samantha Koenig kidnapping case.
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imamaze · Mar 20, 2012

Koenig family hopes new flyers will gather fresh information on Keyes
Samantha Koenigs family and friends hope a new poster will help stir up information about the main person of interest in the abduction case, Israel Keyes.
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imamaze · Mar 21, 2012

Few details known about person of interest in Koenig abduction
Information on the person of interest in the abduction of Samantha Koenig has been barely trickling out in the week since he was arrested in Texas.
Few details are known about 34-year-old Israel Keyes.
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APD investigating human remians found near Eklutna Lake
The Anchorage Police Department says detectives are investigating human remains found Tuesday near Eklutna Lake, but have not said whether the case is related to the Feb. 1 abduction of barista Samantha Koenig.
APD spokeswoman Marlene Lammers told Channel 2 she spoke with Sgt. Slawomir Markiewicz, head of the department's homicide unit, who confirmed that human remains have been found in the woods a few miles up the road leading to the lake, and a death investigation is in progress.
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imamaze · Mar 21, 2012

Investigators say Eklutna Lake body is adult male
Investigators say a body found Tuesday night near Eklutna Lake is an adult male and not that of abducted barista Samantha Koenig, continuing a mystery that has captivated the citys attention for more than six weeks.
APD spokesperson Lt. Dave Parker said Wednesday that state medical examiners had determined the gender but not the identity of the remains, with confirmation that they were those of an adult coming Wednesday afternoon. An autopsy is expected to take several days, with an identification of the body expected no sooner than Thursday.
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imamaze · Mar 22, 2012

Samantha Koenig could be anywhere; suspect traveled inconspicuously
The Samantha Koenig case has taken another crazy turn and it involves the arrest of Israel "Izzy" Keyes, a man who was apprehended all the way in Lufkin, Texas -- which is over 4,000 miles away from Anchorage, Alaska. In fact, officials in Anchorage have acknowledged that Israel is their one and only suspect as well as their only person of interest in the abduction of the 18-year old barista. So this leaves a lot to talk about considering the investigators are not really answering questions and the young woman is still missing.
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imamaze · Mar 24, 2012

Man arrested in Koenig case heading to Anchorage
Federal authorities have initiated their transport of the man police called a "person of interest" in the disappearance of Samantha Koenig, according to a spokeswoman for the U.S. Marshals Service
Israel Keyes, 34, was arrested in Texas last week on a charge of access device fraud for allegedly making several cash withdrawals with a stolen Alaska debit card. Anchorage police linked him to the apparent abduction Feb. 1 of Koenig, 18, who is still missing.
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Court documents shed light on Keyes arrest for access device fraud in Koenig case
Court documents released late Thursday detail the series of events leading up to the first arrest in the kidnapping case of 18-year-old Samantha Koenig.
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Trail across Southwest US led to arrest of man tied to abducted Alaska barista
A newly-released court document sheds some light on charges against Israel Keyes -- the man who Anchorage police believe may have ties to the Feb. 1 abduction of 18-year-old barista Samantha Koenig -- and alleges that he may have withdrawn thousands of dollars from a bank account that wasn't his. Keyes was arrested last week in Lufkin, Tex., and police say a stolen debit card found in Keyes's possession was used to make withdrawals in Alaska, Arizona and New Mexico before the arrest.
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imamaze · Mar 25, 2012

Israel Keyes being taken to Alaska by U.S. Marshalls
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.
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imamaze · Mar 26, 2012

Police, FBI seek info in Koenig disappearance
The FBI and Anchorage police made a new pitch Sunday for anyone who may have information about missing barista Samantha Koenig to come forward.
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imamaze · Mar 27, 2012

U.S. Marshalls 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.
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imamaze · Mar 27, 2012

Israel Keyes, "person of interest" in disappearance of Samantha Koenig, returns to Anchorage
The U.S. Marshal's Service says the man listed as a "person of interest" in the abduction of 18-year-old Anchorage barista Samantha Koenig has been returned to Alaska from Texas.
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imamaze · Mar 28, 2012

Man linked to missing Anchorage barista arraigned
The man listed by Anchorage police as a "person of interest" in the abduction of 18-year-old Anchorage barista Samantha Koenig was arraigned Tuesday in federal court in Anchorage on a fraud charge.
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Man linked to missing barista pleads not guilty
The man Anchorage police linked to Samantha Koenig's disappearance told a judge he is broke and pleaded not guilty in Alaska federal court Tuesday to a charge that he pilfered someone else's bank account with a stolen debit card.
Police and federal authorities still have not said how the man, Israel Keyes, is connected to Koenig or the 18-year-old barista's apparent abduction Feb. 1.
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imamaze · Mar 29, 2012

Koenig Family and Friends Hold Vigil
Two months after 18-year-old Samantha Koenig was abducted from her workplace at Common Grounds Espresso in Midtown, about a dozen of her close friends and family met at the place and hour Police said she was abducted.
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imamaze · Mar 30, 2012

Israel Keyes took part in Brista abduction, authorities believe
Israel Keyes is believed to be involved in the abduction of Samantha Koenig, said Anchorage Police Department (APD) Chief Mark Mew.
Keyes, the only named person of interest in the abduction of the 18-year-old missing barista, pled not guilty at his arraignment Tuesday afternoon in U.S. District Court.
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Police chief: Keyes involved in Samantha Koenig kidnapping
The arraignment of Israel Keyes, who police say has ties to the Feb. 1 abduction of barista Samantha Koenig, went quietly Tuesday at a U.S. District courthouse in downtown Anchorage.
Clad in a yellow jumpsuit, Keyes pleaded not guilty to a single charge of access device fraud. The lone federal charge, which could net him a 15-year prison sentence, is the only crime with which Keyes thus far stands accused. And although Keyes has not been charged with any crimes directly related to Koenig's abduction, investigators reiterated Tuesday that they believe he had something to do with the 18-year-old's disappearance from a Midtown coffee stand. But citing a need to protect the ongoing investigation, they continue to refuse to offer more details about Keyes's involvement.
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imamaze · Apr 1, 2012

FBI, police examine shed taken from Keyes home
Anchorage police and federal agents on Saturday examined a shed seized the night before from the home of Israel Keyes as part of an investigation into Keyes' possible involvement in the disappearance of Samantha Koenig, the FBI said.
The Anchorage Police Department and FBI are collaborating on the Koenig case, said FBI spokesman Eric Gonzalez.
"Obviously we're processing the shed with APD. This is obviously tied to the abduction of Samantha Koenig," Gonzalez said. "This is a joint investigation. We're working very closely with each other."
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imamaze · Apr 3, 2012

Body of missing Alaska barista believed found
The body of a missing 18-year-old barista was found in a lake Monday, almost two months to the day she was last seen on a surveillance camera video being led away from the coffee shack where she worked, Anchorage Police Chief Mark Mew said.

A body believed to be that of Samantha Koenig of Anchorage was recovered by a forensic dive team from Matanuska Lake north of the city, Mew said at a Monday evening news conference. City police, state troopers and FBI agents spent hours at the lake scene earlier in the day.
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Body of barista Samantha Koenig found in Alaska; charges possible
Authorities are weighing whether to charge an Alaska man, now in federal custody, in connection with the kidnapping and death of Anchorage barista Samantha Koenig. Her body is believed to have been recovered Monday from a local lake.
Tests are still being conducted on the remains found by a team of divers in Matanuska Lake north of Anchorage, but authorities are confident the body is that of Koenig, police spokesman Lt. David Parker said by telephone Tuesday. The family has been notified, he said.
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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.
The two-month search for Koenig began after APD says she was abducted Feb. 1 from her workplace at Midtown coffee stand Common Grounds Espresso. On Tuesday, Koenig family spokesperson Michelle Tasker thanked law enforcement and the public for its support.
"The family would just really like to show their deepest gratitude to the FBI and APD, the other law enforcement involved for all their dedication and hard work, and of course the public for all their love and support in embracing Samantha and the family," Tasker said.
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