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Samantha Koenig

Case from Anchorage, AK dated Feb 01, 2012

Victim Details

Samantha Koenig

Female

White / Caucasian

Anchorage

AK

2012-02-01

18

Samantha

Koenig

07/19/2026

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Samantha Koenig, a White/Caucasian female, age 18, finished the late shift alone inside the tiny Common Grounds coffee stand on Tudor Road in Anchorage on February 1, 2012. A masked customer ordered a drink, then drew a gun, forced his way in, zip-tied her hands, and marched her across the road to a waiting white pickup. He told her it was a kidnapping for ransom and, after retrieving her phone from the stand to send misleading texts, drove her to a shed outside his home. Before dawn, he sexuall ...
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    I've been following Samantha Koenig's case, and I still can't wrap my head around how Keyes managed ... ...Read More
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