Samantha Koenig

Keyes returns to court 2 days after apparent escape attempt

Wearing a new red jumpsuit and now labeled a dangerous prisoner after an apparent escape attempt, Israel Keyes, the man charged with abducting and killing 18-year-old Samantha Koenig, sat calmly through a federal court hearing Friday.

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SAMANTHA KOENIG

James Koenig charged with DUI, other charges

Anchorage police arrested James Koenig, father of homicide victim Samantha Koenig, early Tuesday morning and charged him with drunken driving, assault and weapons misconduct, a police spokesman said.
SAMANTHA KOENIG

Large crowd attends memorial for teen kidnap-murder victim

A large crowd gathered Sunday at a memorial service for Samantha Koenig, the 18-year-old barista who was kidnapped from an Anchorage coffee shack and murdered.
SAMANTHA KOENIG

Keyes charged with abduction, murder of Koenig

A self-employed Anchorage carpenter police linked to the abduction of 18-year-old Samantha Koenig is now charged in her disappearance and slaying, according to a grand jury indictment.
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Body recovered from Valley lake confirmed as Koenig's

A medical examiner has confirmed that the body pulled from Matanuska Lake on Monday is Samantha Koenig, Anchorage Police spokesman Lt. Dave Parker said Wednesday.
SAMANTHA KOENIG

Details in Koenig case remain under wraps

Federal prosecutors say it will be at least a couple of weeks before much new information about the abduction and killing of 18-year-old Samantha Koenig becomes public. An FBI forensic dive team discovered her body Monday under the ice at Matanuska Lake.
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Koenig's body believed found in Valley lake

A law enforcement dive team on Monday discovered what they believe to be the body of Samantha Koenig -- the 18-year-old abducted from a Midtown Anchorage coffee stand on Feb. 1, Anchorage Police Chief Mark Mew said. The body was found in Matanuska Lake. On Tuesday, Common Grounds Espresso closed...
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FBI, police examine shed taken from Keyes home

Anchorage police and federal agents 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.
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FBI seizes outbuilding from Keyes home

Federal agents late Friday night seized what appeared to be a tool shed from the Turnagain home of Israel Keyes, the man police say is involved in the abduction of Samantha Koenig.
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Marking 8 weeks since barista's abduction

Friends and family of missing Anchorage barista Samantha Koenig gathered in Midtown to wave signs and light candles to mark eight weeks since, police say, Koenig was abducted from a coffee stand nearby.
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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 Tuesday he is broke and pleaded not guilty in federal court 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...