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18-year-old Samantha Koenig was a teenage girl working as a barista in a roadside kiosk in Anchorage, Alaska. She led a usual life, up until one cold February day when a stranger wearing a ski mask walked into her kiosk and asked for a cup of coffee. While standing by her kiosk’s window, he pointed a gun at her…<\/p>\n
Little is known about Samantha Koenig’s life, except that she was an 18-year-old girl working at her first job, in a small roadside coffee kiosk. She had an ex-boyfriend, against whom she recently filed a restraining order. Her father had some criminal connections, but she tried to live a normal life as a young adult. Unfortunately, she spent the last few hours of her life like in a horror movie.<\/p>\n
On February 1, 2012, Samantha Koenig was working her shift as usual. She served her customers with a smile, patiently waiting for her shift to end. Just when her shift was nearing its end, a man named Israel Keyes came to buy coffee. She served him in a friendly manner, but his response shocked and terrified her. He pulled out a gun and pointed it at her.<\/p>\n
He demanded her to hand over all of the cash from the register, to which she obliged. Then, he tied her hands behind her back using zip ties. Initially, he sent a text message from her cell phone to her boyfriend, trying to lure him and kidnap him as well, but he gave up on that idea. He stuffed a paper napkin in her mouth and dragged her away to his car, a white Ford Focus. At one point, she tried to run away, but he quickly caught onto her and dragged her back to the vehicle. There is footage that caught these moments, and it will be Samantha’s last time to be seen alive.<\/p>\n
As he was driving her to his home, he told her this was kidnapping for ransom, and that she will be returned to her family unharmed if she cooperated. However, that was a lie. Once they arrived, her kidnapper took her to a shed behind his house and locked her there. Israel went inside his home to check on his girlfriend and daughter. They were sleeping peacefully, and he was free to carry on with his devious plan.<\/p>\n
He poured himself a glass of wine and went back to the shed where Samantha Koenig was being held. There, he revealed his plans to her. He planned to rape and then kill her. Soon, he wrapped a noose around her neck and forced her to lay on her stomach. As she begged him not to rape her, he used a knife to cut through her clothes and raped her violently. Once he was done, he started to pull the rope that was around her neck, watching her as she died slowly, trying to fight in vain.<\/p>\n
What made this crime even more horrific, is that after he murdered her, Israel left her body to freeze in the shed and went on a two-week cruise vacation with his daughter and girlfriend. While her family worried about what happened to Samantha, her killer was enjoying a happy life with his family.<\/p>\n
However, this wasn’t the end for Samantha Koenig. After he returned from his vacation, Israel Keyes decided to further use Samantha’s body for his gain. He took her frozen body, braided her hair, and applied makeup to her face. Using a fishing line, he sewed her eyelids so that her eyes remain open. He took a photo of her, along with a current issue of Latin Times. This was done in order to demand ransom money from her parents, leading them to believe that their daughter was still alive. After he took a photo of Samantha Koenig and sent the ransom note to Anchorage Daily News, Israel dismembered her body and threw it in Matanuska Lake, Anchorage.<\/p>\n
Her parents finally had a hope that Samantha was still alive, so they gladly paid the ransom money. They deposited the money into her account. Little did they know, that their daughter was already dead. But, at least, they got closer to catching her killer.<\/p>\n