Israel Keyes and Samantha Koenig: The Chilling Story Behind the Polaroids

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Samantha Koenig was just 18 years old when serial killer Israel Keyes kidnapped and murdered her in Anchorage, Alaska — before sewing her eyelids open for a chilling “proof of life” photo. Israel Keyes , a notorious serial killer, shocked the world with his heinous crimes, including the abduction and murder of Samantha Koenig. The tragic fate‍ of Samantha⁣ Koenig shed light‌ on the depth of Keyes’ depravity and the terrifying extent‍ of his actions. The haunting 2012 disappearance of Samantha Koenig , an 18-year-old Anchorage barista last seen leaving her place of work with an unknown man on a dark winter night, set off a hunt that would lead. On the morning of Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, 18-year-old Samantha Koenig was reported missing from her workplace — a small roadside coffee kiosk she had worked the night before, alone, in. The FBI’s investigation took a significant turn when Israel Keyes confessed to the murders of Samantha Koenig and the Currier couple. Keyes revealed chilling details about his modus operandi, including how he had prepared a shed in advance for holding Koenig captive. In late May 2012, during his preliminary trial, Israel attempted to escape the courtroom but was subdued with a stun gun. He was being held at the Anchorage Correctional Complex, while he was scheduled to stand trial in March 2013 for his involvement in the murder of 18-year-old Samantha Koenig . On February 1 , 2012 , Alaska serial killer Israel Keyes kidnapped 18-year-old barista Samantha Koenig at gunpoint from Common Grounds Espresso in Anchorage. He then took her to a shed on his property where he sexually assaulted and strangled her to death. The new book details how, according to prosecutors, Keyes abducted Koenig from an Anchorage coffee stand in February 2012, killed her and hid her body in a lake north of the city. Israel Keyes and Samantha Koenig ’s names became forever intertwined after Keyes abducted, raped, and murdered 18-year-old Samantha in February 2012. The heinous crime shocked the close-knit community of Anchorage, Alaska, and sent chills down the spines of people across the country. 1, 2012, Anchorage, Alaska: When 18-year-old Samantha Koenig ’s boyfriend came to pick her up after her shift at the Common Grounds coffee stand, she wasn’t there. Inside the small stand,.