Kidnapped Samantha Koenig 18 yo missing 2/1/12, Anchorage, AK(Body Found)

[KittyMom]

I hope that the owners of these coffee places add a secret alarm of some sort.  They were there long enough that police could have gotten to them.  Also, I wish so much that Samantha would have ran...I am sure that she was so scared and did try to run...but, looking at the video it shows that there were quite a few people were around.  I'm not saying anything bad toward Samantha...she probably did think that if she complied he would let her go (like he said)...but, looking at this...I know that it has taught me to run...run run run...scream...make a scene...if she had only known that the last thing he wanted was police (because of his past). I'm so sad by all of this.

There was a panic button.  She was just too trusting. 

[KittyMom]

http://www.ktuu.com/news/israel-keyes-suicide-prompts-action-to-dismiss-charges-121312,0,3616033.story
Israel Keyes' Suicide Prompts Action to Dismiss Charges
December 13, 2012


A serial killer's recent suicide has prompted federal prosecutors to seek dismissal of charges in the slaying of an Alaska barista.

Prosecutors in Anchorage said in a motion filed this week that the indictment against Israel Keyes "is abated by his death" by law.

A federal magistrate recommends granting the motion and has forwarded it to the judge assigned to the case against Keyes, who confessed to the February murder of 18-year-old barista Samantha Koenig in Anchorage, as well as others across the country.
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I think they should leave the charges.  Let them stand.  He needs this tied to him legally, even in death.  imo

[KittyMom]

http://www.ktuu.com/news/fbi-israel-keyes-not-linked-to-missing-vt-teen-121912,0,3470127.story
FBI: Israel Keyes Not Linked to Missing Vt. Teen
By The Associated Press
12:17 p.m. AKST, December 19, 2012

The FBI has ruled out serial killer Israel Keyes in the disappearance of Vermont teenager Brianna Maitland in 2004.

FBI special Agent Jolene Goeden told the Burlington Free Press that financial records show Keyes was elsewhere on March 19, 2004, when the 17-year-old Maitland of Sheldon disappeared after leaving work at a Montgomery restaurant.
 

[KittyMom]

I hope LE looks into the Holly Bobo case too.

[MuffyBee]

http://www.ktva.com/home/outbound-xml-feeds/The-Talking-Dead----186093971.html
The Talking Dead - Serial Killer Israel Keyes' Defense Team Still on the Case
January 8, 2013

ANCHORAGE - It has been more than a month since confessed serial killer Israel Keyes committed suicide in an Anchorage jail cell, yet Keyes' legal team is still fighting on his behalf.
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Although federal prosecutors went through the formality of dismissing charges against Keyes in the wake of his suicide, the defense lawyers are still active.
This comes to light because of a motion filed by the online newspaper Alaska Dispatch.
The Dispatch has moved in U.S. District Court to have all records in the Keyes case unsealed for public inspection.
In response, Keyes' lawyers -- a federal public defender based in Anchorage and a two-person team from a Seattle law firm -- have filed a motion asking for a delay in the release of any information.
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Frank Russo of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Anchorage said he does not know why Keyes' lawyers are still involved in the case, something the likes of which he said he's never seen before.
And Russo said by Thursday he expects to file a motion with the court asking for dismissal of their request on behalf of Keyes.
And of course one issue here is the federal tax dollars being expended on behalf of a dead man who confessed to killing at least 11 people.
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Meanwhile, the blood-soaked note that was found with Keyes' body has been analyzed by the FBI in Quantico, Virginia, and the message has been deciphered.
Local FBI spokesman Eric Gonzalez said the agency is likely to release the contents this week or next.

[MuffyBee]

http://www.seattleweekly.com/2013-01-23/news/israel-keyes-in-plane-sight/
Israel Keyes: In Plane Sight
Authorities didn't realize they had a jet-setting serial killer on their hands until an Anchorage inmate started talking.
January 23, 2013

(7 pgs)

[MuffyBee]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/01/26/serial-killer-takes-secrets-to-his-grave-but-search-for-his-unknown-victims/
Serial killer takes secrets to his grave, but search for his unknown victims goes on
January 26, 2013

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In 40 hours of interviews over eight months, Keyes talked of many killings; authorities believe there were nearly a dozen. He traveled from Vermont to Alaska hunting for victims. He said he buried "murder kits" around the country so they would be readily accessible. These caches — containing guns, zip ties and other supplies used to dispose of bodies — were found in Alaska and New York.
 ::snipping2::n December, he slashed his left wrist and strangled himself with a sheet in his jail cell. He left two pages of bloodstained writings. And many questions.

Investigators are now left searching for answers, but they face a daunting task: They're convinced the 34-year-old Keyes was a serial killer; they've verified many details he provided. But they have a puzzle that spans the U.S. and dips into Mexico and Canada — and the one person who held the missing pieces is dead. FBI agents on opposite ends of the country, joined by others, are working the case, hoping a timeline will offer clues to his grisly odyssey.
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The FBI is seeking the public's help. On Jan. 16, a Dallas bureau press release stated Keyes was "believed to have committed multiple kidnappings and murders" across the country starting in 2001. It's looking for anyone who had contact with him on Feb. 12-16, 2012, when he was believed to be in various Texas cities.

More appeals are expected in other places.

FBI agents in Seattle and in Albany, N.Y., also are working with state and local authorities to try to verify tips from people who reported seeing Keyes. Unsolved homicides are being checked, too, to determine if Keyes was in the area at the time.
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Video at Link

[akmom]

Wanted to update you all.  Sorry to interject, but when  are people going to go back to re alizing that evil walks the earth looking for lost souls like this to do its bidding?

http://news.yahoo.com/serial-killers-creepy-suicide-note-182247957--abc-news-topstories.html

[MuffyBee]

Wanted to update you all.  Sorry to interject, but when  are people going to go back to re alizing that evil walks the earth looking for lost souls like this to do its bidding?

http://news.yahoo.com/serial-killers-creepy-suicide-note-182247957--abc-news-topstories.html

Chilling.  He was so evil.  And it's frightening to know there are more like him.   

[MuffyBee]

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2013/02/confessed_serial_killer_israel.html
Confessed serial killer Israel Keyes mistakenly given razor before suicide, report says
February 13, 2013

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Confessed serial killer Israel Keyes was mistakenly issued a razor before he committed suicide, according to a report released Wednesday by the Alaska Department of Corrections that also said "it appears that razor was not retrieved."
Keyes' body was found in his jail cell on Dec. 2, months before he was to have gone on trial for the 2012 slaying of 18-year-old Anchorage barista Samantha Koenig.

Though Keyes' death was classified a suicide, the exact cause is unknown pending autopsy results, the report says.

Before he died, Keyes told investigators he had killed Koenig and at least seven other people across the country, including Bill and Lorraine Currier of Essex, Vt. Investigators believe there could be more victims in Washington, Oregon and Texas.

The state had previously denied an open records request from The Associated Press for details of events surrounding Keyes' death. Corrections officials didn't immediately return phone calls from the AP Wednesday.
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Keyes was in state custody in Anchorage because there are no federal prisons in Alaska.

[Sister]

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2013/02/confessed_serial_killer_israel.html
Confessed serial killer Israel Keyes mistakenly given razor before suicide, report says
February 13, 2013

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Confessed serial killer Israel Keyes was mistakenly issued a razor before he committed suicide, according to a report released Wednesday by the Alaska Department of Corrections that also said "it appears that razor was not retrieved."
Keyes' body was found in his jail cell on Dec. 2, months before he was to have gone on trial for the 2012 slaying of 18-year-old Anchorage barista Samantha Koenig.

Though Keyes' death was classified a suicide, the exact cause is unknown pending autopsy results, the report says.

Before he died, Keyes told investigators he had killed Koenig and at least seven other people across the country, including Bill and Lorraine Currier of Essex, Vt. Investigators believe there could be more victims in Washington, Oregon and Texas.

The state had previously denied an open records request from The Associated Press for details of events surrounding Keyes' death. Corrections officials didn't immediately return phone calls from the AP Wednesday.
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Keyes was in state custody in Anchorage because there are no federal prisons in Alaska.

well, cry me a river!  not!

[MuffyBee]

http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/FBI-Alaska-killer-likely-not-tied-to-missing-man-5338388.php
FBI: Alaska killer likely not tied to missing man
March 21, 2014

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The FBI says it's highly unlikely confessed Alaska serial killer Israel Keyes was connected to the unsolved disappearance of a man in Washington state.

A special episode of Investigation Discovery's "Dark Minds" TV series airing April 2 says Gilbert Gilman was a potential victim of Keyes, who had been in the region. Gilman disappeared from Olympic National Park in 2006.

Keyes was believed to have killed at least 11 people around the country before committing suicide in his Anchorage jail cell 15 months ago. He was awaiting a federal trial in the 2012 strangulation murder of his last known victim, 18-year-old Samantha Koenig of Anchorage.

Anchorage-based FBI Special Agent Kevin Donovan says Keyes likely was not involved in Gilman's disappearance, based on evidence and reviews of unsolved homicides and missing persons cases.

[Sister]

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2013/02/confessed_serial_killer_israel.html
Confessed serial killer Israel Keyes mistakenly given razor before suicide, report says
February 13, 2013

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Confessed serial killer Israel Keyes was mistakenly issued a razor before he committed suicide, according to a report released Wednesday by the Alaska Department of Corrections that also said "it appears that razor was not retrieved."
Keyes' body was found in his jail cell on Dec. 2, months before he was to have gone on trial for the 2012 slaying of 18-year-old Anchorage barista Samantha Koenig.

Though Keyes' death was classified a suicide, the exact cause is unknown pending autopsy results, the report says.

Before he died, Keyes told investigators he had killed Koenig and at least seven other people across the country, including Bill and Lorraine Currier of Essex, Vt. Investigators believe there could be more victims in Washington, Oregon and Texas.

The state had previously denied an open records request from The Associated Press for details of events surrounding Keyes' death. Corrections officials didn't immediately return phone calls from the AP Wednesday.
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Keyes was in state custody in Anchorage because there are no federal prisons in Alaska.

well, cry me a river!  not!

I believe this story about Keyes will be on Investigation ID Discovery channel this Wednesday night.