http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57416301-504083/samantha-koenig-update-israel-keyes-charged-with-kidnapping-and-other-federal-charges-in-alaska-barista-case/
34 year old Israel Keyes is being charged with kidnapping 18 year old Samantha Koeing. Koeing was last seen being forced away from the coffee stand by an armed man on Febuary 1 at eight pm. She was forced into Keyes white pickup, which was across the street. Samantha's body had been recovered on April 2 by a forensic dive team from Matanuske Lake just north of the city. They pulled Koening's body from the bottom of a frozen lake.
Federal kidnapping charges were filed Wednesday against a contractor in the death of an 18-year old. Koeing had worked at the coffee stand as a barista. Keyes pleaded not guilty to the kidnapping that resulted in a death, and receiving and possessing ransom money and debit card fraud. The video showed an armed man force Koenig from the Midtown coffee shop , where Koening was closing up the shop, police said. Koenig appeared frightened in the video by the man who was much taller than the five-foot young girl. Keyes stands six feet and two inches tall, according to the courts documents. The investigators of the case refuse to realse the video. Keyes said he killed the girl the next day , before flying back to Houston, Texas. Keyes then flew back to Anchorage, Alaska a week later on Feburary 17. A week later Keyes used Koenig's phone to send a text message demanding ransom and that the money must be directed so that the money could then be deposited in the account of the stolen debit card. Koening's family followed his directions and deposited the donated reward into the account of the stolen debit card. Authorities said they found rolls of cash bound in rubber bands and a stolen debit card. Alaska has no death penalty but Feldis said the crime of kidnapping and killing carries that potential under federal law. Koeing's family that there are no previous connections between the young girl and Keyes. Dave Parker from the Anchorage Police Department spokesmen said " The investigation is continuing and this is just one step in the process.
