1 00:00:04,863 --> 00:00:08,896 ♪♪ 2 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:54,669 ♪♪ 3 00:01:00,503 --> 00:01:02,670 Welcome to "Very scary people." 4 00:01:02,770 --> 00:01:04,370 I'm Donnie Wahlberg. 5 00:01:04,371 --> 00:01:07,504 Alaska is known for its natural beauty and vast wilderness. 6 00:01:07,571 --> 00:01:10,270 It's been said that two kinds of people end up there -- 7 00:01:10,371 --> 00:01:11,970 people running to something 8 00:01:11,971 --> 00:01:14,271 and people running away from something. 9 00:01:14,371 --> 00:01:17,271 In 2012, on a cold winter's night in Anchorage, 10 00:01:17,372 --> 00:01:20,405 a teenage girl finishing her shift at a local coffee stand 11 00:01:20,472 --> 00:01:23,171 came face-to-face with such a person -- 12 00:01:23,172 --> 00:01:25,206 a malevolent, vile someone, 13 00:01:25,272 --> 00:01:27,406 who had only one thing on his mind. 14 00:01:27,474 --> 00:01:30,407 This is The Cross Country Killer. 15 00:01:36,874 --> 00:01:40,208 ♪♪ 16 00:01:40,274 --> 00:01:44,274 Eaton: A lot of people don't realize how huge Alaska is. 17 00:01:44,275 --> 00:01:46,809 It's vast, and beautiful. 18 00:01:46,876 --> 00:01:48,275 It's very transient. 19 00:01:48,376 --> 00:01:51,174 There's a huge oil and gas industry there, 20 00:01:51,175 --> 00:01:53,510 and so, you have people coming and going. 21 00:01:53,577 --> 00:01:57,410 People want something different, generally, who go to Alaska. 22 00:01:57,477 --> 00:01:59,811 And there certainly are a large number 23 00:01:59,878 --> 00:02:01,177 who go to start a new life, 24 00:02:01,277 --> 00:02:04,076 who are running away from something. 25 00:02:04,077 --> 00:02:10,378 ♪♪ 26 00:02:10,379 --> 00:02:12,879 Hunter: On the night of February 1st, 2012, 27 00:02:12,979 --> 00:02:18,479 Samantha Koenig was working at the Common Grounds coffee stand. 28 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:21,481 Michelle: It was getting closer to her shift being off. 29 00:02:21,580 --> 00:02:25,581 She was supposed to be picked up by her boyfriend. 30 00:02:25,681 --> 00:02:30,281 Hendricks: Samantha was just 18 years old, and a high school senior. 31 00:02:30,382 --> 00:02:33,180 Going to school in Anchorage, raised in Anchorage, 32 00:02:33,181 --> 00:02:35,915 living with her dad and Duane, her boyfriend. 33 00:02:36,015 --> 00:02:41,382 Her whole life ahead of her, looking forward to the future. 34 00:02:41,383 --> 00:02:45,217 Samantha was getting ready to close at the coffee shop, 35 00:02:45,283 --> 00:02:49,817 as she normally did, going through her routine. 36 00:02:49,884 --> 00:02:52,784 Meanwhile, a man was sitting in the parking lot, 37 00:02:52,884 --> 00:02:54,118 scoping out the area. 38 00:02:54,184 --> 00:02:57,518 And he knew, because he had a police scanner, 39 00:02:57,585 --> 00:03:01,084 that there wasn't much activity in the area. 40 00:03:01,085 --> 00:03:05,586 Jeff: He had scoped out the Common Grounds coffee shop 41 00:03:05,686 --> 00:03:07,519 because it was open later. 42 00:03:07,586 --> 00:03:10,520 That particular coffee shop was in a parking lot. 43 00:03:10,587 --> 00:03:13,420 And between the coffee shop and the main road 44 00:03:13,487 --> 00:03:14,986 was a huge pile of snow because, 45 00:03:14,987 --> 00:03:17,688 in February, it's already snowed for several months. 46 00:03:17,788 --> 00:03:19,488 And those people that own those lots 47 00:03:19,588 --> 00:03:21,588 pile all the snow in the parking lot. 48 00:03:21,688 --> 00:03:25,589 So, there's a barrier between the coffee shop and the street. 49 00:03:31,522 --> 00:03:33,023 Hunter: Shortly before it closed, 50 00:03:33,123 --> 00:03:35,123 a little bit before 8:00 that night, 51 00:03:35,189 --> 00:03:38,423 that man walked up to the order area, 52 00:03:38,490 --> 00:03:41,190 and ordered a coffee from her. 53 00:03:42,924 --> 00:03:45,691 Samantha turned around to start making the order, 54 00:03:45,792 --> 00:03:49,025 and when she turned back around to give him the order, 55 00:03:49,125 --> 00:03:51,225 the man had a gun pointing at her. 56 00:03:52,892 --> 00:03:55,426 Hendricks: What we can see on the surveillance footage 57 00:03:55,492 --> 00:03:58,091 is Samantha puts her arms up. 58 00:03:58,092 --> 00:03:59,926 He said, "This is a robbery. 59 00:04:00,026 --> 00:04:02,227 Turn the lights off." 60 00:04:02,293 --> 00:04:06,427 And you see the surveillance footage go dark. 61 00:04:06,494 --> 00:04:11,728 It is then he tells Samantha to get on her knees. 62 00:04:11,795 --> 00:04:14,194 Jeff: And he jumps through the window. 63 00:04:14,294 --> 00:04:16,594 We don't see it outside, but we can see it inside. 64 00:04:16,595 --> 00:04:20,094 In, like, almost one leap, he just comes into the window. 65 00:04:20,095 --> 00:04:22,595 And she's startled, at that point. 66 00:04:22,596 --> 00:04:27,195 But then, it almost seems like things calm down, 67 00:04:27,196 --> 00:04:30,397 and she appears to be very cooperative 68 00:04:30,497 --> 00:04:32,631 in whatever it is that he's saying. 69 00:04:32,697 --> 00:04:38,632 There's no sound to the video, but he's obviously binding her. 70 00:04:38,698 --> 00:04:43,398 He's in there a long time before they leave -- 71 00:04:43,399 --> 00:04:44,699 like, 10 minutes. 72 00:04:44,799 --> 00:04:46,532 That's a long time for a total stranger 73 00:04:46,599 --> 00:04:48,899 who's there to kidnap somebody, and get them out of there, 74 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:52,600 because another customer could have pulled up. 75 00:04:52,700 --> 00:04:58,334 But he told her that he had a scanner in his ear, 76 00:04:58,401 --> 00:05:00,299 with a mic and earpiece in it -- 77 00:05:00,300 --> 00:05:01,834 which he did -- 78 00:05:01,901 --> 00:05:04,135 and that he was listening to the police scanner, 79 00:05:04,201 --> 00:05:07,935 and if he heard the police being dispatched to them, 80 00:05:08,035 --> 00:05:10,601 that he would kill her. 81 00:05:10,602 --> 00:05:13,236 Above the light switch for the lights for the kiosk 82 00:05:13,302 --> 00:05:15,336 was the alarm, 83 00:05:15,403 --> 00:05:18,036 which would have sent a signal to the police. 84 00:05:18,136 --> 00:05:22,403 But he had frightened her enough with his threats of harm 85 00:05:22,404 --> 00:05:25,404 she did not push the alarm. 86 00:05:25,405 --> 00:05:27,204 Hunter: There were businesses nearby. 87 00:05:27,304 --> 00:05:28,804 The parking lots had cars in them. 88 00:05:28,805 --> 00:05:31,604 People were walking to and from their cars. 89 00:05:31,605 --> 00:05:34,739 And despite all that, he took Samantha Koenig 90 00:05:34,805 --> 00:05:37,405 out of the Common Grounds coffee stand, 91 00:05:37,406 --> 00:05:39,706 and walked with her at gunpoint. 92 00:05:39,806 --> 00:05:45,140 He had a gun hidden, but pointed against her ribs. 93 00:05:45,206 --> 00:05:47,707 And he walked with her, and told her to just act like 94 00:05:47,807 --> 00:05:49,607 that they were boyfriend/girlfriend, 95 00:05:49,608 --> 00:05:51,807 and that she was a little tipsy from drinking too much, 96 00:05:51,808 --> 00:05:54,407 and he was just helping her get to the car. 97 00:05:54,408 --> 00:05:58,809 Hendricks: The outdoor footage shows them walking away from the kiosk. 98 00:05:58,909 --> 00:06:05,543 And soon after that, they slowly walk away out of the frame. 99 00:06:05,610 --> 00:06:08,843 As they walked, Samantha tried to get away. 100 00:06:08,910 --> 00:06:11,344 She bolted from him, ran away, 101 00:06:11,410 --> 00:06:15,144 but he quickly ran her down, and tackled her. 102 00:06:15,210 --> 00:06:16,810 Made it pretty clear that, if she tried it again, 103 00:06:16,811 --> 00:06:19,544 it wasn't gonna end well for her. 104 00:06:19,611 --> 00:06:22,512 After that, he was able to get her back to his vehicle, 105 00:06:22,612 --> 00:06:25,645 and they drove away. 106 00:06:25,712 --> 00:06:27,813 Chacon: You always hope that it's just a robbery 107 00:06:27,912 --> 00:06:29,412 in that kind of situation, 108 00:06:29,413 --> 00:06:31,046 that they are there just for the money. 109 00:06:31,146 --> 00:06:36,147 But she's led away from there, and taken, basically, 110 00:06:36,213 --> 00:06:37,647 kidnapped, at that point. 111 00:06:37,714 --> 00:06:39,212 Michelle: I think everybody has an assumption 112 00:06:39,213 --> 00:06:43,514 of what they think they would do in that situation. 113 00:06:43,615 --> 00:06:47,048 I've watched the video over and over and over again, 114 00:06:47,148 --> 00:06:49,814 and I don't know if I could do what she did. 115 00:06:49,815 --> 00:06:55,449 She was calm, collected, she did exactly what he told her to do. 116 00:06:55,516 --> 00:06:57,015 I don't know if I could be that strong. 117 00:06:57,016 --> 00:06:59,717 And the thing is, everybody, like, makes assumption 118 00:06:59,817 --> 00:07:03,350 of what they think they would do in that situation. 119 00:07:03,417 --> 00:07:05,951 She did everything right. 120 00:07:06,050 --> 00:07:07,917 Duane, her boyfriend, that night, 121 00:07:07,918 --> 00:07:09,417 was supposed to pick her up, 122 00:07:09,418 --> 00:07:12,351 and arrives at the kiosk a little bit late. 123 00:07:12,418 --> 00:07:15,618 When he shows up, it's completely dark, 124 00:07:15,619 --> 00:07:18,018 which is odd for the kiosk. 125 00:07:18,019 --> 00:07:21,819 He noticed that napkins are all over the floor, 126 00:07:21,820 --> 00:07:23,420 senses something is off. 127 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,653 Doesn't know what it is, but decides to leave. 128 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:28,454 And he figured that his girlfriend, Samantha, 129 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:30,821 got a ride home from someone else. 130 00:07:32,621 --> 00:07:35,655 Hunter: After he had Samantha Koenig in his car, 131 00:07:35,721 --> 00:07:39,555 and had her locked up in there, he came up with a story 132 00:07:39,622 --> 00:07:41,320 that he was just gonna hold her for ransom, 133 00:07:41,321 --> 00:07:44,522 and that, once her family paid, everything would be fine, 134 00:07:44,523 --> 00:07:46,856 and that he would let her go. 135 00:07:48,723 --> 00:07:50,856 He has her zip-tied in the truck. 136 00:07:50,924 --> 00:07:52,523 They drive around for a while, 137 00:07:52,624 --> 00:07:54,857 waiting for his girlfriend to go to bed at home, 138 00:07:54,924 --> 00:07:59,024 so that he could take Samantha home. 139 00:07:59,025 --> 00:08:01,925 Hendricks: They were driving around, when he realizes 140 00:08:02,025 --> 00:08:04,825 that Samantha doesn't have her cellphone. 141 00:08:04,925 --> 00:08:07,725 So, he drives back to the kiosk, 142 00:08:07,726 --> 00:08:09,525 to retrieve Samantha's cellphone, 143 00:08:09,526 --> 00:08:11,225 which was inside. 144 00:08:13,226 --> 00:08:14,826 Hunter: One of the things he did with it was 145 00:08:14,827 --> 00:08:19,060 he sent out some text messages to her boyfriend, 146 00:08:19,126 --> 00:08:21,261 trying to make it seem like everything was fine, 147 00:08:21,327 --> 00:08:22,461 that it was actually Samantha 148 00:08:22,527 --> 00:08:23,861 that was the one sending these texts. 149 00:08:23,928 --> 00:08:25,361 And she was basically saying, 150 00:08:25,428 --> 00:08:28,528 "I'm gonna stay with my friends for a little while. 151 00:08:28,628 --> 00:08:30,829 I'll get back in touch with you later." 152 00:08:40,030 --> 00:08:45,063 Jeff: The police were contacted the next afternoon 153 00:08:45,164 --> 00:08:49,129 that something had happened. 154 00:08:49,130 --> 00:08:50,630 It basically looked like someone 155 00:08:50,631 --> 00:08:53,331 just literally walked out of their shift. 156 00:08:53,431 --> 00:08:56,531 I started kind of noticing a little bit more things. 157 00:08:56,532 --> 00:08:57,931 I looked in my register. 158 00:08:57,932 --> 00:08:59,330 I looked for the money that goes in my register. 159 00:08:59,331 --> 00:09:00,631 It was gone. 160 00:09:00,632 --> 00:09:02,533 Then, I looked in our deposit bags. 161 00:09:02,633 --> 00:09:04,432 They were all gone. 162 00:09:04,433 --> 00:09:07,167 Jeff: That employee called the owner, and said, 163 00:09:07,233 --> 00:09:09,232 "There's no money for startup." 164 00:09:09,233 --> 00:09:12,333 And the owner just thought Samantha had made a mistake. 165 00:09:12,434 --> 00:09:15,433 And that's when the owner then started investigating 166 00:09:15,434 --> 00:09:19,734 what happened to her money and Samantha. 167 00:09:19,735 --> 00:09:23,268 Hendricks: She goes straight to the video, watches for a few minutes -- 168 00:09:23,335 --> 00:09:25,035 it's 17 minutes long -- 169 00:09:25,036 --> 00:09:29,035 and notices that something is clearly wrong. 170 00:09:29,036 --> 00:09:31,569 So, the owner calls police, and says, 171 00:09:31,637 --> 00:09:33,970 "This is what happened. You have to see this footage. 172 00:09:34,070 --> 00:09:36,235 Something may be wrong with Samantha." 173 00:09:36,236 --> 00:09:39,738 And early on, the police believed she may have known 174 00:09:39,838 --> 00:09:42,437 the person who jumped into that window, 175 00:09:42,438 --> 00:09:46,336 because of the conversation back and forth. 176 00:09:46,337 --> 00:09:51,539 By this time, it'd been released that she was taken by gunpoint. 177 00:09:51,639 --> 00:09:54,273 They had not released the video. 178 00:09:54,339 --> 00:09:56,339 And people still made the comment of, 179 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:57,739 "Well, maybe she knew him. 180 00:09:57,740 --> 00:10:00,541 Maybe it's an old jilted ex-boyfriend." 181 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:01,974 No. 182 00:10:02,074 --> 00:10:05,074 This was so calculated that... 183 00:10:05,140 --> 00:10:08,075 Mnh-mnh. She didn't know him. 184 00:10:08,174 --> 00:10:10,475 And that was the thing I kept trying to get across. 185 00:10:10,541 --> 00:10:13,642 That's one of the things that her father wanted across. 186 00:10:13,742 --> 00:10:14,842 This isn't normal. 187 00:10:14,942 --> 00:10:16,176 This isn't his daughter's behavior. 188 00:10:16,242 --> 00:10:18,476 She doesn't just leave with somebody. 189 00:10:18,543 --> 00:10:21,776 Hendricks: At one point, they even thought it was payback 190 00:10:21,843 --> 00:10:25,043 for maybe something that her father did. 191 00:10:25,044 --> 00:10:26,343 Jeff: With any investigation, 192 00:10:26,444 --> 00:10:27,944 leads start coming out of the woodwork. 193 00:10:28,044 --> 00:10:29,443 We were getting all kinds of information, 194 00:10:29,444 --> 00:10:32,545 as far as people that could have been involved, 195 00:10:32,645 --> 00:10:36,744 drug money being owed -- which ended up not being true -- 196 00:10:36,745 --> 00:10:39,345 motorcycle gangs being responsible. 197 00:10:39,445 --> 00:10:42,746 And we were having to follow up on all of those things. 198 00:10:42,846 --> 00:10:44,079 We had our hands full with that, 199 00:10:44,179 --> 00:10:48,945 as well as trying to find Samantha. 200 00:10:48,946 --> 00:10:50,980 Man: Two of us lift, and one with this. 201 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:53,746 Michelle: We just started searching, looking at places. 202 00:10:53,747 --> 00:10:55,280 People helped. 203 00:10:55,346 --> 00:10:59,947 Nothing turned up. Still didn't know where she was. 204 00:10:59,948 --> 00:11:05,749 Samantha was last wearing a pair of furry, black boots. 205 00:11:05,849 --> 00:11:10,950 Michelle: James, Samantha's dad, he was there for her friends. 206 00:11:11,050 --> 00:11:13,549 He was there for her cousins. 207 00:11:13,550 --> 00:11:16,550 He was tremendously there for her boyfriend, 208 00:11:16,650 --> 00:11:18,551 tremendously there for her. 209 00:11:18,650 --> 00:11:20,784 He did not stop. 210 00:11:20,851 --> 00:11:22,751 I want to thank you so much for coming out, 211 00:11:22,851 --> 00:11:25,550 and showing support, and bringing Samantha home. 212 00:11:25,551 --> 00:11:28,985 Eaton: They had a big candlelight vigil in downtown Anchorage. 213 00:11:29,085 --> 00:11:30,452 I remember going to that. 214 00:11:30,552 --> 00:11:32,752 And I couldn't believe how many people showed up. 215 00:11:32,852 --> 00:11:37,986 [ Crowd singing ] 216 00:11:38,086 --> 00:11:41,953 There were people singing, and people holding candles. 217 00:11:41,954 --> 00:11:44,353 And they filled up the whole town square. 218 00:11:44,454 --> 00:11:47,152 Everyone hoping that she would eventually turn up. 219 00:11:47,153 --> 00:11:49,253 Everybody was a suspect in this. 220 00:11:49,254 --> 00:11:51,454 We didn't know what had happened for sure. 221 00:11:51,455 --> 00:11:55,354 And so, we were investigating everybody that knew her. 222 00:11:55,456 --> 00:11:56,955 Young Woman: Everyone seemed to really like her. 223 00:11:56,956 --> 00:11:58,254 She was really nice. She was really upbeat. 224 00:11:58,255 --> 00:11:59,855 And she had a good personality, 225 00:11:59,856 --> 00:12:02,455 and she seemed like a really nice girl. 226 00:12:02,456 --> 00:12:05,757 Hunter: Samantha was described as being a very sweet person. 227 00:12:05,857 --> 00:12:09,090 She had a lot of friends. 228 00:12:09,156 --> 00:12:10,590 She had a boyfriend. 229 00:12:10,657 --> 00:12:14,457 Please bring her back to us. I'm begging you. 230 00:12:14,458 --> 00:12:16,191 Michelle: What I know about Samantha Koenig 231 00:12:16,257 --> 00:12:19,692 is primarily from her friends, her family, 232 00:12:19,759 --> 00:12:26,257 her boyfriend at the time -- open, honest, funny, protective, 233 00:12:26,258 --> 00:12:30,158 just an amazing person, and an amazing friend. 234 00:12:30,159 --> 00:12:33,459 She's just an amazing, hilarious, funny person, 235 00:12:33,460 --> 00:12:37,760 and was absolutely her father's pride and joy. 236 00:12:37,761 --> 00:12:39,760 They were very, very, very close. 237 00:12:39,761 --> 00:12:45,260 He took it extremely personal that somebody took her. 238 00:12:45,261 --> 00:12:47,562 Eaton: She was just an 18-year-old girl. 239 00:12:47,662 --> 00:12:51,696 She was at the beginning of her life, and she disappeared. 240 00:12:51,763 --> 00:12:53,963 How did this happen? 241 00:13:02,564 --> 00:13:03,997 Eaton: Sometimes, in these cases, 242 00:13:04,097 --> 00:13:05,698 somebody would turn up after a few days. 243 00:13:05,764 --> 00:13:08,364 Who knows why they disappeared for a few days. 244 00:13:08,465 --> 00:13:10,364 Maybe they wanted to get away, 245 00:13:10,465 --> 00:13:13,965 or they went on a trip, and didn't tell people. 246 00:13:13,966 --> 00:13:15,264 People would turn up. 247 00:13:15,265 --> 00:13:17,599 So, we thought maybe she would, too. 248 00:13:17,666 --> 00:13:20,100 Hendricks; 18-year-old Samantha Koenig had been taken from 249 00:13:20,199 --> 00:13:22,500 the coffee stand where she works. 250 00:13:22,567 --> 00:13:25,200 Family, friends, and police had no idea 251 00:13:25,266 --> 00:13:27,700 who would want to take her, and why. 252 00:13:31,701 --> 00:13:33,668 Jeff: When he got home with Samantha, 253 00:13:33,768 --> 00:13:37,768 he put Samantha in a shed that was in the driveway. 254 00:13:37,769 --> 00:13:40,102 It was his workshop area. 255 00:13:40,168 --> 00:13:41,769 He again threatened her. 256 00:13:41,869 --> 00:13:45,569 He turned a radio on. He had some music playing. 257 00:13:45,570 --> 00:13:48,503 And just to give you a picture, the houses are very close 258 00:13:48,570 --> 00:13:50,503 in the neighborhood that he lives in. 259 00:13:50,570 --> 00:13:54,904 And so, there was a house within 15 feet of that shed. 260 00:13:54,971 --> 00:13:58,772 But he had her in the shed. He restrained her. 261 00:13:58,871 --> 00:14:05,072 He tells her that he is wanting to get money from her family. 262 00:14:05,073 --> 00:14:09,872 She tells him that her family doesn't have money. 263 00:14:09,873 --> 00:14:12,372 Hunter: He learned that she had a debit card, 264 00:14:12,473 --> 00:14:13,872 but she didn't have it with her. 265 00:14:13,873 --> 00:14:18,107 It was in her purse, which was back in her truck, 266 00:14:18,207 --> 00:14:23,408 back at her house, parked out on the street outside her house. 267 00:14:23,475 --> 00:14:26,708 So, he drove, by himself, over to Samantha's house, 268 00:14:26,775 --> 00:14:29,576 and saw her truck sitting there, like she said. 269 00:14:29,676 --> 00:14:33,209 And he opened the door, got in the truck, 270 00:14:33,275 --> 00:14:35,677 and retrieved her purse. 271 00:14:35,776 --> 00:14:38,410 Samantha's boyfriend, Duane, waited up at the house, 272 00:14:38,476 --> 00:14:41,410 hoping that Samantha would come home. 273 00:14:41,477 --> 00:14:45,377 Hunter: Her boyfriend happened to be standing outside the house, 274 00:14:45,478 --> 00:14:48,877 saw this dark figure go into the truck. 275 00:14:48,878 --> 00:14:50,777 And he shouted out. 276 00:14:50,778 --> 00:14:53,412 Duane turned around, and ran back into 277 00:14:53,478 --> 00:14:56,078 Mr. Koenig's house, and got him. 278 00:14:56,079 --> 00:15:00,279 And by the time Mr. Koenig came out, he was already gone, 279 00:15:00,379 --> 00:15:03,980 with the debit card and the I.D for Samantha. 280 00:15:05,780 --> 00:15:10,480 Michelle: I was shocked that he had actually done that, 281 00:15:10,481 --> 00:15:14,115 that he had gone over to her house. 282 00:15:14,181 --> 00:15:17,381 If everything would have aligned a little bit better 283 00:15:17,482 --> 00:15:22,216 than what they were, Duane might have caught him. 284 00:15:22,282 --> 00:15:25,616 Hunter: After he had taken possession of her bank debit card, 285 00:15:25,683 --> 00:15:27,982 he returned back to the shed 286 00:15:27,983 --> 00:15:31,382 that he had next to his house in the driveway. 287 00:15:31,484 --> 00:15:34,617 He took a Polaroid of her, 288 00:15:34,684 --> 00:15:39,684 and he had a recent newspaper next to her, 289 00:15:39,785 --> 00:15:42,785 kind of a proof-of-life type photograph. 290 00:15:42,885 --> 00:15:44,918 Hendricks: He photocopied the photo, 291 00:15:44,986 --> 00:15:47,519 writing out a ransom note in a typewriter 292 00:15:47,586 --> 00:15:49,119 that he had recently purchased -- 293 00:15:49,219 --> 00:15:52,719 a ransom note demanding $30,000. 294 00:15:52,787 --> 00:15:54,620 He then goes to Connors Park, 295 00:15:54,686 --> 00:15:59,820 putting that ransom note underneath a missing dog poster. 296 00:16:02,988 --> 00:16:05,287 Hunter: After he put the ransom note in the park, 297 00:16:05,387 --> 00:16:08,021 he sent a text, using Samantha's phone, 298 00:16:08,122 --> 00:16:11,689 to Samantha's boyfriend. 299 00:16:11,789 --> 00:16:14,488 Michelle: The night that he sent the text message, 300 00:16:14,489 --> 00:16:17,589 it was the day before the fundraiser that myself 301 00:16:17,590 --> 00:16:21,289 and a few other ladies helped create. 302 00:16:21,389 --> 00:16:23,890 We were meeting at a restaurant. 303 00:16:23,991 --> 00:16:29,791 And then, her boyfriend, Duane, just kind of goes sheet white. 304 00:16:29,891 --> 00:16:33,991 And he walks over with his phone, 305 00:16:33,992 --> 00:16:37,491 and he shows it to James, and the room just -- 306 00:16:37,492 --> 00:16:40,726 the air almost just gets sucked out of the room, 307 00:16:40,793 --> 00:16:44,493 because now there's a possible link. 308 00:16:44,593 --> 00:16:46,693 There's something. 309 00:16:46,794 --> 00:16:50,727 A text from Samantha's phone, that, in essence said, 310 00:16:50,794 --> 00:16:53,027 "Under a picture at Connors Park. 311 00:16:53,127 --> 00:16:55,927 Ain't she purty?" 312 00:16:55,995 --> 00:16:57,894 Michelle: And those of us born and raised here 313 00:16:57,895 --> 00:17:01,795 knew where he was talking about. 314 00:17:01,796 --> 00:17:07,895 Took off to where the ransom note was. 315 00:17:07,896 --> 00:17:09,429 Jeff: At the entrance to the park, 316 00:17:09,496 --> 00:17:13,396 there's a sign that has local events on it, 317 00:17:13,497 --> 00:17:14,830 news about local events. 318 00:17:14,897 --> 00:17:17,030 And there was a picture of a missing dog. 319 00:17:17,131 --> 00:17:20,331 And underneath that, on one of the pins that was holding it up, 320 00:17:20,397 --> 00:17:22,698 was a plastic bag. 321 00:17:22,798 --> 00:17:24,497 So, I walk over to the bulletin board, 322 00:17:24,498 --> 00:17:25,798 and I lift everything up, 323 00:17:25,799 --> 00:17:29,832 and I'm staring at a wrapped Ziploc bag 324 00:17:29,899 --> 00:17:35,700 with what looks to be a Polaroid and a letter of some sort in it. 325 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:41,199 The family went there first, and then called us from there. 326 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:44,399 And then, of course, we did a crime scene team call-out, 327 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:46,534 to look for tire prints, and footprints, 328 00:17:46,601 --> 00:17:48,035 and fingerprints, 329 00:17:48,134 --> 00:17:51,135 and everything associated with that investigation. 330 00:17:51,235 --> 00:17:54,702 And that was... 331 00:17:54,802 --> 00:17:57,702 the start of what we hoped 332 00:17:57,703 --> 00:18:01,202 would have been the end of this nightmare. 333 00:18:04,237 --> 00:18:07,604 ♪♪ 334 00:18:07,704 --> 00:18:10,538 When he requested a ransom, that opened a dialogue. 335 00:18:10,604 --> 00:18:12,238 And now, you have a dialogue. 336 00:18:12,304 --> 00:18:14,505 And even if the dialogue is putting money into the account, 337 00:18:14,605 --> 00:18:17,004 and him accessing it through some ATM, 338 00:18:17,005 --> 00:18:18,504 that's good for law enforcement. 339 00:18:18,505 --> 00:18:20,304 That's a chance we have to catch him. 340 00:18:20,405 --> 00:18:22,439 We can track him. 341 00:18:22,506 --> 00:18:24,005 Jeff: At that point, obviously, 342 00:18:24,006 --> 00:18:28,806 the investigation ratcheted up tremendously. 343 00:18:28,807 --> 00:18:32,006 We believed that the note was from whomever it was 344 00:18:32,007 --> 00:18:33,240 that had Samantha. 345 00:18:33,306 --> 00:18:36,241 And so, we knew that there was a real possibility 346 00:18:36,307 --> 00:18:38,306 that she was in real danger. 347 00:18:38,307 --> 00:18:41,507 Michelle: After the note was discovered, the next day, 348 00:18:41,508 --> 00:18:43,108 I know that everybody was called in. 349 00:18:43,109 --> 00:18:45,708 I know Duane was called in. I know James was called in. 350 00:18:45,709 --> 00:18:48,909 I do know he was shown the photo, 351 00:18:48,910 --> 00:18:51,643 and I know he was shown the letter. 352 00:18:51,710 --> 00:18:58,309 What it says, he never told me, and I didn't ask. 353 00:18:58,310 --> 00:19:02,410 Everybody that was working on the case was reading the note, 354 00:19:02,511 --> 00:19:03,710 trying to analyze it, if we could, 355 00:19:03,711 --> 00:19:05,244 to figure out what it meant, 356 00:19:05,310 --> 00:19:07,645 if it would give us any clues about who had written it, 357 00:19:07,712 --> 00:19:09,310 where she was, and those kinds of things. 358 00:19:09,311 --> 00:19:12,646 And the note does specifically tell us the bank account, 359 00:19:12,712 --> 00:19:13,846 the card number, 360 00:19:13,912 --> 00:19:16,712 that he wanted money put in that. 361 00:19:16,713 --> 00:19:20,012 Michelle: That next few days were just waiting, 362 00:19:20,013 --> 00:19:22,947 waiting to see what the next move would be. 363 00:19:23,014 --> 00:19:25,547 Jeff: We were working 16, 18-hour days, 364 00:19:25,614 --> 00:19:27,048 doing what we were doing. 365 00:19:27,147 --> 00:19:30,748 Everybody believed that Samantha was still alive. 366 00:19:34,315 --> 00:19:38,716 Once the ransom note was found, and the public, 367 00:19:38,816 --> 00:19:40,849 the community, learned about what was going on, 368 00:19:40,916 --> 00:19:44,450 there was a widespread outpouring of support 369 00:19:44,516 --> 00:19:45,850 for James Koenig 370 00:19:45,917 --> 00:19:48,950 for trying to get his daughter back safely. 371 00:19:49,017 --> 00:19:52,216 So, there were a lot of donations made to this fund. 372 00:19:52,217 --> 00:19:54,551 Some of the funds were actually deposited 373 00:19:54,618 --> 00:19:56,918 into Samantha's account, 374 00:19:57,019 --> 00:20:00,752 so that her abductor could access the funds, 375 00:20:00,819 --> 00:20:03,418 in the hopes that she would be returned safely. 376 00:20:03,519 --> 00:20:09,919 A few days later, Mr. Koenig puts $5,000 into the account. 377 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:12,753 We had a trace, basically, on the card, 378 00:20:12,820 --> 00:20:16,821 so that, if the card was used, we would be notified. 379 00:20:16,921 --> 00:20:21,720 That evening, a few hours later, somebody made a withdrawal. 380 00:20:21,721 --> 00:20:23,755 The first withdrawal, just before midnight, 381 00:20:23,822 --> 00:20:25,420 a few minutes before midnight, 382 00:20:25,421 --> 00:20:28,455 and then a second withdrawal a few minutes after midnight, 383 00:20:28,523 --> 00:20:31,422 so there would be the two different days. 384 00:20:31,523 --> 00:20:35,322 He takes out $500 at two separate stops. 385 00:20:36,924 --> 00:20:40,957 Michelle: He was on borrowed time, only because he had her debit card, 386 00:20:41,024 --> 00:20:44,725 and I'm in the financial business, 387 00:20:44,824 --> 00:20:48,058 so I knew we were going to close in sometime, 388 00:20:48,158 --> 00:20:52,424 and then, maybe, she would be with him, alive, 389 00:20:52,526 --> 00:20:54,626 and then, we'd have her back. 390 00:21:09,828 --> 00:21:12,226 Welcome back to "Very Scary People." 391 00:21:12,227 --> 00:21:15,362 An unknown man kidnaps 18-year-old Samantha Koenig 392 00:21:15,428 --> 00:21:17,762 from a coffee stand in Anchorage, Alaska, 393 00:21:17,829 --> 00:21:19,929 and vanishes without a trace. 394 00:21:20,029 --> 00:21:22,263 But authorities believe this may not be the first time 395 00:21:22,329 --> 00:21:24,162 he's done something like this. 396 00:21:24,228 --> 00:21:27,063 Eight months earlier, on the other side of the country, 397 00:21:27,163 --> 00:21:30,430 in the town of Essex, Vermont, detectives are investigating 398 00:21:30,531 --> 00:21:35,031 another missing-persons case with eerie similarities. 399 00:21:41,132 --> 00:21:43,031 Hunter: Bill and Lorraine Currier were a married couple 400 00:21:43,032 --> 00:21:46,532 living in Essex, a small town in Vermont. 401 00:21:46,533 --> 00:21:50,066 Essex is one of the closer-knit communities 402 00:21:50,166 --> 00:21:52,932 in the greater Burlington area. 403 00:21:52,933 --> 00:21:57,432 Burlington, Vermont itself is a fairly small 404 00:21:57,433 --> 00:22:00,232 largest city in a state. 405 00:22:00,233 --> 00:22:03,068 You've got Burlington right on the shores of the lake, 406 00:22:03,168 --> 00:22:05,668 and so, hemmed in on this side by lake Champlain, 407 00:22:05,735 --> 00:22:09,569 and then New York and the Adirondacks in the distance, 408 00:22:09,636 --> 00:22:11,135 all around Burlington 409 00:22:11,136 --> 00:22:14,135 are all of these various suburban communities. 410 00:22:14,136 --> 00:22:16,837 Hunter: Bill was 49 years old. Lorraine was 55. 411 00:22:16,936 --> 00:22:19,170 They'd been married for quite a long time. 412 00:22:19,236 --> 00:22:21,370 Jennifer: They were together forever. 413 00:22:21,436 --> 00:22:25,538 They were like two peas in a pod. 414 00:22:25,638 --> 00:22:29,771 Bill was Bill, and he just loved hugs, and he was always happy. 415 00:22:29,838 --> 00:22:33,972 Like, his life was just happy. 416 00:22:34,039 --> 00:22:36,337 Lorraine, she was the sweetest. 417 00:22:36,338 --> 00:22:40,372 Oh, my God, she just was like a ball of joy. 418 00:22:40,438 --> 00:22:43,273 Hunter: Bill worked as an animal care technician 419 00:22:43,339 --> 00:22:45,273 at the University of Vermont. 420 00:22:45,339 --> 00:22:49,174 Lorraine worked in the medical field there, locally. 421 00:22:49,274 --> 00:22:50,940 Jennifer: They were hard workers. 422 00:22:50,941 --> 00:22:52,874 They've always been hard workers. 423 00:22:54,541 --> 00:22:58,341 I was one of the city editors at the Burlington free press. 424 00:22:58,441 --> 00:23:02,340 I got a call from my boss, the managing editor at the time, 425 00:23:02,341 --> 00:23:05,942 who said, "We've got this really weird thing going on." 426 00:23:05,943 --> 00:23:08,341 Jennifer: Bill never missed work. 427 00:23:08,342 --> 00:23:11,044 Even if he was sick, he never missed work. 428 00:23:11,144 --> 00:23:13,544 Like, never, ever, ever, ever, ever. 429 00:23:13,644 --> 00:23:15,044 Like, neither of them. 430 00:23:15,144 --> 00:23:16,944 But he missed work. 431 00:23:17,044 --> 00:23:20,545 And they called the family. 432 00:23:20,645 --> 00:23:23,545 Silverman: I don't think that they were particularly well known 433 00:23:23,645 --> 00:23:25,644 outside of their jobs 434 00:23:25,645 --> 00:23:28,646 and their own intimate circle of friends, 435 00:23:28,746 --> 00:23:33,179 but those who knew them loved them a great deal. 436 00:23:33,245 --> 00:23:35,980 I think they were well-respected, 437 00:23:36,047 --> 00:23:38,445 well-loved with their colleagues, 438 00:23:38,446 --> 00:23:41,246 with their friends, with their families. 439 00:23:41,247 --> 00:23:44,447 They were known for being, I think, very quiet. 440 00:23:44,548 --> 00:23:46,281 You know, I think they liked to spend a lot of time 441 00:23:46,347 --> 00:23:47,482 with each other. 442 00:23:47,548 --> 00:23:49,648 And they were known as very dedicated employees. 443 00:23:49,749 --> 00:23:53,182 These were folks who did not miss a day of work. 444 00:23:53,282 --> 00:23:55,049 And if there was ever any occasion 445 00:23:55,149 --> 00:23:57,583 that they were unable to be at work, 446 00:23:57,650 --> 00:23:59,549 they wouldn't just no-show. 447 00:23:59,550 --> 00:24:03,183 So, the fact that they no-call no-showed, 448 00:24:03,283 --> 00:24:05,184 that, right there, day one, 449 00:24:05,250 --> 00:24:08,950 was an indicator of something that was so unlike them 450 00:24:08,951 --> 00:24:12,150 that everyone who knew them, everyone who worked with them, 451 00:24:12,151 --> 00:24:14,451 was immediately worried about them. 452 00:24:17,085 --> 00:24:20,286 Hunter: When the police arrived at Bill and Lorraine Currier's house, 453 00:24:20,352 --> 00:24:21,886 they discovered the phone lines to the house 454 00:24:21,953 --> 00:24:24,752 had been cut from the outside. 455 00:24:24,753 --> 00:24:32,054 It felt strange and wrong and off from the very beginning. 456 00:24:32,154 --> 00:24:36,354 I think we all had a sense that something atypical, 457 00:24:36,454 --> 00:24:40,954 and probably something very bad, had happened. 458 00:24:40,955 --> 00:24:44,789 Hunter: They found that an intruder had come in through the garage. 459 00:24:44,856 --> 00:24:48,090 And they saw shattered glass all over the kitchen floor, 460 00:24:48,189 --> 00:24:50,090 where the glass on the kitchen door 461 00:24:50,190 --> 00:24:51,456 had been shattered in 462 00:24:51,557 --> 00:24:54,190 to gain admittance into the house itself. 463 00:24:54,256 --> 00:24:56,757 Other than that, there wasn't much of a disturbance 464 00:24:56,758 --> 00:24:58,157 in the house. 465 00:24:58,158 --> 00:25:00,356 The house looked like Bill and Lorraine had had 466 00:25:00,357 --> 00:25:03,858 a normal evening that night. 467 00:25:03,959 --> 00:25:07,292 And the police deduced that whoever the intruder was 468 00:25:07,358 --> 00:25:08,959 had taken them in their own vehicle, 469 00:25:09,059 --> 00:25:11,992 because Bill and Lorraine's car was missing from the garage. 470 00:25:12,060 --> 00:25:14,859 Silverman: When we learned that that phone line had been severed, 471 00:25:14,860 --> 00:25:18,293 I think that's a "chill up your spine" moment. 472 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:20,593 That just doesn't happen here. 473 00:25:20,661 --> 00:25:22,594 Jennifer: There wasn't much they could ever tell you. 474 00:25:22,661 --> 00:25:26,195 I mean, they'd just tell you they're looking. 475 00:25:26,294 --> 00:25:30,062 But something somewhere went wrong. 476 00:25:30,162 --> 00:25:32,360 Silverman: We had a number of reporters who were working on the case, 477 00:25:32,361 --> 00:25:34,095 working police sources, 478 00:25:34,195 --> 00:25:37,361 working people in the prosecutor's office, 479 00:25:37,362 --> 00:25:41,361 trying to get as much information as they could. 480 00:25:41,362 --> 00:25:46,663 Now, the question became, were Bill and Lorraine targeted, 481 00:25:46,664 --> 00:25:49,263 or was this random? 482 00:25:57,666 --> 00:26:00,464 Investigators in Anchorage continue their search 483 00:26:00,465 --> 00:26:02,566 for 18-year-old Samantha Koenig 484 00:26:02,666 --> 00:26:04,765 while her kidnapper withdraws ransom money 485 00:26:04,766 --> 00:26:08,700 from her account using her ATM card. 486 00:26:08,767 --> 00:26:11,465 Jeff: We had a trace, basically, on the card 487 00:26:11,466 --> 00:26:14,801 so that, if the card was used, we would be notified. 488 00:26:14,867 --> 00:26:19,601 However, it was a 10-minute delay in being notified. 489 00:26:19,668 --> 00:26:21,702 And 10 minutes in Anchorage at midnight, 490 00:26:21,768 --> 00:26:24,302 you can drive out of town. 491 00:26:24,368 --> 00:26:27,068 We were doing surveillance at every single 492 00:26:27,069 --> 00:26:30,703 publicly accessible ATM in the city of Anchorage, 493 00:26:30,770 --> 00:26:37,103 in hopes that we would at least be at one of those locations. 494 00:26:37,204 --> 00:26:38,571 He eventually did, 495 00:26:38,671 --> 00:26:42,571 but the next time he used it was in Willcox, Arizona. 496 00:26:50,605 --> 00:26:53,471 Hunter: He stopped at different ATMs in different states 497 00:26:53,472 --> 00:26:54,873 and different towns, 498 00:26:54,973 --> 00:26:59,673 and would withdraw money using Samantha's ATM card. 499 00:26:59,674 --> 00:27:02,207 Hendricks: Putting on a lot of layers of clothing 500 00:27:02,307 --> 00:27:06,075 not to be detected by authorities when at the ATM. 501 00:27:06,174 --> 00:27:10,508 FBI agents in Willcox, Arizona got out of bed, 502 00:27:10,575 --> 00:27:12,908 and because of the 10-minute delay, 503 00:27:12,975 --> 00:27:14,908 by the time everybody got notified, 504 00:27:14,976 --> 00:27:20,676 he was 30 minutes down the road, moving on to the next ATM. 505 00:27:20,776 --> 00:27:23,676 Hendricks: He was heading East on the I-10 corridor. 506 00:27:23,677 --> 00:27:25,777 He then ended up in Humble, Texas. 507 00:27:25,877 --> 00:27:29,211 Surveillance footage from an ATM was able to capture 508 00:27:29,277 --> 00:27:34,677 a blurry image of the car he was driving -- a Ford Focus. 509 00:27:34,678 --> 00:27:36,377 Hunter: They were following where he had been. 510 00:27:36,478 --> 00:27:39,377 They were always quite a few steps behind him. 511 00:27:39,378 --> 00:27:42,212 But now, authorities had something substantial 512 00:27:42,312 --> 00:27:43,679 that they could actually look into. 513 00:27:43,779 --> 00:27:45,979 And so, they were able to determine the type of car, 514 00:27:45,980 --> 00:27:48,879 and then alert authorities in the different states 515 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:51,780 to be on the lookout for this car. 516 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:54,479 Hendricks: He then stops in Shepherd, Texas, at an ATM, 517 00:27:54,480 --> 00:28:01,114 withdrawing money, then drives one more hour to Lufkin, Texas. 518 00:28:01,281 --> 00:28:04,481 Jeff: I was aware of all of those things happening, 519 00:28:04,582 --> 00:28:06,082 real-time Alaska time. 520 00:28:06,182 --> 00:28:10,281 I knew that he was using it in New Mexico and in Texas. 521 00:28:10,282 --> 00:28:12,516 We knew that he was moving East, 522 00:28:12,583 --> 00:28:14,783 and felt that that was actually good 523 00:28:14,784 --> 00:28:17,517 that he was traveling on the I-10 corridor. 524 00:28:17,584 --> 00:28:21,717 He would go down to East Texas, and that's where he was going, 525 00:28:21,784 --> 00:28:25,383 to these small towns in East Texas. 526 00:28:25,384 --> 00:28:29,484 If you want to vanish, you would go to one of these small towns. 527 00:28:29,585 --> 00:28:31,483 So, it makes sense that he would go to them. 528 00:28:31,484 --> 00:28:32,785 Jeff: Once he got into Texas, 529 00:28:32,786 --> 00:28:35,219 we believed that he had hunkered down 530 00:28:35,319 --> 00:28:38,919 because there were two withdrawals in two days there, 531 00:28:38,987 --> 00:28:42,820 so it appeared as though he was staying in the area. 532 00:28:42,887 --> 00:28:46,887 So, FBI got in touch with the Texas rangers, 533 00:28:46,888 --> 00:28:50,887 and an FBI agent down there put together a BOLO -- 534 00:28:50,888 --> 00:28:54,722 be on the lookout -- for a vehicle. 535 00:28:54,788 --> 00:28:58,322 We believed that the suspect was traveling in a white vehicle. 536 00:28:58,388 --> 00:29:01,923 We had several photographs from surveillance cameras, 537 00:29:01,989 --> 00:29:04,823 so we knew that he was wearing disguises. 538 00:29:07,090 --> 00:29:10,224 Hadnot: That particular day was just like any other day. 539 00:29:10,324 --> 00:29:11,690 We report to work. 540 00:29:11,691 --> 00:29:14,289 It was, like, 8:00 in the morning. 541 00:29:14,290 --> 00:29:17,792 The first information I got came from my captain out of Houston, 542 00:29:17,891 --> 00:29:21,290 relaying to me that there was a young lady from Alaska 543 00:29:21,291 --> 00:29:22,892 that was missing, 544 00:29:22,992 --> 00:29:28,893 her bank card was being used in close proximity to Lufkin. 545 00:29:35,293 --> 00:29:38,393 One of the officers there noticed the vehicle 546 00:29:38,493 --> 00:29:41,828 in the parking lot of a Quality Inn. 547 00:29:41,895 --> 00:29:45,428 Hadnot: I recall the vehicle was parked in the back of the hotel. 548 00:29:45,494 --> 00:29:50,494 I was sitting two parking slots from the suspect's vehicle. 549 00:29:50,495 --> 00:29:56,395 I wasn't there very long -- I'm gonna say 30 minutes max. 550 00:29:56,496 --> 00:30:00,230 I see a group of people up on the second-floor landing, 551 00:30:00,330 --> 00:30:01,898 just standing there, talking. 552 00:30:01,997 --> 00:30:04,096 I could tell they were a close group 553 00:30:04,097 --> 00:30:05,931 because they stood very close to each other, 554 00:30:05,998 --> 00:30:10,496 and everybody was kind of jovial, just joking around. 555 00:30:10,497 --> 00:30:12,432 When they came downstairs, 556 00:30:12,498 --> 00:30:14,398 and they went their separate ways, 557 00:30:14,498 --> 00:30:15,798 I just sat there and watched him 558 00:30:15,799 --> 00:30:20,333 as he walked directly to that little white car. 559 00:30:20,399 --> 00:30:25,498 I got in behind the suspect's vehicle as it was going onto 59. 560 00:30:25,499 --> 00:30:28,101 Jeff: The FBI and the law enforcement down there decided that, 561 00:30:28,201 --> 00:30:30,234 if they had an opportunity to stop the car, 562 00:30:30,334 --> 00:30:35,101 and find out who was driving it, and identify him, they would. 563 00:30:35,102 --> 00:30:38,401 Hadnot: I look at it as any other surveillance that we've done. 564 00:30:38,501 --> 00:30:43,803 Just played it cool, and just followed him at a safe distance. 565 00:30:43,903 --> 00:30:47,236 That's when I started calling Trooper Henry on the radio, 566 00:30:47,302 --> 00:30:49,203 giving him play-by-play on where he is, 567 00:30:49,204 --> 00:30:53,104 and which direction he's about to turn. 568 00:30:53,204 --> 00:30:55,703 We got to get probable cause to get him stopped, 569 00:30:55,704 --> 00:30:59,404 so try to get in position to get him speeding, 570 00:30:59,504 --> 00:31:03,106 or find another traffic violation to get him stopped. 571 00:31:03,205 --> 00:31:06,439 And sure enough, I guess he had a heavy foot, 572 00:31:06,505 --> 00:31:08,006 because Trooper Henry clocked him 573 00:31:08,106 --> 00:31:10,539 a few miles over on the speed. 574 00:31:10,607 --> 00:31:14,240 He broke the speed limit by three miles per hour, 575 00:31:14,340 --> 00:31:17,107 and in Texas, that's a good traffic stop. 576 00:31:17,207 --> 00:31:18,741 So, they stopped him. 577 00:31:18,807 --> 00:31:21,341 Hadnot: Trooper Henry approached his vehicle. 578 00:31:30,442 --> 00:31:32,608 He seemed... 579 00:31:32,609 --> 00:31:33,808 very relaxed. 580 00:31:33,809 --> 00:31:35,209 He was, "Yeah." 581 00:31:35,210 --> 00:31:37,709 There was nothing that stood out about him. 582 00:31:37,710 --> 00:31:40,409 I don't think he knew what we knew 583 00:31:40,509 --> 00:31:42,144 while we were talking to him. 584 00:31:50,011 --> 00:31:52,245 And as soon as he looked at the driver license, 585 00:31:52,345 --> 00:31:54,345 he started waving, like... 586 00:31:54,411 --> 00:31:59,646 And that's when I got out of my vehicle, and approached. 587 00:31:59,713 --> 00:32:01,446 And I looked at the driver license, 588 00:32:01,512 --> 00:32:04,413 and I'm like, "Hey, this guy's from Alaska." 589 00:32:24,849 --> 00:32:27,215 When he saw it wasn't just a speeding ticket, 590 00:32:27,216 --> 00:32:29,550 or realized it wasn't just a speeding ticket, 591 00:32:29,616 --> 00:32:33,117 you could tell he was a little nervous. 592 00:32:36,751 --> 00:32:38,051 They stopped him, 593 00:32:38,118 --> 00:32:42,151 and they identified him, through his Alaska I.D., 594 00:32:42,251 --> 00:32:45,251 as Israel Keyes, 595 00:32:45,317 --> 00:32:48,852 and that he matched the description of the person 596 00:32:48,919 --> 00:32:51,252 that they had seen in the video. 597 00:32:51,318 --> 00:32:52,953 Michelle: We had no clue who he was. 598 00:32:53,019 --> 00:32:54,318 We'd never seen him before. 599 00:32:54,319 --> 00:32:55,753 James didn't know him. I didn't know him. 600 00:32:55,820 --> 00:32:57,353 The family didn't know him. 601 00:33:07,421 --> 00:33:10,320 Hendricks: When Texas rangers pulled over Israel Keyes, 602 00:33:10,321 --> 00:33:12,455 they weren't sure how he was connected 603 00:33:12,521 --> 00:33:14,455 to Samantha Koenig's disappearance, 604 00:33:14,522 --> 00:33:18,623 or what in his past may have led him to this moment. 605 00:33:21,322 --> 00:33:22,623 When Israel Keyes was 20, 606 00:33:22,624 --> 00:33:25,257 he received a high school equivalency degree, 607 00:33:25,323 --> 00:33:29,323 soon after enrolling in the Army. 608 00:33:29,324 --> 00:33:32,358 Hunter: He enlisted for a three-year term. 609 00:33:32,424 --> 00:33:36,759 He was assigned to Fort Hood for quite some time. 610 00:33:36,825 --> 00:33:39,525 He was assigned to a mortar company. 611 00:33:39,626 --> 00:33:43,159 And he was stationed for a time in Egypt. 612 00:33:43,259 --> 00:33:44,860 A lot of the stories he would share with me 613 00:33:44,926 --> 00:33:47,726 were about being in the Army, being fairly young in the Army, 614 00:33:47,727 --> 00:33:50,126 and going out, and having parties 615 00:33:50,127 --> 00:33:52,426 with whoever he was stationed with. 616 00:33:52,427 --> 00:33:57,061 Hunter: Keyes joined the army largely as rebellion against his parents, 617 00:33:57,128 --> 00:34:00,162 who didn't like any sort of governmental 618 00:34:00,261 --> 00:34:01,629 kind of entity at all. 619 00:34:01,728 --> 00:34:05,527 And during his time in the Army, it solidified some views 620 00:34:05,528 --> 00:34:08,229 he already had about political points, 621 00:34:08,230 --> 00:34:11,263 and just general philosophical views that he had. 622 00:34:53,434 --> 00:34:57,235 While in the Army, based at Fort Lewis in Washington state, 623 00:34:57,236 --> 00:35:00,936 Israel Keyes met a woman named Tammie. 624 00:35:01,037 --> 00:35:03,170 She really was drawn to his intelligence, 625 00:35:03,270 --> 00:35:04,737 and his personality, 626 00:35:04,837 --> 00:35:08,037 and the sense of humor he displayed with her. 627 00:35:10,437 --> 00:35:12,437 They ended up having a child together. 628 00:35:12,537 --> 00:35:14,737 She was part of the Makah Indian tribe. 629 00:35:14,738 --> 00:35:16,471 He wanted to be the father for the child. 630 00:35:16,537 --> 00:35:18,139 So, when he got out of the Army, 631 00:35:18,238 --> 00:35:24,473 he moved in with Tammie in Neah Bay, Washington. 632 00:35:24,539 --> 00:35:26,173 Thompson: Israel would brag about his daughter, 633 00:35:26,273 --> 00:35:30,373 and all the milestones of a baby kinda growing up. 634 00:35:30,439 --> 00:35:33,840 "She did this today" or "She did that." 635 00:35:33,841 --> 00:35:39,741 Outwardly, Keyes seemed to live a fairly typical life. 636 00:35:39,742 --> 00:35:43,440 He seemed to be a dad who loved his kid. 637 00:35:43,441 --> 00:35:47,675 He seemed to be a partner of his girlfriend. 638 00:35:47,743 --> 00:35:51,576 He seemed to talk fondly about his daughter, and his family, 639 00:35:51,643 --> 00:35:55,944 and it seemed to be a normal family life. 640 00:35:56,043 --> 00:36:00,277 I think that this speaks to the emotional intelligence 641 00:36:00,343 --> 00:36:04,644 of these guys to be perceived the way they want, 642 00:36:04,645 --> 00:36:08,745 from context to context, and to enable them to blend in. 643 00:36:11,146 --> 00:36:14,579 Thompson: He talked about Lake Crescent. 644 00:36:14,646 --> 00:36:18,780 He talked about various other places in Washington, 645 00:36:18,846 --> 00:36:21,647 where he could just make people disappear. 646 00:36:48,050 --> 00:36:50,384 He believed that he could tell 647 00:36:50,450 --> 00:36:53,850 when somebody would not be missed. 648 00:36:53,851 --> 00:36:58,585 And so, he saw himself as having sort of an animal sixth sense, 649 00:36:58,652 --> 00:37:04,252 where he could pick out kind of the weak person in the herd, 650 00:37:04,253 --> 00:37:05,753 if you will. 651 00:37:15,887 --> 00:37:18,054 Thompson: There was nothing that implied to me 652 00:37:18,155 --> 00:37:19,688 that he had any sort of anger issue. 653 00:37:19,754 --> 00:37:20,788 There was no red flag, 654 00:37:20,855 --> 00:37:22,488 there was no alarm bells that went off 655 00:37:22,554 --> 00:37:24,588 when I was around him at all. 656 00:37:31,889 --> 00:37:34,156 Hendricks: Keyes eventually breaks up with Tammie. 657 00:37:34,256 --> 00:37:36,355 And he moves, then, to Anchorage, Alaska, 658 00:37:36,356 --> 00:37:38,856 has a live-in girlfriend named Kimberly. 659 00:37:38,857 --> 00:37:41,157 Hunter: He left his daughter with Tammie, 660 00:37:41,258 --> 00:37:43,257 and eventually, his daughter did come up 661 00:37:43,258 --> 00:37:45,356 and live with him for periods of time. 662 00:37:45,357 --> 00:37:46,691 They worked out an arrangement 663 00:37:46,758 --> 00:37:50,456 where they would share custody of her. 664 00:37:50,457 --> 00:37:53,392 He starts his own construction company, 665 00:37:53,458 --> 00:37:58,393 where he is well-respected, and known to do good work. 666 00:37:58,459 --> 00:38:00,358 Hunter: It was a successful business. 667 00:38:00,359 --> 00:38:01,959 No one had any reason to suspect 668 00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:05,294 that he wasn't anything that he appeared to be, 669 00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:08,560 which was this business owner in the community. 670 00:38:16,461 --> 00:38:19,295 Hadnot: He removed a huge pocket knife, 671 00:38:19,361 --> 00:38:22,063 and placed it on the hood of his car. 672 00:38:22,163 --> 00:38:23,863 And I walked up, saw that knife. 673 00:38:23,963 --> 00:38:27,197 I immediately grabbed the knife as I'm walking by. 674 00:38:27,296 --> 00:38:29,396 And I looked at the driver license 675 00:38:29,462 --> 00:38:32,562 that Keyes had presented. 676 00:38:32,563 --> 00:38:38,065 I'm like, "He's from Alaska." And bells started going off. 677 00:38:38,165 --> 00:38:43,563 Jeff: I was working on the case back in Anchorage. 678 00:38:43,564 --> 00:38:47,799 I want to say 10:00 in the morning or so, 679 00:38:47,866 --> 00:38:51,599 we got a phone call from our local FBI people, 680 00:38:51,667 --> 00:38:55,667 who told us that they had an Alaskan 681 00:38:55,767 --> 00:38:58,901 stopped driving a vehicle down there, 682 00:38:58,968 --> 00:39:00,801 and that he matched the description. 683 00:39:06,868 --> 00:39:08,902 When you put it all together, 684 00:39:08,969 --> 00:39:10,968 with the information that we had, 685 00:39:10,969 --> 00:39:14,368 Ms. Koenig being from Alaska, more than likely, 686 00:39:14,369 --> 00:39:17,769 the person who abducted her was from Alaska. 687 00:39:17,770 --> 00:39:23,604 And when Trooper Henry finds an Alaska driver license, 688 00:39:23,671 --> 00:39:25,804 it doesn't take a rocket scientist to put that together, 689 00:39:25,871 --> 00:39:30,604 and figure out this might be the guy we're looking for. 690 00:39:30,672 --> 00:39:31,971 Hunter: And then, they searched the car, 691 00:39:31,972 --> 00:39:34,772 and found a lot of incriminating items 692 00:39:34,872 --> 00:39:36,605 in the car Keyes was driving, 693 00:39:36,672 --> 00:39:42,006 including Samantha Koenig's ATM card -- debit card. 694 00:39:42,073 --> 00:39:47,074 I think that we all believed that Samantha was still alive. 695 00:39:47,174 --> 00:39:48,507 I mean, we have to believe that, 696 00:39:48,573 --> 00:39:53,373 and we have to go by that, to stay motivated. 697 00:39:53,374 --> 00:39:55,373 In my 27-year career in the FBI, 698 00:39:55,374 --> 00:39:58,208 I never saw anybody so meticulous 699 00:39:58,308 --> 00:39:59,774 in planning their crimes, 700 00:39:59,775 --> 00:40:02,409 and getting away with it for so long. 701 00:40:02,475 --> 00:40:05,909 Jeff: He would bury these kill kits in areas, 702 00:40:05,976 --> 00:40:07,775 and then travel back to those locations 703 00:40:07,776 --> 00:40:09,610 to commit the next crime. 704 00:40:09,677 --> 00:40:10,877 He'd have rope, he'd have gloves, 705 00:40:10,977 --> 00:40:13,475 he'd have tape, he'd have zip ties, 706 00:40:13,476 --> 00:40:16,177 some of them, he would have a gun in there -- 707 00:40:16,278 --> 00:40:21,077 all the tools that someone would need to abduct, restrain, 708 00:40:21,078 --> 00:40:22,877 and murder someone. 709 00:40:22,878 --> 00:40:26,377 Hunter: He knew he wanted a house that had an attached garage 710 00:40:26,378 --> 00:40:29,613 that would make it easier to enter unseen. 711 00:40:31,212 --> 00:40:36,413 It was more about the house than it was about the Curriers. 712 00:40:36,479 --> 00:40:38,914 Hunter: He had a headlamp on, so he could see. 713 00:40:38,980 --> 00:40:42,881 And he came in in a blitz-style attack. 714 00:40:49,082 --> 00:40:52,482 Jeff: He told us that he wasn't cooperating with his plan. 715 00:40:52,581 --> 00:40:53,916 He didn't tell us what his plan was, 716 00:40:53,982 --> 00:40:57,616 but he did say he had plans for both of them. 717 00:40:57,683 --> 00:41:02,416 How could a man that's married and has a child do this? 718 00:41:02,482 --> 00:41:05,983 I think that part of what he got off on was dragging it out, 719 00:41:05,984 --> 00:41:11,318 you know, terrify them, and do whatever he planned to do. 720 00:41:11,384 --> 00:41:13,984 Russell: Those were choices that he made 721 00:41:13,985 --> 00:41:19,019 railing against just the very idea of trying to do good, 722 00:41:19,086 --> 00:41:21,419 and basically deciding 723 00:41:21,485 --> 00:41:24,787 that he was gonna be the angel of death. 724 00:41:24,886 --> 00:41:27,385 Keyes turned that around on her, and told her, 725 00:41:27,386 --> 00:41:29,586 "Well, I think you got your monster." 726 00:41:33,020 --> 00:41:35,088 Anchorage business owner Israel Keyes 727 00:41:35,188 --> 00:41:37,688 has been pulled over by Texas authorities. 728 00:41:37,788 --> 00:41:40,487 Searching his car, detectives find the ATM card 729 00:41:40,488 --> 00:41:43,422 of missing 18-year-old Samantha Koenig. 730 00:41:43,488 --> 00:41:45,088 There is hope that she is still alive, 731 00:41:45,089 --> 00:41:46,522 but the clock is ticking. 732 00:41:46,588 --> 00:41:49,723 Where is Samantha? What does Israel Keyes know? 733 00:41:49,790 --> 00:41:52,523 And how might it all be connected to another abduction 734 00:41:52,589 --> 00:41:54,023 less than a year earlier? 735 00:41:54,090 --> 00:41:57,124 In part 2 of "The Cross Country Killer." 736 00:41:57,191 --> 00:41:59,924 I'm Donnie Wahlberg. Thanks for watching. 737 00:41:59,991 --> 00:42:01,524 Goodnight.