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Well I did lose control a little bit as things progressed and and that's when I

realized like if I was gonna do that kind of stuff I had to do it had to just be

complete strangers from then on it couldn't be. Could be anyone who knew me or

who had seen me around the person or it shouldn't even like it was just too

close to home. I just realized that if I kept doing stuff like that it was only

matter time before I got caught.

This is True Crime bullshit. I'm your host Josh Hallmark and this is a

serialized story of Israel keys. On February 1st 2012 Israel broke his

cardinal rule when he kidnapped 18 year old Samantha Konig just four miles from

his home in Anchorage Alaska. Samantha was working alone at common grounds a

drive-through coffee stand when she went missing. Her boyfriend who will call

Rob for the sake of protecting his identity arrived to pick her up from work at

8.33 pm. When he pulled up to common grounds he noticed it had already been

locked up for the evening and Samantha was nowhere to be found. He texted and

called her several times to see where she was but without response. Rob then

returned to the home he shared with Samantha and her father James. After realizing

she never made it back he made several more attempts to reach her by phone. It

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