SERIAL KILLER CAUGHT ON TAPE: MORE BODIES?
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 23 February 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Samantha Koenig was kidnapped at gunpoint from the Anchorage, Alaska, coffee stand where she worked as a barista in February 2013 by a man who may be one of the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history. Israel Keyes developed an elaborate plan to demand a ransom for the 18-year-old's return.
After his arrest, Keyes admits to killing 11 people across the country, but are there more?
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| 0:00.0 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:05.9 | How many serial killers are walking amongst us? How many serial killers yet to be caught? |
| 0:15.8 | Has a prolific serial killer been caught on tape and are there more bodies? I'm Nancy Grace. This |
| 0:25.7 | is crime stories. Thank you for being with us. The search for Samantha Koenig leads to a local park |
| 0:32.3 | as the kidnapper leaves a photo for police. What happened to Samantha? |
| 0:38.3 | Little did Samantha's father know that photo that was left along with a ransom note. |
| 0:45.3 | It had Samantha pictured with braids. And her dad immediately knew Samantha never wore her hair like that. |
| 1:00.2 | Little did her dad know at the time he got the ransom note and he saw the Polaroid |
| 1:07.0 | that Samantha was dead. |
| 1:09.7 | In the photo. |
| 1:11.6 | Her eyes stitched open and makeup artfully applied. |
| 1:18.6 | How many serial killers are lurking amongst us? |
| 1:23.6 | This guy, Israel Keys, one of the most prolific serial killers to ever stalk our country. |
| 1:33.3 | Very rarely is a serial killer caught on tape, but listen to this. |
| 1:38.3 | She was out on the river, you know, it was like a river you can float down, |
| 1:46.0 | like people who do it on inner tubes and stuff. |
| 1:48.0 | And I was just hanging out at this more remote spot. |
| 1:53.0 | She was like the last one in her group. |
| 2:00.0 | I just grabbed her and pulled her on the shore. |
| 2:05.5 | He speaks of abducting one of his first victims so casually. |
| 2:10.9 | You are hearing the voice of a prolific serial killer that's taught our country for so long. |
| 2:19.9 | And the bodies weren't even connected. |
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