This source presents a narrative recounting the chilling case of Samantha Koenig's disappearance and murder, delivered by the YouTube channel MrBallen. The video transcript details how Samantha, a barista in Anchorage, Alaska, vanished from her coffee kiosk after closing on February 1, 2012, leading to a missing person report and a subsequent robbery investigation. Authorities initially suspected Samantha until security footage revealed she was abducted by an unknown male figure during a robbery, which soon became a national headline-grabbing case involving the FBI. The text describes how a series of ransom demands and ATM withdrawals across multiple states eventually led police to Israel Keyes, a 34-year-old Anchorage man and serial killer, who confessed to kidnapping and killing Samantha before taking a pre-planned cruise. The confession details how Keyes held Samantha in his shed, performed a cruel ruse of setting her free before raping and murdering her, and later used her body to create a proof-of-life photograph before dismembering and disposing of her remains.