Samantha Koenig Update: FBI Protocol Hinders...

The Samantha Koenig case has appeared to slow in momentum since the discovery of her body beneath the thick ice of Matanuska Lake. While it's been confirmed via autopsy that the body is indeed hers, there are several other details in the case that have yet to make it to the public. It's been revealed by Anchorage Police Department Spokesman Lt. Dave Parker that the FBI's involvement in the case has changed protocol in how, and what, information is released.

So what reasons are there for the FBI being involved, and why are there so many details not available. Why is this case so twisted and confusing when it was originally "just a disappearance?" The Federal Bureau of Investigation generally applies to national security and domestic terrorism as well as serial killers and the sort.

So, could the FBI have some kind of interest in Israel Keyes? He's been reported as investigators' only suspect in the disappearance of Samantha Koenig, and they've publicly acknowledged that the man they have in custody is the only person responsible for the abduction and murder of the 18-year-old barista.

Could Israel Keyes be a potential serial criminal? Could he be connected to any of the other strange disappearances or unsolved homicides left in his path of the several U.S. states in which he's resided? These are all just questions, but without any information coming out from Anchorage there will probably never be answers.

As of this week there have still been no charges filed in Anchorage against Israel Keyes regarding the abduction and murder of Koenig. Of course it was reported after the confirmation of Samantha's body that charges could take a few weeks. So it's time to be patient, apparently.

It would be interesting to find out just how deep this case is, since so little is being released.

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scott hagy Apr 7, 2012, 2:43am UTC

There is a lot more to this .It could not of been for money .Was it do to rejection did he try to ask her out .I don't see that being the case my self .Then i think why would a man who has a women at home a daughter and work kill a young women .I am sure he told them where to find Samantha .Even might of had him go to the lake and show them .To find her in less then one hour they knew where she was . Look up the BTK killer same type guy .

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Alexei Kosygin Apr 7, 2012, 6:19pm UTC

You have interstate use of the ATM card, which invokes the FBI, also, the FBI has special jurisdiction when kidnappings are involved, dating back to the Lindberg kidnapping in 1932. Really, there is nothing reported that suggests Keyes was a serial killer. If I were to make a really wild guess, it would be that he went on a crime spree looking for money to buy meth. Two robberies we know of on the night of Feb 1., then later a long drive across the lower 48, taking stuff out of ATMs, could somebody on speed. Maybe the kidnap/murder was just incidental to a stick up.

Chelsea Hoffman Apr 7, 2012, 6:25pm UTC

Alexei -- a meth binge wouldn't last two months, though. He would crash and wake up after the first binge.

His business was also rather stable, meaning he didn't really NEED to rob anyone, OR steal someone's ATM card.

However, it seems likely that there is a LOT more to this, and the manner in which he was apprehended shows a manic sort of state. He was in a panic and may have very well been planning on leaving the country. He was hitting all of the southwest targets that indicate a possible b-line to Mexico.

I do think drugs are involved... but I don't think Keyes' behavior was the result of a meth binge.

JMHO.

Profilers have weighed in on this man before. With just the information about him that has been made public, he does display some of the markers of someone who COULD be a serial killer. Doesn't mean he is, and it doesn't mean he isn't, but real investigators would explore this theory.

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Samantha Koenig Update: FBI Protocol Hinders Release of Details

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