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Samantha Koenig was last seen Wednesday night.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An 18-year-old barista who disappeared from the coffee stand where she worked was abducted, police said Friday.
Samantha Koenig was last seen late Wednesday night. Surveillance video showed her leaving the Common Grounds Espresso stand with a man wearing a dark-colored hooded sweatshirt and possibly a baseball cap, Detective Sgt. Slawomir Markiewicz said, according to the Anchorage Daily News.
Markiewicz said it appeared the man was armed but wouldn’t say what sort of weapon he had.
"The video leaves little doubt that she was abducted," Markiewicz told mnsbc.com. "No one has seen her since she left."
Authorities have not identified the man in the video.
The Associated Press reported that court records show Koenig filed for a protective order against a man in November, but the order was not issued because she failed to show up in court.
Koenig had worked at the coffee stand for a little less than a month, Common Grounds owner Michelle Duncan Duncan told the Anchorage Daily News. She was energetic and bubbly and hadn't said anything to the other baristas about any kind of displeasure about the job, Duncan said.
"What I know of her, it definitely seems uncharacteristic to just walk away at the end of the day and not be heard from," Duncan told the newspaper.
Koenig is 5 feet, 4 inches tall and weighs about 150 pounds. She has brown hair and eyes.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Anchorage Police Department at 90-786-8900.
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Cute girl.....I hope she's OK....
This is in no way meant to even remotely seem like I am blaming her, but rather to inform.
If you are being kidnapped by anyone short of terrorists with automatic weapons, NEVER get in the car with them. Take the bullet, whatever, but fight back. You have a better chance of survival.
I do hope this young woman is found alive.
It's true I told my kids the same thing, fall on the ground, go limp, it's better to be shot and left out there in public than to be taken in private. I hope she survives and will be ok. The world is a frightening place.
F Walsh, I have taught my 7-year-old daughter the same also.
I hope she is found ok. So sick and tired of this type of news. WE need to re-define what constitutes unusual punishment in cases like this.
AGREED!