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Prosecutors said he flew back to Anchorage on about Feb. 17 and a week later, on Feb. 24, sent a text message using Koenig's phone. The message demanded ransom and directed that money could be deposited in the account connected to the stolen debit card. Koenig's family followed the directions and deposited donated reward money into the account. Prosecutors said Keyes made withdrawals from automated teller machines twice in Alaska. He flew from Anchorage to Las Vegas on March 6 and withdrew money a day later in Willcox, Ariz., and Lordsburg, N.M. He withdrew money March 9 in Humble, Texas, and on March 11 in Shepherd, Texas, according to the indictment. Investigators said earlier that the man who made withdrawals had hidden his face. Police in Lufkin, Texas, stopped Keyes on March 11 on a speeding charge. He was quickly identified as a person of interest in the Koenig abduction. Officers found rolls of cash bound in rubber bands on the floorboard of the car and maps with highlighted routes from north to south through California and highlighted areas in Arizona and New Mexico. In the trunk, officers found a gray, hooded sweatshirt, glasses and a piece of gray T-shirt cut to make a face mask and other clothing that matched those worn by the suspect as he made withdrawals in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. The stolen debit card was found on Keyes, authorities said. Keyes was flown back to Anchorage and arraigned March 27 on the debit card fraud charge. A federal magistrate ordered him held without bail.
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