Family of Missing Alaska Barista Increases Reward The father of an 18-year-old Alaska woman who police say was abducted at gunpoint from her espresso stand says the reward for information that leads to her safe return has grown to $41,000. James Koenig, the father of Samantha Koenig, had been offering a $12,500 reward. In this undated photo released by the Anchorage Police Department missing Anchorage, Alaska, barista, Samantha Koenig, 18, is pictured. Police say there's little doubt Koenig was abducted after she closed up a coffee stand Wednesday night. Surveillance tapes from that night show a man wearing a hooded sweat shirt and possibly a baseball cap approaching the Common Grounds Espresso stand in midtown Anchorage, Alaska. The tapes then show Koenig leaving with the man, who was apparently armed, and walking toward the Old Seward Highway. AP Photo/Anchorage Police Dept. The Anchorage Daily News (http://bit.ly/AdVPh5) says donations have allowed him to increase the amount significantly. Police said Sunday they had no new information to release. The teen works as a barista at the Common Grounds Espresso stand, where police say a security camera caught an armed man kidnapping her Wednesday evening. Thousands of fliers have been distributed. James Koenig on Saturday sent out a message to captors pleading for his daughter's safe return.