WASHINGTON (AP) — The parents of an American woman held by Islamic State militants say they have been notified of her death.
Carl and Marsha Mueller, the parents of Kayla Jean Mueller, released a statement on Tuesday saying they have been told that she has died.
The White House also issued a statement confirming her death.
The Islamic State group said Friday that the 26-year-old Mueller from Prescott, Arizona, died in a Jordanian airstrike.
The government of Jordan dismissed the statement as propaganda. U.S. officials have said they hadn’t seen any evidence to corroborate the report. Mueller is the only known remaining U.S. hostage held by the Islamic State group. She was taken into captivity in August 2013 while leaving a hospital in Syria.
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The criminals known as ISIS took her hostage and were responsible for her welfare. Her blood is on their hands.
Big grain of salt needed here. I don’t doubt she is dead but I do doubt it was a Jordanian airstrike that killed her. That’s a bit too convenient. She was an American and therefore had zero chance of leaving ISIS alive. This reeks of two birds with one stone.
Rational thinking Americans would see her death a blessing (IF she was in fact killed by the airstrike). Considering who had her she had zero chance of being released. Imagine the nightmare she went through while a captive.
I believe Kayla was killed within a few months of capture. This was a waste of a young humanitarian life. My feelings are mixed, I admire her for what she was doing, at the same time, I feel angry that she was there knowing the danger.
That’s entirely likely, but it also wouldn’t surprise me if they kept her in a place likely to be hit. Right now the Jordanians are hitting Raqqa, ISIS’s headquarters, rather than the front lines that the US has been hitting.