My guess is he was killed a long time ago, before the beheadings became in vogue.
He was killed in the same way the Italian hostage was killed, shot in the back of the head while blindfolded and sitting on the edge of his own freshly dug grave. My hunch is he was killed around the same time the Italian was.
RE: the Italian executed by the thugs...from my posting on another thread:
"One group of militants killed an Italian civilian in April but later freed three of his colleagues."
Fabrizio Quattrocchi was his name.
And we never saw the video of his execution...because he put up a FIGHT!
http://www.nationalreview.com/ledeen/ledeen200406010827.asp