Posted on 02/10/2015 8:56:52 AM PST by servo1969
DEVELOPING: The parents of Kayla Mueller, the Arizona woman who was taken hostage by ISIS in August 2013, confirmed Tuesday their daughter died while in the hands of the terror group.
"We are heartbroken to share that we've received confirmation that Kayla Jean Mueller has lost her life," Carl and Marsha Mueller, of Prescott, Ariz., said in a statement. "Kayla was a compassionate and devoted humanitarian. She dedicated the whole of her young life to helping those in need of freedom, justice, and peace."
The family received information from their daughter's ISIS captors over the weekend that was authenticated, according to U.S. officials.
"The family received a private message from Kayla’s ISIL captors containing additional information," National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan said Tuesday. "Once this information was authenticated by the intelligence community, they concluded that Kayla was deceased."
It is not yet known how or when 26-year-old Mueller died. ISIS claimed last week she was killed by a Jordanian airstrike, but offered no immediate evidence.
President Obama issued a statement Tuesday, also acknowledging her death.
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I’m going way out on a limb here by stating that I would prefer death over being held hostage/prisoner by those savages. Death would be welcome. Does anyone believe for a minute they didn’t commit all the beastly acts they’ve been committing elsewhere? No thanks!!!
"I will always seek God. Some people find God in church. Some people find God in nature. Some people find God in love; I find God in suffering. I've known for some time what my life's work is, using my hands as tools to relieve suffering," she wrote.
My sense that she was a Christian, working to ease the suffering in the name of Christ. But, you probably won't hear Obama get anywhere near bringing up her Christian values when eulogizing her. He'll say she was a good person with a good heart, but he won't dare say what truly motivated her; serving God.
“Muslims have no use for any compassionate and devoted humanitarian.”
And somehow we have to get it through the heads of our young men and women that they should not go to the ME for ANY REASON!! There is no way to “help” people lacking any value on human life! It is just so very sad to see this kind of needless carnage.
If that's true, I wonder if she was captured or turned in. This boyfriend would have to be the 'right kind' of muslim to be OR'd.
I don’t believe she was killed by Jordan’s airstrike. I believe ISIS killed her and blamed them.
The terrrorists probably got their their e-mail address when they catured their daughter.
Prayers up.
Agreed. It raises the question about the complicity of the boyfriend who supposedly went back later and tried to convince ISIS to release her. The question is why the boyfriend was not held since he was obviously cavorting with the enemy. It all sounds suspicious. It also raises some questions as to why she remained in Syria. Perhaps they were not all connected to helping the suffering.
What evidence do you have that she was a devout Christian? She appears to believe in God, but what was the true basis of her faith?
Shocked Obama actually used the “T” word.....
They probably tortured it out of the girl......
Another liberal idiot offed by Islamic terrorists.
Gee, whatta a shock.
People who go to work in Great Barbaristan expect to see their heads roll.
There are people incapable of learning the truth about Islam.
Buh-bye to another Darwin Award candidate.
Everyone, If you are receiving this letter it means I am still detained but my cell mates (starting from 11/2/2014) have been released. I have asked them to contact you + send you this letter. It's hard to know what to say. Please know that I am in a safe location, completely unharmed + healthy (put on weight in fact); I have been treated w/ the utmost respect + kindness. I wanted to write you all a well thought out letter (but I didn't know if my cell mates would be leaving in the coming days or the coming months restricting my time but primarily) I could only but write the letter a paragraph at a time, just the thought of you all sends me into a fit of tears. If you could say I have 'suffered' at all throughout this whole experience it is only in knowing how much suffering I have put you all through; I will never ask you to forgive me as I do not deserve forgiveness. I remember mom always telling me that all in all in the end the only one you really have is God. I have come to a place in experience where, in every sense of the word, I have surrendered myself to our creator b/c literally there was no else ... + by God + by your prayers I have felt tenderly cradled in freefall. I have been shown in darkness, light + have learned that even in prison, one can be free. I am grateful. I have come to see that there is good in every situation, sometimes we just have to look for it. I pray each day that if nothing else, you have felt a certain closeness + surrender to God as well + have formed a bond of love + support amongst one another ... I miss you all as if it has been a decade of forced separation. I have had many a long hour to think, to think of all the things I will do w/ Lex, our first family camping trip, the first meeting @ the airport. I have had many hours to think how only in your absence have I finally @ 25 years old come to realize your place in my life. The gift that is each one of you + the person I could + could not be if you were not a part of my life, my family, my support. I DO NOT want the negotiations for my release to be your duty, if there is any other option take it, even if it takes more time. This should never have become your burden. I have asked these women to support you; please seek their advice. If you have not done so already, [REDACTED] can contact [REDACTED] who may have a certain level of experience with these people. None of us could have known it would be this long but I know I am also fighting from my side in the ways I am able + I have a lot of fight left inside of me. I am not breaking down + I will not give in no matter how long it takes. I wrote a song some months ago that says, 'The part of me that pains the most also gets me out of bed, w/out your hope there would be nothing left ...' aka- The thought of your pain is the source of my own, simultaneously the hope of our reunion is the source of my strength. Please be patient, give your pain to God. I know you would want me to remain strong. That is exactly what I am doing. Do not fear for me, continue to pray as will I + by God's will we will be together soon.
I had just seen the headline on the BBC’s website. These poor misguided aid workers. Think they can solve the world’s problems by themselves. Hope she didn’t suffer like all these recent acts of barbarianism.
What evidence do you have that she was not?
I have no evidence either way. Someone can believe in God and not be a Christian.
She probably gave it to them under threat of beheading... then was beheaded.
Amazing letter.
If I for whatever reason found myself in a hellhole like that with capture by bearded savages imminent, I would want a fully loaded bomb vest on me and ready to blow. When you’re destined to be killed yourself, at least having control over your demise and taking down a few of the enemy as well would give a moment of satisfaction.
I would doubt that she was a Christian...she’s from a liberal family, so she was probably a deist. I don’t think she was a Muslim, but she was definitely a fool. Like many women, she was completely addicted to a man (her Syrian boyfriend, who was captured but released) and probably would have done anything for him.
Poor fool, poor thing. I only hope she died in the airstrike and not in some worse way.
She trusted a Syrian, just like one of the other American hostages did. A Syrian sold one of the beheaded journalists to ISIS for 20 grand. Syrians are not from eharmony.
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