She put herself in the situation, knowingly, and was there to provide aid and comfort to terrorists and their supporters. Her parents knew the risks as well and just like the mother of some thug scumbag shot in the commission of a crime; it sucks to be them, their child chose poorly.
Maybe she was killed in an airstrike, maybe she was not a captive at all, but was working to get the kenyan to trade her for GITMO terrorists. Maybe ISIS grabbed her just because she was American and didn’t care that she was an overall supporter of their cause. Maybe she refused to become a burka wearing wife of one of them and they killed her for talking back to them.
Bottom line, she assumed room temp knowing full well all of the risks. She chose poorly.
Everyone’s decisions about where they are and what they are doing have consequences; to include death when you insert yourself into dangerous situations.
Doesn’t make it easier on the parents.
She knew the deal. I don’t have a lot of sympathy for her. There are a ton of stupid American kids who regularly go to these places who do not understand the rules of the jungle. Evidently, this one did.
But I still feel bad for her parents.