By Jeremy Reynalds, Senior Correspondent for the ASSIST News Service
ARIZONA. (ANS. FEB. 11, 2015) -- Kayla Mueller wrote her family a heart-wrenching letter nearly a year ago.
According to a story on www.foxnews.com,
the letter was possibly written from the bowels of a Raqqa, Syria,
building that U.S. special forces raided on July 4, 2014, only to learn
Mueller - and at least three other hostages who were later killed - had
been moved days earlier.
“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,” wrote Mueller, a
26-year-old aid worker from Arizona who was kidnapped in Syria by ISIS,
also known as Islamic State (IS) in August 2013.
“I have a lot of fight left
inside of me. I am not breaking down and I will not give in no matter
how long it takes,” Mueller said in the newly released letter, believed
to have been written in the Spring of 2014.
She continued, “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 and, by God's will, we will be
together soon.”
Fox News said Mueller's parents
confirmed Tuesday their daughter died while in the hands of the terror
group, though they did not say how or when she was killed.
A source familiar with the
communications told Fox News that the terror group sent Mueller's
parents a photo, taken from the neck up, of their daughter to prove she
was dead.
“We are heartbroken to share
that we've received confirmation that Kayla Jean Mueller has lost her
life,” Fox News reported Carl and Marsha Mueller, of Prescott, Ariz.,
said in a statement.
The statement continued, “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,”
Fox News reported National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette
Meehan said Tuesday.
“Once this information was authenticated by the intelligence community, they concluded that Kayla was deceased.”
ISIS claimed last week she was killed by a Jordanian airstrike, but offered no immediate evidence.
Photo caption: Kayla Mueller displays a poster for aid to Darfur
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