Kayla Mueller | |
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 Mueller in 2013 | |
| Born | Kayla Jean Mueller August 14, 1988 Prescott, Arizona, U.S. |
| Died | February 6, 2015 (aged 26) Raqqa, Syria |
| Education | Northern Arizona University (BA) |
| Occupation(s) | Human rights activist, humanitarian aid worker |
Kayla Jean Mueller (August 14, 1988 – February 6, 2015) was an American human rights activist and humanitarian aid worker from Prescott, Arizona, United States. She was taken captive in August 2013 in Aleppo, Syria, after leaving a Doctors Without Borders hospital. Media reported that a 26-year-old American aid worker was being held by ISIS without naming her, at her family's request. In 2015, she was killed in uncertain circumstances. The operation that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was named Operation Kayla Mueller, in her honor.