Intelligence suggests Mueller may have been given to an ISIS fighter as a sort of bride, one U.S. government official said.
Mueller’s parents announced Tuesday that it had received confirmation that their daughter — who was captured in northern Syria in 2013 — had died.
ISIS sent the family a private message over the weekend with information about her death, National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan said Tuesday.
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Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said he had ordered flags at state government buildings to fly at half-staff until sundown Wednesday in her honor.
ISIS’ high-profile hostages
CNN’s Jason Hanna, Catherine E. Shoichet, Ashley Fantz, Ana Cabrera and Caroline Faraj contributed to this report.
