PRESCOTT, Arizona (AP) — The family of an American woman killed while being held captive by Islamic State militants is holding a final memorial service Saturday in her hometown.
Kayla Mueller, 26, was an international aid worker who was captured in August 2013 after leaving a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Aleppo, Syria, and held for 18 months.
In addition to participating in a humanitarian mission to Syria, Mueller worked with Arab communities throughout the West Bank and Israel.
She was honored last month at her alma mater, Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, and at a candlelight memorial held by churches, schools and community groups in Prescott, a mountain community of 40,000 where Mueller grew up.
Senator John McCain is scheduled to deliver brief remarks at Saturday’s memorial, while Mueller’s family said they’ll offer personal reflections of her life.
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Mueller is the fourth American to die while being held by Islamic State militants.
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