Kayla Mueller

Kayla Mueller
Mueller in 2013
Born	Kayla Jean Mueller (1988-08-14)August 14, 1988 Prescott, Arizona, U.S.
Died	February 6, 2015(2015-02-06) (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 had long 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.