Cydney Mizell, an aid worker, was abducted in Afghanistan in 2008 and presumed dead for 15 years.
The FBI recently confirmed that her remains were recovered and repatriated to her family, ending one of the oldest terrorism cases the FBI has worked on in Afghanistan.
Although no one has been charged in her kidnapping and killing, it is believed that the Taliban were behind the abduction.
The 2008 disappearance of the aid worker Cydney Mizell was one of the oldest terrorism kidnapping cases that the FBI had worked on in Afghanistan. But about a year ago, small bone fragments belonging to her were found. https://t.co/5NjMnRc6hR
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“I was shocked and in awe that this effort was being made,” Jan Mizell said.
“Without the agents, we would still be in some big black hole of nothingness,” Jan Mizell said.
The recovery of Mizell’s remains involved a major effort by the FBI, including the posting of a reward and DNA analysis to confirm her identity.
“She was devoted to loving and helping people around the world, especially supporting women and girls in desperate situations,” she said of her sister.
Mizell’s family held a memorial for her, and they are expecting to receive an official death certificate.
Other kidnapping cases in Afghanistan, including that of author Paul Edwin Overby Jr. and businessman Ryan Corbett, continue to frustrate the FBI.
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