FBI recovers slain American aid worker’s remains in Afghanistan after years

KABUL (Agencies): The FBI has announced the discovery of the remains of Sydney Mizell, an American aid worker and educator who had been missing for 15 years, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
According to The New York Times, the U.S. Federal Police made the statement on Saturday, stating that Sydney Mizell’s remains were “recovered in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, and returned to his family.”
Sydney Mizell, a 50-year-old American who taught English, embroidery, and sewing at Kandahar University while also working with an aid organization, was abducted in 2008 along with his driver, Mohammad Hadi, in Kandahar by armed individuals and had gone missing. The FBI has stated that Ms. Mizell was likely killed in 2008 and buried near Kandahar. Autopsy reports also indicate that this American aid worker was shot in the head, and his skull was damaged.
It is worth noting that the U.S. State Department had previously offered a $5 million reward for any information regarding this abduction case.
The New York Times reported that Sydney Mizell’s kidnapping had become one of the oldest unresolved kidnapping cases in America, and with the discovery of his remains, it has officially come to an end.
The motive behind his murder and the perpetrators remain unidentified at this time. The Taliban-ruled Afghanistan has not provided any information regarding the case. The recovery of Sydney Mizell’s remains brings some closure to a long-standing mystery surrounding his disappearance and the tragic events that followed.