Prayers for the family this isn’t true.

Via HuffPo:

A media account affiliated with the Islamic State group has released a statement on Friday that claims a female American hostage held by the group was killed in a Jordanian airstrike in Syria’s Raqqa.

The statement identified the hostage as Kayla Jean Mueller.

UPDATE: Al-Baghdadi’s intentions for lying are obvious, Jordanian F-16s hammered IS in Syria for the second day in a row.

(CNN) – The Jordanian government has vowed that ISIS will pay for burning one of its pilots to death.

Now, they’ve followed through on that promise — twice.

For the second straight day, Jordanian F-16 fighter jets conducted intensive airstrikes targeting ISIS in Syria, according to a U.S. official. They were accompanied by U.S. warplanes, including F/A-18s, F-22s and A-10 aircraft — the latter being there ready to swoop down and help rescue a pilot, should his plane crash — the official said.

That’s what happened to Lt. Moath al-Kasasbeh on December 24 as he flew a mission, as part of the U.S.-led military coalition, near ISIS’ de facto capital of Raqqa.