Aban Abdel Malek Mahmoud Elias was an Iraqi American civil engineer who was born in Iraq, lived in Denver, Colorado, then returned to Iraq. He was kidnapped on May 3, 2004, near his home in Baghdad. He was shown being held hostage in a video on Al Arabiya television station. While, blindfolded and posed against a stone wall, he was shown pleading for help. A transcript provided by Al Arabiya quoted him as saying in English: He has not been seen or heard from since. See also List of kidnappings List of people who disappeared External links Templates story NBC News 2000s missing person cases American people of Iraqi descent Iraqi civil engineers Missing person cases in Iraq Year of birth missing