a hostage may have been inadvertently killed in Syria . ` ` It has been a living hell , '' a longtime friend of the family tells CNN . ISIS claims Kayla Smith , an American citizen , was killed in a Jordanian airstrike . Her family urged the group , who previously demanded a ransom , to get in touch .
` ` It has been a living hell , '' a longtime friend of the family tells CNN . ISIS claims Kayla Smith , an American citizen , was killed in a Jordanian airstrike . Her family urged the group , who previously demanded a ransom , to get in touch .