This image, made from a Web site Sept. 18, 2004, apparently shows two Americans and a Briton who were kidnapped in Iraq Sept. 16. The men identified themselves as, from left, Brtion Kenneth Bigley, 62, and Americans Eugene Armstrong, 52, and Jack Hensley, 48. In the tape, a masked speaker read from a statement saying that the men would be killed unless Iraqi women were released from U.S.-run prisons.
A man stating his name as Eugene Armstrong is seen in this image taken from a video posted on a Web site, Sept. 18, 2004. Two days later, another video was posted showing Armstrong's apparent beheading. His body was later found. The militant group led by Jordanian terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed responsibility for the slaying and said another hostage would be killed in 24 hours if demands were not met.
A man stating his name as Jack Hensley is seen in this image taken from a video posted on a Web site, Sept. 18, 2004. A Sept. 21 posting on an Islamic Web site claimed a second U.S. hostage had been killed, and a body turned over to U.S. authorities in Baghdad was confirmed to be Hensley.
A man stating his name as Kenneth Bigley is seen in this image taken from a video posted on a Web site, Sept. 18, 2004. On Oct. 8, Abu Dhabi television reported it had received a video depicting Bigley's execution, but chose not to air it. Shortly after, Bigley's brother said the family had seen "absolute proof" of his death.
Bigley appears in a second videotaped appeal for his freedom, Sept. 29, 2004. "He doesn't care about me, I'm just one person," Bigley was heard saying, referring to British Prime Minister Tony Blair. The authenticity of the tape could not be verified independently. Two days before Bigley's death was confirmed, the British Foreign Secretary said his government was ready to listen to the kidnappers but would not negotiate.
Women attend a memorial service for Eugene Armstrong at the courthouse in Hillsdale, Mich., Sept. 20, 2004. Armstrong grew up in Hillsdale, about 100 miles southwest of Detroit, but left the area around 1990. His work as a civil engineer took him around the world; he lived in Thailand with his wife before going to Iraq.
Jodi Coleman, left, and Tasha Fitton, right, hug prior to a candlelight vigil for Eugene Armstrong, in front of the county courthouse in Hillsdale, Mich., Sept. 20, 2004. Brandi Coe, 7, stands at the left.
Bill Blank, right, and his fiancee Shirley Henderson gather for a memorial for Eugene Armstrong, Sept. 20, 2004, in Hillsdale, Mich.
Ty Hensley, brother of American hostage Jack Hensley, waits anxiously for word on his brother, Sept. 21, 2004, in Charlotte, N.C. The next day, the Hensley family received confirmation that a headless body handed over to U.S. officials in Iraq was Jack Hensley, a family spokesman said.
In a television interview, Ty Hensley said his brother's wife Pati, pictured, was "extraordinarily devastated." Jack and Pati met in Colombia, South America, where they both worked in the computer business. They had one daughter.
Jack Hensley is shown in a family photo taken Jan. 24, 2004. Hensley took a year-long construction job in Iraq to "get his family above water," said his brother, Ty Hensley. Before going to Iraq, he'd held part-time jobs at a convenience store, a post office and as a substitute teacher.
Jack Hensley, left, with daughter Sara and wife Pati, in a 1993 Christmas photo.
Jake Haley, long time Hensley family friend and spokesperson, tells the media that the family received a call from the White House, Sept. 21, 2004.
Hensley family friend Ken Cole, right, embraces his daughter, Chelsea, 14, in front of Jack Hensley's home in Marietta, Ga., Sept. 21, 2004. Cole said that Hensley knew there would be risks working in Iraq but hoped he would be OK because he worked for a company based in the United Arab Emirates, not in America.
Cobb County Police officers check flowers being delivered to the Hensley home in Marietta, Ga., Sept. 21, 2004.
Local youths look at the spot where a decapitated body later confirmed to be that of American Jack Hensley was discovered, in Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 22, 2004.
Sombat Bigley, the wife of British hostage Kenneth Bigley, reads a Thai-language statement to TV cameras, Sept. 23, 2004. She pleaded for the hostage-takers' mercy, and said her husband is "an ordinary, hardworking family man who wanted to help the people of Iraq."
Kenneth Bigley poses with his wife Sombat during their 1998 wedding ceremony in Thailand. Sombat Bigley said she had seen the video with her husband's plea for help. "We have been married for seven years and I love him very much ... I desperately want to be reunited with my husband," she said.
Stanley Bigley (Kenneth Bigley's brother) Craig Bigley, (Kenneth's son) and Philip Bigley, (Kenneth's brother), left to right, speak to the media in Liverpool, England, Sept. 22, 2004. Another brother, Paul Bigley, said efforts to save Kenneth's life were "sabotaged" after U.S. officials and interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi quickly quashed a comment by an Iraqi official that a high-profile female prisoner would be freed.