Body of Austin Tice, American journalist kidnapped over a decade ago, found: report

The assemblage of American writer and Marine seasoned Austin Tice, who was abducted successful Syria 12 years ago, has been discovered, according to a report.

The assemblage of Tice, who would present beryllium 43, was recovered successful a cemetery successful bluish Syria, sources told Sky News Arabia connected Sunday, according to the Jerusalem Post.

The State Department did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for confirmation.

Tice was a skipper successful the Marine Corps and journeyed to Syria arsenic an autarkic writer successful May 2012, earlier his last twelvemonth astatine Georgetown Law School. He was detained successful Damascus successful August 2012 portion reporting connected the uprising against the Bashar al-Assad regime, which marked the aboriginal stages of the Syrian civilian war. 

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Freelance writer Austin Tice went missing successful Syria successful 2012 and has not been heard from since. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

A video released weeks aft Tice went missing showed him blindfolded and held by equipped men. He tin beryllium heard saying, "Oh, Jesus." It marked the past clip helium was heard from. 

The circumstances and timeframe of Tice's reported decease were not instantly clear.

The reported find of Tice's assemblage comes conscionable weeks aft Reuters reported that Syria pledged to acceptable up a liaison bureau astatine the overseas ministry to find Tice arsenic a information of receiving imaginable sanctions alleviation to assistance its system that has collapsed from years of war.

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Syria has antecedently claimed it neither abducted nor held the American journalist, though the U.S. reportedly engaged successful back-channel talks with Syria with the assistance of Lebanese intermediaries for years, including nether the Biden administration, to nary avail.

Rebels seized the superior metropolis of Damascus successful December, ousting Assad and renewing anticipation successful the effort to bring Tice home.

Debra Tice, parent of Austin Tice, speaks during a quality league updating the media astir her eldest son's information arsenic the household continues to propulsion for his merchandise connected Dec. 6, 2024, astatine the National Press Club successful Washington.  (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Then-President Biden expressed immoderate anticipation regarding Tice successful a nationalist code astatine the time, saying, "We judge he’s alive. We deliberation we tin get him back, but we person nary nonstop grounds to that yet."

Debra Tice is seen successful Damascus, Syria, connected Jan. 18, 2025. (REUTERS/Yamam Al Shaar)

In the 12 years that Tice remained missing, his household believed helium was inactive alive. Reports person suggested the U.S. had received intermittent accusation pertaining to his whereabouts.

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Tice, a Texas native, was covering events successful Syria for McClatchy, The Washington Post and different quality organizations erstwhile helium disappeared.

Fox News Digital’s Caitlin McFall and The Associated Press contributed to this report.