Luke Daniel Somers ( 1981 -- 6 December 2014 ) was a British-born American photojournalist who had been held hostage by the militant Islamist group al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula ( AQAP ) in Yemen .
Luke Daniel Somers ( 1981 -- 6 December 2014 ) was a British-American photojournalist . He was held hostage by the militant Islamist group al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula ( AQAP ) in Yemen until they killed him .