Kansas man dies from complications tied to Iraqi captivity

The daughter of an American man who was abducted in Baghdad last year says he has died from complications stemming from his month in captivity.

Amanda Frost says her father, 49-year-old Russell Frost, died Thursday at his home in Wichita, Kansas.

Frost was working as a contractor in January 2016 when he and two co-workers, Amr Mohamed and Waiel El-Maadawy, were abducted in Dora, a mixed neighborhood that is home to both Shiites and Sunnis.

Kansas contractor Russell Frost (pictured, far right, with family), who was kidnapped in Dora, Iraq, last year died on Thursday from complications related to the month that he spent in captivity, according to his daughter

The father-of-three (pictured) dealt with days of physical torment. His hands were tied together with zip ties - causing circulation to be cut off and his wrists to bleed

Frost's (pictured) mouth nose was covered so tightly with packing tape that he had to gasp for breath.

The father-of-three (left and right) dealt with days of physical torment. His hands were tied together with zip ties – causing circulation to be cut off and his wrists to bleed. The ties would eventually be replaced with heavy chains. His mouth nose was covered so tightly with packing tape that he had to gasp for breath.

Frost had been working as a military contractor in the Middle East for more than a decade when the January 15 kidnapping occurred.

The father-of-three dealt with days of physical torment. His hands were tied together with zip ties – causing circulation to be cut off and his wrists to bleed. The ties would eventually be replaced with heavy chains.

His mouth nose was covered so tightly with packing tape that he had to gasp for breath.

Iraqi officials said the men were in good health when they were handed over to the US Embassy on February 16 after 31 days in captivity.

But Amanda Frost says her father lost more than 40 pounds in captivity because of dehydration and malnutrition, which caused kidney problems.

Frost was working as a contractor in January 2016 when he and two co-workers, Amr Mohamed (pictured) and Waiel El-Maadawy, were abducted in Dora, a mixed neighborhood that is home to both Shiites and Sunnis

Frost was working as a contractor in January 2016 when he and two co-workers, Amr Mohamed (pictured) and Waiel El-Maadawy, were abducted in Dora, a mixed neighborhood that is home to both Shiites and Sunnis

Frost was working as a contractor in January 2016 when he and two co-workers, Amr Mohamed (left and right) and Waiel El-Maadawy, were abducted in Dora, a mixed neighborhood that is home to both Shiites and Sunnis

Iraqi officials said the men were in good health when they were handed over to the US Embassy on February 16 after 31 days in captivity (Pictured, Waiel El-Maadawy, second from the right)

Iraqi officials said the men were in good health when they were handed over to the US Embassy on February 16 after 31 days in captivity (Pictured, Waiel El-Maadawy, second from the right)

‘He was battling kidney issues,’ she told the Wichita Eagle. ‘It was one battle after another. He had multiple surgeries but — his insurance — he wasn’t given enough and his kidneys appeared to be failing on him.

‘It was hard as his family to watch someone who was so full of life go to someone who could barely move and was in so much pain and swelling.’

The family has started a GoFundMe page to help cover funeral expenses. So far, $7,337 has been raised out of a $10,000 goal.



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