The American “peace activist” ominously missing from the latest Islamic hostage video has apparently been found murdered: State Dept.: US Hostage Tom Fox Killed. (Hat tip: LSD.)

An American who was among four Christian activists kidnapped last year in Iraq has been killed, a State Department spokesman said Friday.

The FBI verified that a body found in Iraq Friday morning was that of Tom Fox, 54, of Clear Brook, Va., spokesman Noel Clay said. He said he had no information on the other three hostages.