[3][5] The son of an imam, her fiancé, Muhammad Oda “Mo” Dakhlalla was raised in the Islamic faith in Starkville, Mississippi.
Young did not previously have a record of frequent attendance at a mosque nor at the Muslim Students Association at Mississippi State.
[8] Prosecutors said Young was the leader of the plot;[3] she hoped to serve as a member of medical personnel while Dakhlalla wished to engage in combat.
[10] Both were arrested on August 8 at Golden Triangle Regional Airport near Columbus, Mississippi; they had an itinerary on Delta Air Lines to fly to Istanbul, Turkey via Atlanta and Amsterdam.
[10] On March 13, 2016, Dakhlalla pleaded guilty to the offense of "conspiring to provide material support" to a terrorist organization; in August 2016 U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock gave him an eight-year prison sentence and 15 years of supervised release.
Aycock ordered that, during the probation period, law enforcement may search Young's electronic devices to check whether she is engaging in terrorist-related activity on the internet.