JihadJane

Colleen LaRose, the self-described Jihad Jane, spent many hours caring for her boyfriend's father in a small Pennsylvania town where she attempted to kill herself in 2005, as she hid her terrorist activities on the Internet, Fox 29 in Philadelphia reported.Online, federal authorities say, the devoted caretaker developed a daring alter ego, refashioning herself as "Jihad Jane" while helping recruit and finance Muslim terrorists — and eventually moving overseas to try to kill an artist she perceived as an enemy to Islam .Leading a double life, LaRose kept her religion a secret from boyfriend Kurt Gorman. Gorman said he never picked up on any Muslim leanings. She never attended religious services of any kind where they lived in Pennsburg, Pa.According to LaRose's sister, she suffered from depression and attempted suicide in 2005 after the death of her father by taking pills with alcohol.LaRose, 46, was charged Tuesday with conspiring with jihadist fighters and pledging to commit murder in...

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