According to police, the girl was reported missing by her 67-year-old grandfather on July 23, after she failed to return home ...

Mr. Noor, 33, testified during the trial that he had heard a bang and had fired one shot from the passenger’s seat when Ms. Ruszczyk appeared at the driver’s side window.

Noor, center, attends a public school for disabled children in Baghdad. Her teachers say she is quiet and reserved, and they fear that she may be developing mental and emotional problems.

Brown was persuasive. Noor boarded a C-130 transport plane with her grandmother and father and came to Atlanta, where doctors successfully operated on her. She became known to the world as Baby Noor.