daniel pearl (october 10, 1963 – february 1, 2002) was an american journalist. he had american and israeli citizenship. he was born in princeton, new jersey and raised in encino, los angeles. he was kidnapped by pakistani militants and later murdered by al-qaeda member khalid sheikh mohammed in pakistan. pearl was kidnapped while working as the south asia bureau chief of "the wall street journal", based in mumbai, india.