“A new report from The New York Times states that Foley and other ISIS captives were threatened with execution, tortured and starved ahead of their beheadings. Foley had been singled out for particularly harsh treatment by the group that calls itself the Islamic State, according to the Times — he was subject to beatings, waterboarding and ‘mock executions.'”
Source: New York Times: Foley was tortured before his beheading – CNN.com