Landlord jailed for decades in hate-crime attack on Palestinian American family has died
Joliaet, Ill. (AP) – He was sentenced to decades of imprisonment after attacking an American child from Palestinian and his mother died.
Three months ago, Joseph Czuba was sentenced to 53 years of imprisonment behind bars for the attack. In February, he was found guilty of murder, attempted to blame murder and hate in the death of Wadee Alfayoui, and the injury of the child’s mother Hanan Shaheen.
73 -year -old Czuba targeted them in October 2023 in response to the war between Islamic beliefs and Israel and Hamas, which began days ago.
Chicago Sun-Times referred to the Will County Sheriff Office, died on Thursday, Czuba died in custody of the Ministry of Illinois. Law enforcement officers did not return a call seeking comments about death.
“This immoral killer died, but hate is still alive and good,” said Ahmed Reha, the General Manager of the American-Islamic Relations Council, said on Saturday.
Among the evidence in the trial were the sad statements of Shaheen and his crazy 911, along with bloody criminal photographs and police video. The jury members met less than 90 minutes before making a decision.
The family rented rooms in Czuba’s house in Plainfield, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) from Chicago when the attack took place.
At the center of the prosecutors’ case Compulsory testimony He insisted that the child, who said he had attacked him before moving to his son, insisted that they had to leave his mother because they were Muslims. Prosecutors also played 911 calls and showed the images of the police. Czuba’s wife Mary, who has been divorced since then, also testified for prosecution and Israel-Hamas WarIt was exploded days ago.
Police said Czuba had pulled a knife from a belt and stabbed the child 26 times and left the knife to the child’s body. Some of the bloody crime local photographs were so clear that the judge agreed to turn them away from the audience, including Wadee’s relatives.
The attack renewed the fear of anti -Muslim discrimination, and especially in Plainfield and its surroundings, which had a large and established Palestinian community. Wadee’s funeral was attracted to big crowds and dedicated a parking area in honor of Plainfield officials.
