A landlord convicted of fatally stabbing a young Palestinian boy and attacking the boy's mother in Plainfield Township, Illinois, in October 2023, has died in custody, authorities said Saturday. Czuba was convicted of one count of first-degree murder, one count of attempted murder, two counts of aggravated battery, and two counts of hate crime in the attack that killed 6-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi and seriously injured his mother, Hanan Shaheen. Police said Czuba pulled a knife from a holder on a belt and stabbed the boy 26 times, leaving the knife in the child's body.
Published at: 2025-07-26 19:51:00
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