WILL COUNTY, Ill. - A wrongful death lawsuit was recently filed by a mother whose six-year-old Muslim son was stabbed to ...

Joseph Czuba, 73, was found guilty in February of murder, attempted murder and hate-crime charges in the death of Wadee Alfayoumi and the wounding of his mother, Hanan Shaheen. Judge Amy Bertani ...

Jurors heard the remarks in a video played Thursday in a Will County courtroom where Czuba is on trial for the October 2023 attack on Hanan Shaheen and the slaying of Wadee Al Fayoumi, 6.

Hanan Shaheen told jurors Tuesday that her Plainfield landlord stabbed her 6-year-old son to death after attacking her while yelling, “You Muslim must die.” Shaheen was the first witness ...

Joseph Czuba, 73, was charged in the fatal stabbing of Wadee Alfayoumi and the wounding of his mother, Hanan Shaheen on Oct. 14, 2023 in Plainfield, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) from Chicago.

The kindergartner was getting ready to take a shower when their landlord knocked on the door, his mother, Hanan Shaheen, testified Tuesday. In the moments that followed, Joseph Czuba — who owned ...

Joseph Czuba, 73, is charged in the death of 6-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi and the wounding of Hanan Shaheen on October 14, 2023. Authorities said the family was targeted because of their Islamic ...

Mary Connor, who divorced Joseph Czuba in 2024, said she didn’t understand his anger toward Wadee and his mother, Hanan Shaheen. They had been ideal tenants and their religious background ...

Connor said Czuba told her, “Hanan needs to move because her friends could come and do us harm.” Connor said she tried to reason with Czuba by telling him that Shaheen had never had a guest in ...

Hanan Shaheen was the first witness to testify at the murder and hate crime trial of 73-year-old Joseph Czuba. He is charged with wounding Shaheen and killing her six-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi in ...