Joseph Czuba died in Illinois Department of Corrections custody on July 24, the Will County Sheriff's Office said.

Joseph Czuba had been sentenced to 53 years in prison for the hate-crime murder of Palestinian American boy Wadee Al Fayoumi and stabbing of his mother, Hanan Shaheen in Plainfield in October 2023.

Joseph Czuba died Thursday while in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections, officials confirmed Saturday.

An Illinois landlord convicted of murdering his six-year-old Palestinian-American tenant in a violent hate crime has died in custody. Joseph Czuba was sentenced to 53 years behind bars in May for the ...

Joseph Czuba, who was sentenced for the 2023 hate-crime murder of a young Palestinian American boy has died in prison, ...

A landlord who was sentenced to decades in prison for killing a Palestinian American boy and wounding his mother has died.

The Plainfield man convicted of killing a Palestinian American boy in an October 2023 hate crime has died in state prison ...

Joseph Czuba had been serving a 53-year sentence for murdering 6-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi and severely wounding his mother in ...